Claude Code on a non-Anthropic backend — the env vars that actually matter
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I run an OpenAI-compatible gateway, so I spend a lot of time watching people try to point Claude Code at something that isn't api.anthropic.com . Most of them get it working in about two minutes. Most of them also miss the three variables that actually change their bill and their error rate. Here's…
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- 2026-09-01 07:22 · DEV Community — AI
Claude Code on a non-Anthropic backend — the env vars that actually matter