Claude Code with Local LLMs and ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL: Ollama, LM Studio, llama.cpp, vLLM
Native Anthropic endpoints, tool-call compatibility, and context-window sizing for local Claude Code. Last tested: April 2026. See Changelog at the bo…
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