About 1 minute
Claude desktop app
- Open the Claude app. In the top menu click Help, then Troubleshooting, then Enable Developer Mode.
- The app restarts by itself. Wait for it to open again.
- Click the new Developer menu at the top, then Configure third-party inference.
- Set Credential kind to Static API.
- In Gateway base URL, paste this:Gateway base URL
https://api.brocode.live - In Gateway API key, paste your key from My keys.
- Set Gateway auth scheme to Bearer.
- Click Apply changes. That's it: all Claude models now work in the app.
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About 1 minute
Claude Code in your terminal (CLI)
You need Node.js. No Node.js yet? Install the LTS version first.
- Open a terminal.Windows: click Start, type PowerShell, press Enter. Mac: press Cmd + Space, type Terminal, press Enter.
- Paste this command and press Enter:Windows
npx.cmd brocodeliveMac and LinuxIf it asks "Ok to proceed?", type y and press Enter.npx brocodelive - It asks what to set up. Type 1 (Claude, in your terminal) and press Enter.
- It asks for your API key. Paste your key from My keys and press Enter.To paste in a terminal, right-click (Windows) or press Cmd + V (Mac).
- You'll see Setup complete. Type this and press Enter to start:Start Claude Code"claude" not found? Install Claude Code once, then run it again:
claudeInstall Claude Codenpm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code
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About 2 minutes
VS Code, Antigravity and other IDEs
- Do the terminal (CLI) steps first. Your IDE uses the same setup, so this part is required.
- Open your IDE and click the Extensions icon on the left (or press Ctrl + Shift + X, Cmd + Shift + X on Mac).
- Search for Claude Code and click Install on the one by Anthropic.
- Click the Claude icon that appears and start chatting. It works automatically with your key.
JetBrains (IntelliJ, PyCharm, WebStorm): open Settings, then Plugins, then Marketplace, search Claude Code, click Install and restart the IDE.
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