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Run sessions on DeepSeek, Kimi, GLM, MiniMax or Meta

These engines run inside Claude Code with your own key from each company, often for less money. Turn one on and pick its model.

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DeepSeek, Kimi (from Moonshot), GLM (from z.ai), MiniMax and Meta (its Muse Spark models) offer models that work with Claude Code's own tools. In Yardmaster they run inside Claude Code: same chat, same approval questions, a different AI answering. Each runs on your own key with that company.

Turn one on#

  1. Open Settings > Accounts and turn on Show alternative AI providers.

  2. Under Other AI tools, open the engine, for example DeepSeek (Anthropic-compat API).

  3. Turn on Allow DeepSeek sessions in any project (or the engine's own switch). Its key field appears.

  4. Paste your key from that company's website into DeepSeek API Key (or Kimi API Key, GLM API Key, MiniMax API Key, Meta API Key).

Allow DeepSeek sessions in any projectSettings, Accounts · Default: OffOpt-in toggle to expose DeepSeek as a session provider in the new-session menuOpen in YardmasterOpens Yardmaster. Don't have it? Download

Each card names where to get a key: platform.deepseek.com, platform.moonshot.ai, z.ai, platform.minimax.io or dev.meta.ai (Meta's keys are a preview in the US).

Start a session#

Start a session and, before your first message, keep Claude Code as the engine and pick one of the engine's models in the model choice next to it. To make one the default for a project, choose it as the project's Default provider in Edit Project > More options. See Choose your AI engine.

Cap what they spend each day#

Daily limit (per metered provider) in Settings > Sessions > Spending limits stops new sessions on an engine once it has spent that amount today. It is off until you set it.

Every session on these engines also has a stop already set: Budget Caps (per session) warns at $20 and stops the session at $100. Change or clear it in the same place. See Choose your AI engine for all the spending stops.

Daily Limit (per metered provider)Settings, SessionsPer-provider daily spend limit for metered third-party providers (Kimi, DeepSeek, GLM, MiniMax, Meta)Open in YardmasterOpens Yardmaster. Don't have it? Download

For Kimi, Kimi balance monitor in Settings > Notifications puts a card in your Inbox, with a Recharge button, before your Moonshot balance runs out.

What works and what does not#

  • Works like Claude: the chat, the approval questions (your permission level applies) and asides.

  • Does not work: attaching images, your connected tools (MCP servers), and running on another computer with SSH Remote.

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