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Free Claude Code Setup — Development skill for Claude Code

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Run Claude Code's CLI + agent tooling on OpenRouter's free models.

How to install Free Claude Code Setup

This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no exact command to give. Open KnowOrganization/Free-Claude-Code-Setup and copy the folder into ~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.

What Free Claude Code Setup does

Run Claude Code's CLI + agent tooling on OpenRouter's **free** models. One script

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README

Claude Code ✕ OpenRouter (free models)

Run Claude Code's CLI + agent tooling on OpenRouter's **free** models. One script per OS, four actions. Same behavior on both.

**Reality check:** this is *not* real Claude. It's the Claude Code interface driving free third-party models (Qwen3-Coder, GPT-OSS, Nemotron, …). Free models are rate-limited (~20 req/min, ~200/day), slower, and tool-heavy agent loops can be flaky. Great for learning/prototyping; not production.

Actions

Action	What it does
`setup`	Installs Claude Code, signs you in to OpenRouter, picks a free model (default)
`switch-model`	Change the active free model (reuses your saved key)
`status`	Show the current config (routing, model, masked key)
`remove`	Strip the OpenRouter config — revert to a paid Claude subscription

Run with no action for an interactive menu.

Run it

macOS / Linux

bash claude-openrouter.sh            # menu
bash claude-openrouter.sh setup
bash claude-openrouter.sh switch-model
bash claude-openrouter.sh status
bash claude-openrouter.sh remove

Windows (Windows PowerShell or PowerShell 7 — not CMD, not Git Bash)

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\claude-openrouter.ps1            # menu
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\claude-openrouter.ps1 setup
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\claude-openrouter.ps1 switch-model
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\claude-openrouter.ps1 status
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\claude-openrouter.ps1 remove

After setup, **open a new terminal** and run `claude` in any project. Verify with `/status` — it should show `Anthropic base URL: https://openrouter.ai/api`.