Using LM Link with Integrations

With LM Link, your coding tools can run models on a remote device (like a dedicated LLM rig on your network) while you work from your laptop

Use your integration as normal

Start LM Studio's server on your local machine and configure your tool to point to it. Model loads are routed to the device the model is loaded on or the preferred device if set.

Your local machine handles the API surface at localhost:1234, while the model runs on the device the model is present on.

lms server start --port 1234

Claude Code

export ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=http://localhost:1234
export ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN=lmstudio
claude --model qwen3-8b

See the full Claude Code guide.

Codex

codex --oss -m qwen3-8b

See the full Codex guide.

Set a preferred device

To use a model on a specific remote device, set the device as the preferred device.

See set a preferred device for more details.

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