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		cedws 83 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nobody knows how to build with AI yet I’m feeling limited by the tools right now. The software for using LLMs is an incongruent mess. For example, how can I have a global system prompt shared across all the apps I use my OpenRouter key with? I can’t, I have to set it in each application. How can I carry a conversation over from one app to another? How can I give all my apps access to the same set of MCP tools? Most of the apps I use don’t even properly support MCP yet. It sounds like Claude Code is the best UX right now but I don’t want to be locked into a Claude subscription, I want to bring my own key and tap into whatever provider I want.

terhechte 83 days ago [–]

I have this small project that lets you use Claude code (because their terminal UI is really smart) with any OpenRouter model:

https://github.com/terhechte/CCORP

Works fine on macOS / Linux, untested on Windows. Still working on improving it.

cedws 83 days ago | [–]

Thanks, interested in trying this.

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