# Inspect available commands
cd rust/
cargo run -p rusty-claude-cli -- --help

# Build the workspace
cargo build --workspace

# Run the interactive REPL
cargo run -p rusty-claude-cli -- --model claude-opus-4-6

# One-shot prompt
cargo run -p rusty-claude-cli -- prompt "explain this codebase"

# JSON output for automation
cargo run -p rusty-claude-cli -- --output-format json prompt "summarize src/main.rs"

Configuration

Set your API credentials:

export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="sk-ant-..."
# Or use a proxy
export ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL="https://your-proxy.com"

Or authenticate via OAuth and let the CLI persist credentials locally:

cargo run -p rusty-claude-cli -- login

Mock parity harness

The workspace now includes a deterministic Anthropic-compatible mock service and a clean-environment CLI harness for end-to-end parity checks.

cd rust/

# Run the scripted clean-environment harness
./scripts/run_mock_parity_harness.sh

# Or start the mock service manually for ad hoc CLI runs
cargo run -p mock-anthropic-service -- --bind 127.0.0.1:0

Harness coverage:

streaming_text
read_file_roundtrip
grep_chunk_assembly
write_file_allowed
write_file_denied
multi_tool_turn_roundtrip
bash_stdout_roundtrip
bash_permission_prompt_approved
bash_permission_prompt_denied
plugin_tool_roundtrip

Primary artifacts:

crates/mock-anthropic-service/ — reusable mock Anthropic-compatible service
crates/rusty-claude-cli/tests/mock_parity_harness.rs — clean-env CLI harness
scripts/run_mock_parity_harness.sh — reproducible wrapper
scripts/run_mock_parity_diff.py — scenario checklist + PARITY mapping runner
mock_parity_scenarios.json — scenario-to-PARITY manifest

Features

Feature	Status
Anthropic API + streaming	✅
OAuth login/logout	✅
Interactive REPL (rustyline)	✅
Tool system (bash, read, write, edit, grep, glob)	✅
Web tools (search, fetch)	✅
Sub-agent orchestration	✅
Todo tracking	✅
Notebook editing	✅
CLAUDE.md / project memory	✅
Config file hierarchy (.claude.json)	✅
Permission system	✅
MCP server lifecycle	✅
Session persistence + resume	✅
Extended thinking (thinking blocks)	✅
Cost tracking + usage display	✅
Git integration	✅
Markdown terminal rendering (ANSI)	✅
Model aliases (opus/sonnet/haiku)	✅
Slash commands (/status, /compact, /clear, etc.)	✅
Hooks (PreToolUse/PostToolUse)	🔧 Config only
Plugin system	📋 Planned
Skills registry	📋 Planned

Model Aliases

Short names resolve to the latest model versions:

Alias	Resolves To
`opus`	`claude-opus-4-6`
`sonnet`	`claude-sonnet-4-6`
`haiku`	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251213`

CLI Flags

claw [OPTIONS] [COMMAND]

Options:
  --model MODEL                    Override the active model
  --dangerously-skip-permissions   Skip all permission checks
  --permission-mode MODE           Set read-only, workspace-write, or danger-full-access
  --allowedTools TOOLS             Restrict enabled tools
  --output-format FORMAT           Non-interactive output format (text or json)
  --resume SESSION                 Re-open a saved session or inspect it with slash commands
  --version, -V                    Print version and build information locally

Commands:
  prompt <text>      One-shot prompt (non-interactive)
  login              Authenticate via OAuth
  logout             Clear stored credentials
  init               Initialize project config
  status             Show the current workspace status snapshot
  sandbox            Show the current sandbox isolation snapshot
  agents             Inspect agent definitions
  mcp                Inspect configured MCP servers
  skills             Inspect installed skills
  system-prompt      Render the assembled system prompt

For the current canonical help text, run cargo run -p rusty-claude-cli -- --help.

Slash Commands (REPL)

Tab completion expands slash commands, model aliases, permission modes, and recent session IDs.

Command	Description
`/help`	Show help
`/status`	Show session status (model, tokens, cost)
`/cost`	Show cost breakdown
`/compact`	Compact conversation history
`/clear`	Clear conversation
`/model [name]`	Show or switch model
`/permissions`	Show or switch permission mode
`/config [section]`	Show config (env, hooks, model)
`/memory`	Show CLAUDE.md contents
`/diff`	Show git diff
`/export [path]`	Export conversation
`/resume [id]`	Resume a saved conversation
`/session [id]`	Resume a previous session
`/version`	Show version

See ../USAGE.md for examples covering interactive use, JSON automation, sessions, permissions, and the mock parity harness.

Workspace Layout

rust/
├── Cargo.toml              # Workspace root
├── Cargo.lock
└── crates/
    ├── api/                # Anthropic API client + SSE streaming
    ├── commands/           # Shared slash-command registry
    ├── compat-harness/     # TS manifest extraction harness
    ├── mock-anthropic-service/ # Deterministic local Anthropic-compatible mock
    ├── plugins/            # Plugin registry and hook wiring primitives
    ├── runtime/            # Session, config, permissions, MCP, prompts
    ├── rusty-claude-cli/   # Main CLI binary (`claw`)
    ├── telemetry/          # Session tracing and usage telemetry types
    └── tools/              # Built-in tool implementations

Crate Responsibilities

api — HTTP client, SSE stream parser, request/response types, auth (API key + OAuth bearer)
commands — Slash command definitions and help text generation
compat-harness — Extracts tool/prompt manifests from upstream TS source
mock-anthropic-service — Deterministic /v1/messages mock for CLI parity tests and local harness runs
plugins — Plugin metadata, registries, and hook integration surfaces
runtime — ConversationRuntime agentic loop, ConfigLoader hierarchy, Session persistence, permission policy, MCP client, system prompt assembly, usage tracking
rusty-claude-cli — REPL, one-shot prompt, streaming display, tool call rendering, CLI argument parsing
telemetry — Session trace events and supporting telemetry payloads
tools — Tool specs + execution: Bash, ReadFile, WriteFile, EditFile, GlobSearch, GrepSearch, WebSearch, WebFetch, Agent, TodoWrite, NotebookEdit, Skill, ToolSearch, REPL runtimes

Stats

~20K lines of Rust
9 crates in workspace
Binary name: claw
Default model: claude-opus-4-6
Default permissions: danger-full-access

License

See repository root.