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title: "Some developers are using the Claude Code harness to access cheaper non-Anthropic models, such as OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol, via proxies and services like OpenRouter (Alix Coutures/The Information)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/some-developers-are-using-the-claude-code-harness-to-access-cheaper-84d7a322
published: 2026-09-15T17:35:01.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# Some developers are using the Claude Code harness to access cheaper non-Anthropic models, such as OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol, via proxies and services like OpenRouter (Alix Coutures/The Information)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-09-15 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/some-developers-are-using-the-claude-code-harness-to-access-cheaper-84d7a322

Alix Coutures / The Information : Some developers are using the Claude Code harness to access cheaper non-Anthropic models, such as OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol, via proxies and services like OpenRouter — Boris Cherney, the head of Anthropic's coding tool Claude Code, last month found himself in the middle of an online spat …

In this story: [Claude Code](https://frontiernewswire.com/models/claude-code), [GPT-5.6 Sol](https://frontiernewswire.com/models/gpt-5-6-sol), [OpenRouter](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/openrouter)

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/260915/p40#a260915p40)

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