Claude Code

Parel exposes an Anthropic-compatible bridge for Claude Code:

https://api.parel.cloud/anthropic

The recommended setup is the CLI. It writes an idempotent claude-parel launcher to your shell profile without changing your default claude command.

Quick setup

macOS:

brew install parel-cloud/tap/parel
parel claude-code init
source ~/.zshrc
claude-parel

Linux:

curl -fsSL https://parel.cloud/install.sh | sh
parel claude-code init
source ~/.bashrc
claude-parel

Windows PowerShell:

iwr -useb https://parel.cloud/install.ps1 | iex
parel claude-code init
claude-parel

What init does

• Detects your OS and shell.
• Prompts for a Parel API key.
• Lists Claude Code-compatible Parel models.
• Writes a marked profile block that can be safely updated.
• Keeps the default claude command routed to Anthropic.

Usage

claude-parel
claude-parel -m gpt-5.4
claude-parel -m byom-DEPLOYMENT_ID

Inside Claude Code, you can switch to a Parel model directly:

/model qwen3-max
/model deepseek-v3.2

Manage the launcher

parel claude-code status
parel claude-code uninstall
parel claude-code init

API routes

Route	Purpose
POST /anthropic/v1/messages	Messages API-compatible chat
POST /anthropic/v1/messages/count_tokens	Approximate input token counting

The bridge uses the same billing, usage, model routing, and rate limits as /v1/chat/completions.