cc-switch (CC Switch) Installation Guide — Windows

Goal of this guide: install cc-switch (a GUI manager for switching API configurations across multiple tools) on Windows, then use it to configure Claude Code, Codex, and other tools to connect to MYAI168.

cc-switch is a GUI app (built with Tauri 2); just download the installer from the official source.

Before You Start

• Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit).
• Official sources: GitHub Releases https://github.com/farion1231/cc-switch/releases, official site ccswitch.io
• Official releases mainly provide .msi installers (Windows Installer; x64 and arm64) and a portable .zip (no install needed). Either works.

1. Download the Windows installer from the Releases page (CC-Switch-*-Windows.msi; on a typical PC pick the file WITHOUT "arm64" in its name). If you prefer not to install, download the Portable .zip and run it after unzipping.
2. Double-click to run the installer.

★ Common: SmartScreen blocks it ★

Because this is not big-vendor-signed software, Windows may show a blue window: "Windows protected your PC". This is normal (it is not a virus). What to do: click "More info" → then "Run anyway".

3. Follow the wizard, clicking "Next" all the way through.
4. After installation, open "CC Switch" from the Start menu.

After opening "CC Switch":

• The window opens on the "Claude Code" panel by default.
• A CC Switch icon appears in the system tray (bottom right).
• The switcher at the top left of the window lists the manageable tools: Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, OpenClaw, Hermes Agent.
• If you have already used these tools, cc-switch usually auto-imports the existing configurations.

Suggested settings (optional): go to Settings → General and enable start-on-boot, minimize-to-tray, etc. as needed.

cc-switch is only a "configuration manager" — it does not include the AI tools themselves. Install Claude Code / Codex and the other CLIs first, then use cc-switch to configure them to connect to MYAI168.

For installing each tool and setting up MYAI168, see the corresponding Developer Center pages:

• Claude Code → see the "Claude Code CLI Windows" page
• Codex → see the "Codex CLI Windows" page
• Hermes → see the "Hermes Agent Windows" page (note: cc-switch writes for Hermes may silently fail; manual setup is recommended for Hermes)

Common Settings (when adding a provider on each tool tab in cc-switch)

• Claude Code → endpoint https://www.myai168.com/en/api/anthropic (without /v1), model claude-opus-4-8, key supplied via either apiKeyHelper or ANTHROPIC_API_KEY (see the Claude Code page).
• Codex → endpoint https://www.myai168.com/en/api/openai/v1, model gpt-5.6-sol.

If you only use Claude Desktop (GUI chat, no terminal), the Claude Desktop tab in cc-switch can be configured directly and supports "one-click import of providers from Claude Code".

• SmartScreen blocks with "Windows protected your PC" → click "More info" → "Run anyway". This is the normal prompt for unsigned software.
• "No official website configured / No Routing Support" label → normal; it just means you are using a custom endpoint (MYAI168) and does not affect usage.
• cc-switch wrote the settings but they did not take effect (some tools) → cc-switch writes for Hermes may silently fail; use manual setup for Hermes. Claude Code / Codex usually write fine.
• Update cc-switch → download the new .msi and reinstall (over the old version); for the Portable version just switch to the new .zip.
• Back up the settings → cc-switch settings live in %USERPROFILE%\.cc-switch\; before a major upgrade you can manually back up %USERPROFILE%\.cc-switch\cc-switch.db.

Official

• https://github.com/farion1231/cc-switch
• https://github.com/farion1231/cc-switch/releases