How to Use Claude Code with Ollama, Kimi and GLM

How to Use Claude Code with Ollama, Kimi and GLM

Running Claude Code against a non-Claude model works, and you do it on a path the providers document themselves rather than through a hack. Ollama, Moonshot and Z.ai all publish an Anthropic-compatible endpoint. Setup comes down to three environment variables. This guide covers the steps for all three providers, how to make the configuration stick, and the errors people hit most πŸ”Œ The Short Answer Three providers, three addresses Provider ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL Ollama (local) http://localhost:11434 Moonshot / Kimi https://api.moonshot.ai/anthropic Z.ai / GLM https://api.z.ai/api/anthropic MiniMax https://api.minimax.io/anthropic Alibaba / Qwen depends on the plan Add ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN and a model name and that’s the whole setup. ...

August 8, 2026 ·  9 min ·  1728 words