Overview
PrivateGPT implements the full Claude API, so it natively supports any tool or client that integrates with Claude — including first-party Anthropic apps like Claude Code or the MS Office Claude add-ins. Local inference providers like Ollama usually cannot power those tools because they lack certain API capabilities (structured output, tool use, tokenizer endpoints, etc.).
Apart from those, PrivateGPT is also naturally compatible with all tools that integrate with local inference providers, since it exposes a standard Claude-compatible interface.
Known integrations
The following integrations have documented setup guides for PrivateGPT.
Anthropic’s official CLI. Route all requests through your private server instead of api.anthropic.com.
Connect Claude Desktop (Cowork) to your private-gpt server using third-party inference.
Connect the Claude add-ins for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook to your private-gpt server.
Open-source AI coding agent. Point it at your private-gpt server via a single config entry.
Other integrations
Any tool that works with a local OpenAI-compatible provider will work with PrivateGPT. The list below is non-exhaustive.