Using Claude Code on Windows

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Prerequisites

Make sure Node.js 18 or later is installed on Windows.

Tutorial

Run this command:

npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code

Then open your user directory. If you cannot find it, run:

echo %USERPROFILE%

to see its path.

In that directory, find the .claude folder and create settings.json inside it.

{
  "env": {
    "ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL": "", //第三方Api地址，如果使用官方则删除此字段
    "ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN": "", //key，如果使用官方则删除此字段
    "HTTP_PROXY": "", //代理地址
    "HTTPS_PROXY": "" //代理地址
  }
}

Usage

Open your project folder and type cmd into File Explorer’s address bar, or use cd to navigate to the project folder yourself.

Run the launch command:

claude