- Open VS Code
- Press ctrl+shift+P and start typing "user settings json".
- Choose the "Preferences: User Settings (JSON)" option.
- Paste the following content in as a top level key in the json:
"claudeCode.environmentVariables": [
{ "name": "ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN", "value": "sk-your-key" },
{ "name": "ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL", "value": "https://llm-proxy.apps.paas02-t.ilstu.edu/" },
{ "name": "CLAUDE_CODE_USE_BEDROCK", "value": "0" },
{ "name": "CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_BETAS", "value": "1" },
{ "name": "ANTHROPIC_MODEL", "value": "deepseek-3.2" },
{ "name": "ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_SONNET_MODEL", "value": "deepseek-3.2" },
{ "name": "ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_HAIKU_MODEL", "value": "claude-haiku-4-5" }
]
- Then, update the key to match your actual API key.
- Make sure you don't have any comma issues in the json and restart VS Code.
- Install Claude Code for VS Code