AI Gateway support for Claude Code
Claude Code just got routed through Vercel's AI Gateway — centralized spend tracking and failover for teams building with Anthropic.
Why it matters
Vercel's AI Gateway now supports Claude Code via Anthropic-compatible API, enabling teams to consolidate usage monitoring, cost control, and provider failover — a practical infrastructure move for enterprises scaling AI-native development.
The key facts
10 to knowClaude Code now integrates with Vercel AI Gateway
Supports Anthropic-compatible API endpoint routing
Enables centralized usage tracking and spend management
Includes observability/trace viewing
Failover support between providers
Requires environment variable configuration (ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN)
Claude Code now accessible via Vercel AI Gateway's Anthropic-compatible API endpoint
Features: centralized usage tracking, spend management, distributed tracing/observability, provider failover capability
Integration requires setting ANTHROPIC_API_KEY to empty string and routing through AI Gateway
Published Jan 5, 2026 — recent feature drop
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Publisher excerpt: You can now use Claude Code through via its Anthropic-compatible API endpoint.Vercel AI Gateway Route Claude Code requests through AI Gateway to centralize usage and spend, view traces in observability, and benefit from failover between providers for your model of choice. Log out if you're already…