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Use Claude Code with Airoutly

Set two environment variables and Claude Code sends its requests through Airoutly. Your commands and workflow stay the same; usage is billed to your Airoutly balance.

Base URL

https://api.airoutly.comno /v1

Key variable

ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN

Models

Claude models on the models page

You need

An Airoutly API key and a positive balance

1. Install Claude Code

Skip this step if claude --version already prints a version.

curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash

# PowerShell
irm https://claude.ai/install.ps1 | iex

# Requires Node.js 18 or later
npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code

2. Connect it to Airoutly

The settings file works on every system and in every terminal, so we recommend it. Replace sk-your-key with your key.

// ~/.claude/settings.json  (Windows: %USERPROFILE%\.claude\settings.json)
{
"env": {
  "ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL": "https://api.airoutly.com",
  "ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN": "sk-your-key"
}
}

# zsh (macOS default). For bash, use ~/.bashrc instead.
echo 'export ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL="https://api.airoutly.com"' >> ~/.zshrc
echo 'export ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN="sk-your-key"' >> ~/.zshrc
source ~/.zshrc

# PowerShell. Open a new terminal afterwards.
[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL", "https://api.airoutly.com", "User")
[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN", "sk-your-key", "User")

3. Choose models

Claude Code uses one model for your conversation and a smaller one for background tasks. Pin both to model IDs listed on Airoutly, in the same env block:

"ANTHROPIC_MODEL": "claude-sonnet-4-5",
"ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_HAIKU_MODEL": "claude-haiku-4-5"

To switch during a session, run /model.

4. Check that it works

1. Open a new terminal and run claude.
2. Run /status. The base URL line should read https://api.airoutly.com.
3. Send a short prompt. Within a few seconds the request appears in the console under Usage logs, with its tokens and cost.

Troubleshooting