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title: "Overview"
description: "PrivateGPT implements the full Claude API, making it compatible with Claude-native tools and any local-inference-compatible client."
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PrivateGPT implements the full Claude API, so it natively supports any tool or client that integrates with Claude — including first-party Anthropic apps like Claude Code or the MS Office Claude add-ins. Local inference providers like Ollama usually cannot power those tools because they lack certain API capabilities (structured output, tool use, tokenizer endpoints, etc.).

Apart from those, PrivateGPT is also naturally compatible with all tools that integrate with local inference providers, since it exposes a standard Claude-compatible interface.

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## Known integrations

The following integrations have documented setup guides for PrivateGPT.

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  <Card title="Claude Code" icon="fa-solid fa-terminal" href="/integrations/claude-code">
    Anthropic's official CLI. Route all requests through your private server instead of api.anthropic.com.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Claude Desktop" icon="fa-solid fa-desktop" href="/integrations/claude-desktop">
    Connect Claude Desktop (Cowork) to your private-gpt server using third-party inference.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Claude for Microsoft 365" icon="fa-solid fa-file-word" href="/integrations/claude-office">
    Connect the Claude add-ins for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook to your private-gpt server.
  </Card>
  <Card title="OpenCode" icon="fa-solid fa-code" href="/integrations/opencode">
    Open-source AI coding agent. Point it at your private-gpt server via a single config entry.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

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## Other integrations

Any tool that works with a local OpenAI-compatible provider will work with PrivateGPT. The list below is non-exhaustive.

| Tool | Link |
|---|---|
| OpenClaw | [openclaw.ai](https://openclaw.ai) |
| Hermes Agent | [hermes-agent.dev](https://hermes-agent.dev) |
| n8n | [n8n.io](https://n8n.io) |
| VS Code | [code.visualstudio.com](https://code.visualstudio.com) |
| Cline | [cline.bot](https://cline.bot) |
