Using Terminal Agents like Claude Code · Open Source AI Builder's Club

Hamish Aman Prakash

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Using Terminal Agents like Claude Code

Quick one:

If you're not using terminal based agents yet.. You're already behind

Here's Why.

Terminal Agents are:

Lightweight - only use minimal compute resources to run
Can run for hours if not days - without any human intervention required ( if you know what you're doing)
Can work on multiple projects at once - Come back once the build's complete

And so much more.

Big question though.. Do I have to pay?

No. That's why you're here :)

You can use Ollama with Claude Code and get shit done!

Here's how it works.

Claude Code is Anthropic’s agentic coding tool that can read, modify, and execute code in your working directory. Open models can be used with Claude Code through Ollama’s Anthropic-compatible API, enabling you to use models such as qwen3-coder, gpt-oss:20b, or other models.

Install

Install Claude Code:

macOS / Linux

curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash

Windows

irm https://claude.ai/install.ps1 | iex

Usage with Ollama

Claude Code connects to Ollama using the Anthropic-compatible API.

Set the environment variables:

export ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN=ollama

export ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=http://localhost:11434

Run Claude Code with an Ollama model: