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Claude Code

Route Claude Code through base/mnt.ai with env vars, settings, or a bash function.

Claude Code speaks the Anthropic Messages protocol natively, and the router serves /v1/messages wire-compatibly. Point it at base/mnt.ai and every session — chat, tools, subagents — routes through your key.

Three equivalent ways to configure it. Pick one.

Option 1 — env vars (recommended)

Claude Code reads ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL and ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN from its environment:

~/.zshrc

export ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=https://api.basemnt.ai
export ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN=sk-your-key

Set once, applies to every new shell and every project.

AUTH_TOKEN, not API_KEY

Claude Code prefers ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN (sent as Authorization: Bearer) over ANTHROPIC_API_KEY (sent as x-api-key). The router accepts both headers; AUTH_TOKEN avoids conflicts if a real Anthropic key is also set.

Option 2 — Claude Code settings

Per-user or per-project, without touching your shell env. In ~/.claude/settings.json (or .claude/settings.json in a repo):

~/.claude/settings.json

{
  "env": {
    "ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL": "https://api.basemnt.ai",
    "ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN": "sk-your-key"
  }
}

Project-level settings are committed to the repo — use ~/.claude/settings.local.json or env vars for keys so secrets never land in git.

Option 3 — bash function

Wrap the binary so only invocations through the function carry the config:

~/.zshrc

claude() {
  ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=https://api.basemnt.ai \
  ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN="$SK_KEY" \
  command claude "$@"
}

command claude resolves the real binary — without it the function recurses into itself. This pattern keeps your global env clean and makes it obvious which terminal is routed.

Model selection

Claude Code pins an Anthropic model name by default (claude-sonnet-4-5 or similar). Pass a catalog model ID at launch or mid-session:

model-flag.sh

claude --model z-ai/glm-5.2

Inside a session: /model deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731.

Verify it worked

Launch claude and ask anything. A working setup shows base/mnt.ai requests in your usage dashboard. A 401 means the key is wrong; a 404 on /v1/messages means the base URL lost its host or gained a trailing /v1 — Claude Code appends the path itself.