In today's video I'm going to teach you how to run Kiki K3 inside Claude code.
This is a simple setup that only takes a couple of quick actions in your terminal
and once it's done you'll be able to point Claude code to the Kimi API endpoint and switch to the
Kimi K3 model from inside the CLI. I'll walk you through it clearly so you can follow along without
confusion. First open your project terminal. The idea here is to set a couple of environment variables
so Claude code knows where to send requests and how to authenticate. In your terminal paste in the
export commands that set the base URL for the API and the auth token for access. When you do this
make sure you use your own valid API token from the Kimi coding console. For security
never share your token publicly, never hardcode it into screenshots or tutorials, and double check
that you're pasting the correct value into your terminal session. This step is important because
it redirects Claude code away from its default endpoint and toward the Kimi coding endpoint instead. If
something doesn't work later this is one of the first places you'll want to review. A small typo in
the URL or token can stop the connection from working properly so paste carefully. If needed you can
rerun the export commands to correct anything before moving on. Once those variables are in place
the next step is to launch Claude code. In the same terminal type Claude and press enter. That will open
the Claude code CLI interface. After it loads you'll switch to the correct model interactively from inside
the tool. To do that type the model switch command for Kimi K3 exactly as shown in the instructions.
This tells Claude code to use the Kimi K3 model for your current session. If the command is accepted you're
ready to start working with that model directly inside Claude code. A helpful tip here is to make sure you
complete the terminal variable setting.