Claude Code Desktop

Claude Code Desktop can send requests to the AnyRouter API through its Third-Party Inference settings.

Before you start, create an API Key on the AnyRouter platform. In this guide the API base URL is always https://ai.cloudtay.com and the auth scheme is bearer.

1. Enable Developer Mode

Open the Claude desktop app, go to Help -> Troubleshooting in the system menu, and select Enable Developer Mode.

Enable Developer Mode from the Help menu

2. Open the third-party inference settings

With Developer Mode on, a Developer menu appears in the menu bar. Open Developer and select Configure Third-Party Inference....

Open the Third-Party Inference settings from the Developer menu

3. Choose an API connection

On the Connection page, expand the connection type and choose the third-party API connection.

Choose the API connection under Connection

4. Enter your AnyRouter API credentials

In the credentials section, fill in:

• API base URL: https://ai.cloudtay.com
• API key: your AnyRouter API Key
• Auth scheme: bearer
• Credential kind: Static API key

When you are done, click Test connection first. Once the connection succeeds, click Apply Changes to save.

Enter the AnyRouter API base URL and API Key

5. Sign in with the API

Go back to the sign-in page and choose the third-party API sign-in option to continue using Claude Code Desktop.

If the connection fails, make sure the API Key comes from the AnyRouter platform and that no extra path is appended to the API base URL.