Guide: How to Set Up Claude Code CLI With AceData Cloud for Terminal AI Work

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A developer tutorial published on DEV Community explains how to configure Claude Code CLI with AceData Cloud as a reusable AI coding assistant in terminal environments. The setup requires two environment variables — an API token and the AceData Cloud base URL — which can be stored either in a shell profile or scoped to Claude Code via a settings file. Once installed on macOS, Linux, WSL, or Windows, the tool supports interactive sessions, one-shot commands, and piped inputs such as reviewing a Git diff. Users can also create a CLAUDE.md file in a repository root to store project-specific instructions that Claude Code loads automatically at startup. The guide emphasizes keeping credentials out of source control and limiting the AI's output to an input for human review rather than a final decision.

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