> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.trynito.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# How It Works

> Use different models in your harness, incognito, without disrupting your existing workflow.

Type a Nito command and one call goes to Nito. Type anything else and your session behaves exactly as it always has.

## The Pieces

* **The plugin.** Enables Nito commands in Claude Code or Codex.
* **The `nito` command line tool.** Handles file attachments and Nito sessions. You install it once; it then installs the plugin for you.

## A Nito Command

1. You type a Nito command in your session (for example `/nito:private <prompt>` in Claude Code)
2. The plugin routes that command through Nito to the chosen model
3. The response returns in your session

## Everything Else

Ordinary messages to Claude Code or Codex behave exactly as they always have. Same model, same tools, same settings. Nothing routes through Nito unless you run a Nito command.

## Next

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    Install, authorize, and run your first ask.
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    Install, authorize, and run your first ask.
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