How To Use Claude Code With Any AI Model Using an LLM Gateway (Bifrost)

Unless you live under a rock, vibe coding has been the talk of the town in software development for a while now since AI coding tools became a thing. And one of the most popular and capable AI coding tool developers can use today is Claude Code by Anthropic. Claude Code can read your repository, run commands, modify files, and help implement features directly from the terminal using only Anthropic’s own AI models. But what if you want to use Claude Code with different LLM providers instead of being tied to a single one? Maybe you want to: Switch between Anthropic, OpenAI, or Gemini Use a cheaper model for simple tasks Fall back to another provider during outages Route requests for performance or cost optimization This is where an LLM gateway becomes incredibly useful. In this guide, you will learn how to connect Claude Code to any LLM using the Bifrost LLM gateway. Before we jump in, here is what we will cover: Why Bifrost LLM gateway? Setting up and configuring LLM providers with Bifr