Anthropic API compatibility

A compatibility layer implemented in ollama that emulates the Anthropic API protocol, allowing local large language models to be used with tools and agents specifically designed for the claude ecosystem.

Key Capabilities

• Tool Interoperability: Enables local models to interface directly with Claude-specific software, such as claude-code.
• Model Swapping: Facilitates using high-performance open-weights models, such as GLM-4.7-Flash (30B MoE), as drop-in replacements for proprietary Anthropic models within existing workflows.

Sources

• 2026 04 14 Ollama Claude GLM Channel Sam Witteveen

Source Notes

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