Claude Code

Use NeuralGate as a drop-in backend for Claude Code. Route your coding queries through open-weight models on the NeuralGate network — faster, cheaper, and private.

Quick setup

Set these environment variables before launching Claude Code:

export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="ngk_your_neuralgate_key"
export ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL="https://api.computeshare.servequake.com/v1"Copy

Then start Claude Code normally:

claudeCopy

Persistent configuration

Add to your shell profile (~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc) so it persists across sessions:

# NeuralGate for Claude Code
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="ngk_your_neuralgate_key"
export ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL="https://api.computeshare.servequake.com/v1"Copy

source ~/.bashrc  # or source ~/.zshrcCopy

Claude Code config file

Alternatively, set it in Claude Code's config file at ~/.claude.json:

{
  "apiKey": "ngk_your_neuralgate_key",
  "apiBaseUrl": "https://api.computeshare.servequake.com/v1",
  "model": "auto"
}Copy

Choosing a model

For coding tasks, we recommend using a specific high-quality model rather than auto:

export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="ngk_your_neuralgate_key"
export ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL="https://api.computeshare.servequake.com/v1"

# Then specify your model in Claude Code's config or via env:
export CLAUDE_MODEL="gemma-4-31B-it-Q8_0.gguf"Copy

Check available models:

curl https://api.computeshare.servequake.com/v1/models \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ngk_your_key"Copy

Using with privacy mode

If you're working on proprietary code and don't want any cloud fallback, enable privacy mode. This ensures your code never leaves the local hoster network:

{
  "apiKey": "ngk_your_neuralgate_key",
  "apiBaseUrl": "https://api.computeshare.servequake.com/v1",
  "model": "auto",
  "defaultHeaders": {
    "X-Privacy-Mode": "true"
  }
}Copy

Verifying the connection

# Test that Claude Code can reach NeuralGate
curl https://api.computeshare.servequake.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ngk_your_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "auto",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Write a Python hello world"}],
    "max_tokens": 100
  }'Copy

Cost comparison

For typical Claude Code usage (~100K tokens/day), NeuralGate can be 10–30x cheaper than Claude directly.

Troubleshooting