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Expand Up @@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ When using Claude Code or other Anthropic API clients, you might encounter:
- **Service errors (5xx)** — Temporary Anthropic API downtime
Instead of manually switching between providers, this proxy automatically fails over to your configured alternatives.

## ⚠️ Important Notice

**Use at your own risk.** I have not reviewed Anthropic's Terms of Service to confirm whether using a proxy is permitted. There is a possibility that using this proxy could violate their terms and result in account suspension.

**Current status:** I've been using this proxy personally without issues, but that doesn't guarantee it's safe for all users. Please review [Anthropic's Terms of Service](https://www.anthropic.com/legal/consumer-terms) yourself before deploying, and use this tool at your own discretion.


## How It Works

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- **Provider Retry with Exponential Backoff** — Configurable per-provider retry count with exponential delay
- **Prompt Cache Optimization** — Strips volatile billing header parameters to improve Anthropic prompt cache hit rates

[![Deploy to Cloudflare](https://deploy.workers.cloudflare.com/button)](https://deploy.workers.cloudflare.com/?url=https://github.com/broven/claude-code-fallback)

### Fallback Strategy

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Set `format: "openai"` on your provider config to enable automatic conversion.

## ⚠️ Important Notice

**Use at your own risk.** I have not reviewed Anthropic's Terms of Service to confirm whether using a proxy is permitted. There is a possibility that using this proxy could violate their terms and result in account suspension.

**Current status:** I've been using this proxy personally without issues, but that doesn't guarantee it's safe for all users. Please review [Anthropic's Terms of Service](https://www.anthropic.com/legal/consumer-terms) yourself before deploying, and use this tool at your own discretion.

## Quick Start

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