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Connect Claude Code

Qloud runs on the Claude account you already have. Setting it up takes one terminal and a sign-in.

1Get the app

Install the QnA desktop app, free for Windows. QnA currently has no AI model of its own. Instead, Qloud is an agent harness: it’s powered by the AI model (LLM) behind Claude Code, on your own account. Until an engine is connected, the app opens on a “Connect an agent to continue” screen, which is where the next steps happen.

2Check your account

You need a Claude plan or an Anthropic API key. Nothing else has to be installed first: QnA sets up Claude Code itself. Whatever it costs is between you and Anthropic, under their terms. Using ChatGPT instead? Follow the Codex steps.

3Open its terminal and sign in

Under Claude Code, choose “Open Claude terminal”. A terminal window opens, installs Claude Code with Anthropic’s installer if it isn’t on your PC yet, and starts its setup, where you sign in with your Claude account. There are no commands to copy; just follow the prompts in that window.

QnA’s “Connect an agent to continue” screen, with the “Open Claude terminal” button highlighted

4Let QnA find it

QnA watches for the sign-in and continues on its own once it’s done: the setup screen closes and a reminder names the shortcut that opens QnA from anywhere, even in-game. If it doesn’t, choose “Check again”. Settings → Agents then shows Claude Code as Connected, with the account and plan it’s signed in with.

Settings → Agents in QnA, with Claude Code marked Connected and signed in

5Choose a model

The engine button beside the message box opens the Agent dialog. Default follows your own Claude Code settings, or pick a model: Fable or Opus for the hardest questions and longest guides, Sonnet or Haiku for quicker answers. The same dialog sets how hard it thinks before replying and how Qloud formats the guides it saves. A chat keeps the model it started with, so start a new chat to switch.

The Agent dialog in QnA, listing Claude Code’s models alongside reasoning effort and guide format

If it doesn’t connect

“Still waiting for sign-in”: finish signing in in the terminal window, then choose “Check again”.
Claude Code is installed but not signed in: “Open Claude terminal” skips the install and goes straight to signing in.
Rather use an API key? Paste your Anthropic key (it starts with sk-ant-) under Advanced in Claude Code’s section of Settings → Agents. It takes over from the sign-in, and it stays on this PC.

Still stuck? See Claude Code’s docs. What QnA sends to Anthropic is in the Privacy Policy.

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