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Claude Code Multi-Provider Profile Setup

Sets up isolated Claude Code CLI profiles so you can run Kimi, MiniMax, GLM, DeepSeek and Anthropic side by side in separate terminal windows.

UtilitiesAdvanced★ 1,323⑂ 212AI score 8/10Last updated: Aug 8, 2026

What it does

  • Uses CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR to build per-provider profiles under ~/.claude-profiles/<name>/: credentials and session history stay isolated, while skills, projects, hook scripts and agents are shared via symlinks.
  • Registers sync-profile-settings.py as a SessionStart hook so every profile converges its settings.json (hook registration, marketplaces, env flags, permissions) from the default profile — everything except model/provider identity keys.
  • Creates shell aliases (csk, csks, csd, csg, css) to launch a specific provider window instantly.
  • Gets per-provider context windows right ([1m] marker vs. explicit CLAUDE_CODE_MAX_CONTEXT_TOKENS) so long sessions don't compact far too early.
  • Ships troubleshooting playbooks for symlink drift, "corrupted installLocation" marketplace errors, orphan profiles, and skills that appear in the default profile but not in third-party ones.

Who it's for

  • Claude Code power users who pay for Kimi, MiniMax, GLM, DeepSeek or StepFun alongside Anthropic.
  • Developers juggling several tmux/terminal windows on different models to balance cost and speed.
  • Anyone stuck debugging why hooks or plugins work in one profile but silently vanish in another.

Examples

  1. "Set me up so Kimi and DeepSeek run in separate windows" — the skill checks prerequisites, writes provider settings files, runs claude-profiles-init, and shows the launch aliases.
  2. "My PreToolUse guards never fire in the GLM window" — it identifies config-dir-local settings.json drift and runs sync-profile-settings.py --all.
  3. "This 1M-context model keeps auto-compacting" — it diagnoses the missing literal [1m] suffix on ANTHROPIC_MODEL and its siblings.

· · · Install guide · · ·

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  1. Download the ZIP with the button below.
  2. In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities and turn on 'Code execution and file creation'. (one time)
  3. Go to Customize → Skills → + → 'Upload a skill' and upload the ZIP.
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Copy the daymade-claude-code/claude-switch-models-setup folder from the GitHub repo daymade/claude-code-skills into my ~/.claude/skills/claude-switch-models-setup/.
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Install with a command instead

git clone https://github.com/daymade/claude-code-skills.git && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r claude-code-skills/daymade-claude-code/claude-switch-models-setup ~/.claude/skills/

⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.

  1. Open a terminal and clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/daymade/claude-code-skills.git
  2. Copy the skill into your skills folder: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r claude-code-skills/daymade-claude-code/claude-switch-models-setup ~/.claude/skills/
  3. Check prerequisites: which claude, python3 --version, and confirm your shell is zsh or bash.
  4. Restart Claude Code and ask: "Set up multi-provider Claude Code profiles."
  5. Run the bundled scripts/setup.sh, or symlink the five scripts into ~/.config/claude-switch-models-setup/ using an absolute repo path (relative paths create dangling links that fail silently).
  6. Create ~/.claude/settings/<provider>.json from the templates in assets/templates/, filling in your own API key and base URL.
  7. Run claude-profiles-init, verify with claude-profiles-doctor, then source ~/.zshrc to activate the csk / csd / csg aliases.
View source on GitHub ↗License: MIT