CLAUDE_CODE_USE_ANTHROPIC_GOOGLE_CLOUD

Updated October 13, 2026 by Alex Sorokoletov

CLAUDE_CODE_USE_ANTHROPIC_GOOGLE_CLOUD is a Claude Code environment variable: A new provider-backend toggle sitting in Claude Code's exact provider family — beside CLAUDE_CODE_USE_BEDROCK, USE_VERTEX, USE_FOUNDRY, USE_ANTHROPIC_AWS, USE_MANTLE, and USE_GATEWAY — and read by the same guard that suppresses error reporting under a managed provider. Added between v2.1.212 and v2.1.215 and still present in v2.1.294. It is not in the official reference.

How to set it

For one session, export it in the shell that starts Claude Code:

export CLAUDE_CODE_USE_ANTHROPIC_GOOGLE_CLOUD=<value>
claude

To apply it to every session, add it to the env object of a settings file:

// ~/.claude/settings.json
{
  "env": {
    "CLAUDE_CODE_USE_ANTHROPIC_GOOGLE_CLOUD": "<value>"
  }
}

Release notes that mention it

• Claude Code Version Tracker: Undocumented Env Vars, Feature Gates & Models
• claude-code-env-vars-v2-1-215

Related variables

• CLAUDE_CODE_SKIP_ANTHROPIC_GOOGLE_CLOUD_AUTH: The skip-auth companion to the toggle above, grouped in the auth-bypass list with SKIP_BEDROCK_AUTH, SKIP_VERTEX_AUTH, SKIP_FOUNDRY_AUTH, SKIP_ANTHROPIC_AWS_AUTH, and SKIP_MANTLE_AUTH.
• CLAUDE_CODE_USE_ANTHROPIC_AWS: Selects "Claude Platform on AWS" as the API provider.
• ANTHROPIC_AWS_API_KEY
• ANTHROPIC_AWS_BASE_URL
• ANTHROPIC_AWS_WORKSPACE_ID
• ANTHROPIC_BEDROCK_BASE_URL: Alternative Bedrock endpoint (alias).
• ANTHROPIC_BEDROCK_MANTLE_BASE_URL
• ANTHROPIC_BEDROCK_REGION_PREFIX

Frequently asked questions

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