Route Claude Code requests across models and providers with Claude Code Router

Run Claude Code through Claude Code Router to route coding-agent requests by task, provider, or model while preserving terminal workflows and adding provider-specific transformations.

Prerequisites

Claude Code; Node.js/npm; one or more model provider API keys or local provider endpoints

Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:

• npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code
• npm install -g @musistudio/claude-code-router

Requirements and caveats from upstream:

• APIKEY (optional): You can set a secret key to authenticate requests. When set, clients must provide this key in the Authorization header (e.g., Bearer your-secret-key) or the x-api-key header. Example: "APIKEY":...
• NON_INTERACTIVE_MODE (optional): When set to true, enables compatibility with non-interactive environments like GitHub Actions, Docker containers, or other CI/CD systems. This sets appropriate environment variable...
• The Providers array is where you define the different model providers you want to use. Each provider object requires:

Basic usage or getting-started notes:

• 🚀 Getting Started

• Create and configure your ~/.claude-code-router/config.json file. For more details, you can refer to config.example.json.

• PROXY_URL (optional): You can set a proxy for API requests, for example: "PROXY_URL": "http://127.0.0.1:7890".

• Source: https://github.com/musistudio/claude-code-router

• Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/musistudio/claude-code-router/HEAD/README.md

Documentation

• https://github.com/musistudio/claude-code-router

Source

• Agent Skill Exchange