cc-haha/docs/en/cli/env.md

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Environment Variables	Env Vars	Authentication, model, Azure, and local-runtime variables, plus the real precedence order.	2

Environment Variables

Claude Code Haha has two configuration paths:

• Desktop users should select, test, and activate a provider under Settings → Providers. The app manages authentication, model mappings, and protocol translation.
• When running the CLI from source, use a repository .env, shell variables, or Claude Code settings.json.

Do not store the same API key in several places. When troubleshooting, first check whether a Desktop provider is active.

Common variables

Anthropic-compatible endpoints

Variable	Required	Description
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY	Choose one authentication variable	Sent in the x-api-key request header
ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN	Choose one authentication variable	Sent as Authorization: Bearer
ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL	No	Base URL of an Anthropic Messages-compatible endpoint
ANTHROPIC_MODEL	No	Default model for the session
ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_FABLE_MODEL	No	Fable model slot; configure it only when the provider supports it
ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_HAIKU_MODEL	No	Haiku model slot
ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_SONNET_MODEL	No	Sonnet model slot
ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_OPUS_MODEL	No	Opus model slot
API_TIMEOUT_MS	No	API request timeout in milliseconds; defaults to 600000

The correct authentication variable depends on the header required by the service. Do not infer it from the provider name alone. For a 401 response, check the provider documentation and the authentication strategy selected in Desktop.

Azure OpenAI

Azure OpenAI uses a dedicated Responses API path:

Variable	Required	Description
CLAUDE_CODE_USE_AZURE_OPENAI	Yes	Set to 1 to enable Azure OpenAI
AZURE_OPENAI_BASE_URL	Yes	Azure resource base URL; AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT is also accepted
AZURE_OPENAI_API_VERSION	No	API version; defaults to 2025-04-01-preview
AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY	Yes	Azure OpenAI API key
AZURE_OPENAI_CODEX_DEPLOYMENT	Model-dependent	Azure deployment name for Codex models

Example:

CLAUDE_CODE_USE_AZURE_OPENAI=1
AZURE_OPENAI_BASE_URL=https://your-resource.cognitiveservices.azure.com
AZURE_OPENAI_API_VERSION=2025-04-01-preview
AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY=your_azure_openai_key
AZURE_OPENAI_CODEX_DEPLOYMENT=your_codex_deployment

Local runtime and privacy

Variable	Description
CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR	Use a specific configuration directory instead of ~/.claude; useful for portable mode and isolated tests
CLAUDE_CODE_FORCE_RECOVERY_CLI	Set to 1 to use the simplified Recovery CLI
CLAUDE_CODE_SHELL_PREFIX	Prefix Bash tool commands, for example wsl -e bash -lc on Windows
DISABLE_TELEMETRY	Set to 1 to disable telemetry
CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_NONESSENTIAL_TRAFFIC	Set to 1 to disable non-essential network requests

See Local Server for SERVER_HOST, SERVER_PORT, SERVER_AUTH_REQUIRED, and related variables.

Configuration methods

Desktop providers

Desktop stores the provider index at:

~/.claude/cc-haha/providers.json

Provider-managed environment data is written to an isolated Haha configuration. You do not need to copy it into ~/.claude/settings.json. When the CLI finds an active provider, it reuses its credentials, models, and protocol settings. Providers using openai_chat or openai_responses automatically use a loopback proxy.

See Third-Party Models for the setup flow.

Repository .env

The source bin/claude-haha launcher loads a .env file from the repository root when it exists:

cp .env.example .env

Minimal example for an Anthropic-compatible endpoint:

ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN=sk-example
ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=https://provider.example.com/anthropic
ANTHROPIC_MODEL=provider-model
ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_HAIKU_MODEL=provider-model
ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_SONNET_MODEL=provider-model
ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_OPUS_MODEL=provider-model

The repository .env is only for source launches. CLI processes created by Desktop skip it so a stale key cannot replace the active provider.

settings.json

User settings live at ~/.claude/settings.json:

{
  "env": {
    "ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN": "sk-example",
    "ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL": "https://provider.example.com/anthropic",
    "ANTHROPIC_MODEL": "provider-model"
  }
}

A project can also contain .claude/settings.json or .claude/settings.local.json. These files are workspace input. Use them only in trusted projects, especially when they define PATH, LD_PRELOAD, proxy endpoints, or authentication variables.

Effective precedence

There is no reliable three-step rule such as “shell > .env > settings”:

1. bin/claude-haha first lets Bun load the repository .env.
2. CLI initialization merges enabled user, project, local, command-line, and managed setting sources.
3. An active Haha provider overrides provider-routing values from ordinary Claude settings so the two clients do not contaminate each other.
4. Runtime values injected by the Desktop host are protected from same-name fields in settings.json.
5. Enterprise policy and --setting-sources can also change the effective result.

Keep one primary provider configuration source. Desktop users should use the Providers page; CLI-only users should choose either .env or user-level settings.json.

Security guidance

• Never commit .env, provider configuration, or a settings.json containing secrets.
• Do not expose full tokens in screenshots, issues, logs, or diagnostic archives.
• Use CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR to isolate tests from real user configuration.
• --print skips the workspace trust dialog and must only run in trusted directories. See CLI Reference.
• Do not treat CORS as authentication when exposing the local server. Enable an H5 token or explicit authentication.