claude-switch

Interactive TUI tool to switch Claude Code between API providers.

? Select Provider (ESC to quit)
❯ Claude (Native)  ● active
  Volcano Ark      ○ not configured
  Zhipu (CN)       ✔ configured
  MiniMax (CN)     ○ not configured
  Kimi (CN)        ○ not configured

Features

• Switch Claude Code between multiple API providers with one command
• Per-provider API key management (configure / reconfigure / remove)
• MCP Server management — enable/disable MCP servers across providers
• Model descriptions for Ark models (from official documentation)
• Native env backup & restore when switching away from Claude
• Shell env override detection (ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN, ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL)
• ESC key navigation at every menu level
• File-based logging with API key redaction

Supported Providers

| Provider | Models | |---|---| | Claude (Native) | Default Anthropic API | | Volcano Ark | doubao-seed-2.0-code, doubao-seed-2.0-pro, doubao-seed-2.0-lite, doubao-seed-code, minimax-m2.7, glm-5.1, deepseek-v3.2, kimi-k2.6, ark-code-latest | | Zhipu (CN) | GLM-5.1, GLM-5-Turbo, GLM-5 | | MiniMax (CN) | MiniMax-M2.7 | | Kimi (CN) | kimi-for-coding |

Install

npm install -g @ben1849/claude-switch

Then run:

claude-switch

How It Works

claude-switch writes provider-specific environment variables to ~/.claude/settings.json (the env field). After switching, restart Claude Code to apply changes.

Config is stored at ~/.claude-switch/config.json (API keys, native env backup).

Logs are written to ~/.claude-switch/logs/YYYY-MM-DD.log with daily rotation and sensitive data redacted.

Built-in Tool Compatibility

Claude Code has server-side tools (Web Search, Web Fetch, etc.) that rely on Anthropic's infrastructure. When using a third-party provider, these tools may be unavailable or behave differently.

Important: After switching providers, always start a new Claude Code session. Reusing the previous session may cause API errors due to tool or parameter incompatibility between providers.

MCP Server Management

Use the ⚙ Manage MCP Servers entry in the main menu to enable/disable MCP servers. MCPs are independent of providers — you can use Zhipu's MCP servers while running on Ark's model, as long as you have the corresponding API key configured.

| MCP Server | Provider | Type | Description | |---|---|---|---| | zai-mcp-server | Zhipu | stdio/npx | Image analysis, video understanding, OCR | | web-search-prime | Zhipu | http | Web search | | web-reader | Zhipu | http | Web page reading | | zread | Zhipu | http | GitHub repo exploration | | MiniMax | MiniMax | stdio/uvx | Web search + image understanding |

Zhipu MCPs: Provider already includes these capabilities via API. MCPs serve as fallback. MiniMax MCP: Requires uvx installed.

Development

npm install
npm run build
npm start

License

MIT