ELELEM-ANTHROPIC(7)

Name

elelem-anthropic — Claude, through the Anthropic API

Synopsis

gem install elelem-anthropic
elelem chat -p anthropic [--model name]
elelem chat -p vertex [--model name]

Description

Connects elelem to Claude through the Anthropic Messages API, or through Google Cloud Vertex AI. One gem, two providers.

Full documentation: elelem-anthropic.

Environment

ANTHROPIC_API_KEY

Required for -p anthropic. Sent as the x-api-key header.

ANTHROPIC_MODEL (default claude-opus-4-5-20250514)

Model for -p anthropic when –model is not given.

VERTEX_MODEL (default claude-opus-4-5@20251101)

Model for -p vertex when –model is not given. Part of the request URL.

GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT

Required for -p vertex. The Google Cloud project that hosts the model.

GOOGLE_CLOUD_REGION (default us-east5)

Vertex AI region for -p vertex.

Requirements

Ruby 4.0 or later. An Anthropic API key (for -p anthropic). The gcloud CLI with application default credentials (for -p vertex).

Status

Ready: works today and is used daily. Published on RubyGems. History: commits.

Bugs

Known issues: plugin:anthropic. Patches are welcome by email; see git-send-email.io.

See also

elelem(1), elelem-openai(7), elelem-ollama(7), documentation, source