Claude Code Router Tutorial: Multi-Provider Routing and Control Plane for Claude Code

Learn how to use musistudio/claude-code-router to route Claude Code workloads across multiple model providers with configurable routing rules, transformers, presets, and operational controls.

Why This Track Matters

claude-code-router is one of the largest routing control-plane projects for Claude Code and helps teams decouple workflow policy from any single model endpoint.

This track focuses on:

• setting up provider and router config safely
• understanding routing, fallback, and transformer pipelines
• using CLI, presets, and statusline for day-to-day operations
• deploying and securing the server for team usage

Current Snapshot (auto-updated)

• repository: musistudio/claude-code-router
• stars: about 35k

Mental Model

flowchart LR
    A[Claude Code request] --> B[CCR CLI or server entry]
    B --> C[Router decision]
    C --> D[Provider and transformer pipeline]
    D --> E[Model response normalization]
    E --> F[Policy-aware workflow execution]

Chapter Guide

Chapter	Key Question	Outcome
01 - Getting Started	How do I install and run CCR quickly?	Working baseline
02 - Architecture and Package Topology	How are CLI, server, and shared layers organized?	Better system understanding
03 - Provider Configuration and Transformer Strategy	How should providers and transformers be configured?	Safer, cleaner provider integration
04 - Routing Rules, Fallbacks, and Custom Router Logic	How do I route by task profile and failure mode?	More reliable routing behavior
05 - CLI Operations: Model, Preset, and Statusline Workflows	Which CLI workflows matter most in daily use?	Faster operator throughput
06 - Server Deployment and API Integration	How do I deploy CCR beyond local machine usage?	Production-ready deployment baseline
07 - GitHub Actions, Non-Interactive Mode, and Team Ops	How do I run CCR in CI and team environments?	Better automation readiness
08 - Troubleshooting, Security, and Contribution Workflow	How do I maintain CCR safely as it evolves?	Long-term reliability playbook

What You Will Learn

• how to route Claude Code requests across heterogeneous model providers
• how to design resilient fallback and transformer behavior
• how to use presets and CLI tooling to simplify configuration management
• how to deploy, secure, and maintain CCR in team and CI contexts

Source References

• Claude Code Router Repository
• README
• CLI Docs Intro
• Server Docs Intro
• Routing Config Docs

Related Tutorials

• Claude Code Tutorial
• OpenCode Tutorial
• Codex CLI Tutorial
• Anthropic Skills Tutorial

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Full Chapter Map

1. Chapter 1: Getting Started
2. Chapter 2: Architecture and Package Topology
3. Chapter 3: Provider Configuration and Transformer Strategy
4. Chapter 4: Routing Rules, Fallbacks, and Custom Router Logic
5. Chapter 5: CLI Operations: Model, Preset, and Statusline Workflows
6. Chapter 6: Server Deployment and API Integration
7. Chapter 7: GitHub Actions, Non-Interactive Mode, and Team Ops
8. Chapter 8: Troubleshooting, Security, and Contribution Workflow

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