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Claude Code can now run on open-weight models via ScaledThought API

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ScaledThought has developed a method to run Claude Code, an AI agent framework, with open-weight models instead of Anthropic's proprietary models. This is achieved by reconfiguring environment variables to point Claude Code's API calls to a compatible endpoint, such as ScaledThought's own API which is hosted in the US and does not log user data. The setup allows Claude Code to retain its tools and workflows while leveraging different underlying models for tasks like file editing and shell command execution. AI

IMPACT Enables greater flexibility and cost-efficiency for users of AI agent frameworks by allowing integration with open-weight models.

RANK_REASON This is a technical guide on how to use an existing AI agent framework with alternative models, not a release from a frontier lab or a significant industry event.

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Claude Code can now run on open-weight models via ScaledThought API

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  1. dev.to — LLM tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Josh Andrews ·

    Run Claude Code on open-weight models, hosted in the US

    <p><em>Disclosure: I'm a co-founder of ScaledThought, the API used below. Drafted with AI assistance.</em></p> <p>Claude Code talks to its model through the Anthropic Messages API, and it lets you change where those requests go with <code>ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL</code>. Point it at an…

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