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Nobody knows how to build with AI yet

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526 points Stwerner | 3 comments | 19 Jul 25 15:45 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
1. cedws ◴[20 Jul 25 05:22 UTC] No.44622211[source]▶
I’m feeling limited by the tools right now. The software for using LLMs is an incongruent mess. For example, how can I have a global system prompt shared across all the apps I use my OpenRouter key with? I can’t, I have to set it in each application. How can I carry a conversation over from one app to another? How can I give all my apps access to the same set of MCP tools? Most of the apps I use don’t even properly support MCP yet.

It sounds like Claude Code is the best UX right now but I don’t want to be locked into a Claude subscription, I want to bring my own key and tap into whatever provider I want.

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2. terhechte ◴[20 Jul 25 07:57 UTC] No.44622880[source]▶
I have this small project that lets you use Claude code (because their terminal UI is really smart) with any OpenRouter model:

https://github.com/terhechte/CCORP

Works fine on macOS / Linux, untested on Windows. Still working on improving it.

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3. cedws ◴[20 Jul 25 08:34 UTC] No.44623073[source]▶
Thanks, interested in trying this.