Claude-Code-OpenAI transforms Anthropic’s Claude API into a drop-in replacement for OpenAI models in Python applications. After installing via pip and configuring your OPENAI_API_KEY and CLAUDE_API_KEY environment variables, you can use familiar methods like openai.ChatCompletion.create(), openai.Completion.create(), or openai.Embedding.create() with Claude model names (e.g., claude-2, claude-1.3). The library intercepts calls, routes them to the corresponding Claude endpoints, and normalizes responses to match OpenAI’s data structures. It supports real-time streaming, rich parameter mapping, error handling, and prompt templating. This allows teams to experiment with Claude and GPT models interchangeably without refactoring code, enabling rapid prototyping for chatbots, content generation, semantic search, and hybrid LLM workflows.