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Claude Code Setup

Configure Claude Code CLI to use ScaleLLM.

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Configuration

Set these environment variables: 
export ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL="https://api.scalellm.dev"
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="sk_your_key"
Add to your ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc to persist.

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Usage

# Start Claude Code
claude

# Or specify a model
claude --model claude-opus-4.5

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Available Models

# Claude models
claude --model claude-opus-4.5      # Complex tasks
claude --model claude-sonnet-4.5    # General coding
claude --model claude-haiku-4.5     # Fast responses

# Gemini models
claude --model gemini-3-pro-preview # Long context
claude --model gemini-3-flash     # Quick & cheap

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Model Recommendations

TaskModel
General codingclaude-sonnet-4.5
Complex debuggingclaude-opus-4.5
Quick editsclaude-haiku-4.5
Large codebasegemini-3-pro-preview

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Troubleshooting

Verify environment variables are set: echo $ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL
Use exact model names like claude-sonnet-4.5, not claude-sonnet.
Make sure your key starts with sk_ and is active.