Using Claude Code With NVIDIA Build’s Free Models

I like Claude Code a lot. Not because it always picks the perfect model, and not because every answer is magical, but because the workflow is good. It feels fast, focused, and genuinely useful for day-to-day coding. The catch, of course, is that Claude Code normally assumes you’re plugged into Anthropic’s own API. But there’s a clever workaround. If all you want is the Claude Code interface —the CLI, the editor integration, the overall UX—you can keep that frontend and swap out the backend model