# Claude Code CLI

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> **Source of truth:** [Claude Code's docs](https://docs.claude.com/en/docs/claude-code/overview) for config keys; the [overview](index.md) for the gateway endpoint and context size. If this page disagrees with them, they win.

Claude Code speaks the **Anthropic Messages API** — point it at the gateway's unified endpoint, not llama.cpp directly:

```bash
export ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=http://<server>:<OMNIROUTE_API_PORT>
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=<claude-code-cli API key>
claude
```

Relies on the backend's `--jinja` flag ([architecture → llama-server](../architecture.md#llama-server)).