Configuration

Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Default	Description
OPENROUTER_API_KEY	✅	—	Your OpenRouter API key
CLODING_DEFAULT_MODEL	—	qwen	Default model shortcut

Setting Your API Key

export OPENROUTER_API_KEY=sk-or-v1-your-key-here

To persist across sessions, add it to your shell profile:

# ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc
export OPENROUTER_API_KEY=sk-or-v1-your-key-here

Changing the Default Model

By default, cloding uses Qwen 3 Coder. To change this:

export CLODING_DEFAULT_MODEL=haiku

Or specify per-session with -m:

cloding -m sonnet

Claude Code Passthrough

All Claude Code flags and environment variables work as-is. cloding passes everything through transparently. For example:

cloding --allowedTools Read,Write,Bash

Refer to the Claude Code documentation for all available flags.