feat(anthropic): claude-cli-interactive backend — stream reasoning via local TLS proxy#81851
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Codex review: needs real behavior proof before merge. Reviewed June 19, 2026, 5:54 PM ET / 21:54 UTC. Summary PR surface: Source +2330, Tests +411, Config +32. Total +2773 across 37 files. Reproducibility: yes. for the review blockers: source inspection at PR head/current main shows proxy env inheritance, fail-open CONNECT routing, skills helper mismatch, missing Claude CLI capability flags, and an undeclared Bun type reference. I did not run live Claude or Telegram in this read-only review. Review metrics: 3 noteworthy metrics.
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Review detailsBest possible solution: Land only after a clean rebase, fail-closed proxy/env hardening, Claude CLI parity, SDK docs/contracts/dependency alignment, and current-head cross-platform Telegram/proxy proof with explicit maintainer security acceptance. Do we have a high-confidence way to reproduce the issue? Yes for the review blockers: source inspection at PR head/current main shows proxy env inheritance, fail-open CONNECT routing, skills helper mismatch, missing Claude CLI capability flags, and an undeclared Bun type reference. I did not run live Claude or Telegram in this read-only review. Is this the best way to solve the issue? No. The backend is a plausible direction, but the current implementation is not the best merge shape until the proxy is fail-closed, Claude CLI invariants are preserved, SDK contracts are documented, and real cross-platform transport proof is supplied. Full review comments:
Overall correctness: patch is incorrect AGENTS.md: found and applied where relevant. Codex review notes: model internal, reasoning high; reviewed against d97574aae6f2. Label changesLabel justifications:
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…m-json JSONL
Extends createCliJsonlStreamingParser with three optional callbacks
(onReasoningDelta, onToolEvent) and adds an internal tool-use tracker
that watches stream_event records of type content_block_{start,delta,stop}
for tool_use / server_tool_use / mcp_tool_use blocks.
On content_block_stop, the tracker:
- injects a textual marker into assistantText via onAssistantDelta,
formatted "\n\n[HH:MM:SS] 🛠️ ToolName: detail\n" (detail is the first
non-empty value from args.command|file_path|pattern|query|description|url,
truncated to 120 chars).
- emits a structured ClaudeToolEvent ({phase: "start", name, args, itemId,
sessionId, usage}) via onToolEvent for consumers that want to render the
tool call separately (dashboard, tool drawer, etc.).
- starts a 8s-interval rolling timer that repaints the tail of
assistantText as "_ <elapsed>s — <hh:mm:ss>_" until the next
text_delta, result, or finish() lands.
When a text_delta arrives while the timer is running, the timer is cleared,
the inline tick is stripped from assistantText, a \n\n separator is
inserted, and the resumed text delta is emitted.
When onReasoningDelta is provided, thinking_delta events are routed there
instead of through onAssistantDelta's legacy {thinkingDelta, thinkingText}
bridge. Existing callers that only provide onAssistantDelta keep the old
behaviour (back-compat).
Works on any backend with jsonlDialect="claude-stream-json" or providerId
"claude-cli" — i.e. both the existing claude-cli backend and the new
claude-cli-interactive backend from PR openclaw#81851.
Downstream consumer wiring (execute.ts agent-event emitters,
agent-runner-execution.ts reasoning bridge) lands in a follow-up commit.
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Remaining: [P1] cross-platform proof — the proxy/Bun/OpenSSL path is still only proven on Windows; Linux/macOS live runs are pending. And the local-MITM design decision itself (decrypting |
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Remaining are maintainer/operator-gated, not code defects: explicit acceptance of the opt-in local-MITM trust boundary (documented), and Linux/macOS live proof (the path is currently proven on Windows). |
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Local: oxlint clean, tsgo:core clean, mitm-server tests green. Remaining items are the [P1]s — cross-platform (Linux/macOS) proof, the rebase onto current main, and maintainer acceptance of the loopback-MITM trust boundary. |
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@clawsweeper re-review Pushed The interactive-proxy tsconfig sets That clears all three code findings (CONNECT normalization, doctor parity, bun-types). Remaining are the [P1]s that need you/a maintainer: cross-platform (Linux/macOS) proof, the security trust-boundary acceptance, and the rebase against current main. |
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…a local TLS proxy Add a new `claude-cli-interactive` backend that spawns the Claude CLI binary behind a local TLS MITM proxy, enabling real-time streaming of reasoning/thinking tokens to channels that support interleaved progress. Key changes: - Interactive proxy server with auto-generated localhost TLS certificates - Wrapper around the CLI process that captures proxy traffic - Agent runner integration for lifecycle management and text bridging - Certificate manager with filesystem caching in OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR - Overflow recovery with scoped Read permission grants - De-duplication of CLI assistant text when reasoning bridge is active
The squash/rebase dropped the systemPromptWhen === "always" guard from the systemPromptFile and systemPromptFileArg conditions in helpers.ts and execute.ts. Without it, resumed CLI sessions skip the system prompt even when the backend declares systemPromptWhen: "always".
…l_use When Claude produces text -> tool_use -> text, the CLI JSONL streaming parser concatenated the second text block directly after the first without any whitespace. Now detects content_block_start type:"text" after a tool_use block and inserts a paragraph break into the accumulated assistant text.
… background tasks The MITM proxy was relaying a spawned sub-agent's end_turn as the primary turn's end, so the agent reported the sub-agent's findings and stopped instead of continuing. - mitm classifier: tag sub-agent requests "subagent" via the Agent-tool signature. The primary turn always carries the `Agent` (Task) tool; sub-agents (websearch, research/Explore Task) are spawned without it. A tool-bearing normal/tool_followup request lacking `Agent` (or declaring server-side web_search) is a sub-agent. A max_tokens retry of the primary still carries `Agent`, so the primary is never mis-tagged. - wrapper: handle "subagent" like compaction-plus — text_delta -> thinking_delta (reasoning lane, never a new reply), message_start/message_stop suppressed, while tool_use content_block_start/input_json_delta/content_block_stop are forwarded so the tool rows render interleaved with the thinking. The primary's continuation (a later tool_followup carrying `Agent`) is the user-facing reply. - wrapper: set CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_BACKGROUND_TASKS=1 in claudeEnv. The tty-spoof makes claude believe it has a TTY (subscription mode), re-enabling the background-task feature that headless `-p` disables; its follow-up polls would surface as spurious extra turns.
…ignal) Replace the single-`Agent`-tool heuristic with an exported, unit-tested classifyRequest. Layered, first-decisive-wins: positive primary detection via a configurable spawner-tool set plus a conservative structural matcher (so a renamed/disguised Task spawner is still recognized as the primary); keep the web-search sub-agent catch; gate the by-absence rule on a spawner having been seen this run, so a deny-listed-Agent run can't be mis-suppressed into a hang. Add request-classifier.test.ts (12 cases) covering each layer.
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closing following anthropic policy change on claude -p usage |
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Summary
New opt-in
claude-cli-interactivebackend. Each turn spawnsbun wrapper.tswhich boots a loopback HTTPS MITM proxy on 127.0.0.1, taps every Anthropic API SSE event, and re-emits them asclaude -p --output-format stream-jsonJSONL records. This lets Claude run in interactive (subscription) mode while preserving the streaming surface that reasoning and tool-use rendering depend on.Why: Starting June 15, 2026,
claude -p(headless/programmatic) mode draws from a separate fixed monthly credit pool billed at API rates. The interactive backend avoids this by keeping Claude in subscription mode.Scope boundary
claude-clibackend untouched — shared gate functions extended viaisClaudeCliCompatibleBackend(provider)to recognise both backend IDsinheritUserConfigFromwith-p-mode flags strippedNODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTSscoped to spawned child only)api.anthropic.comCONNECT tunnels pass through unmodifiedKey files
extensions/anthropic/src/interactive-proxy/wrapper.ts,mitm-server.ts,cert-manager.ts,tty-spoof.cjsextensions/anthropic/src/cli-backend-interactive.ts,normalizeConfigsrc/agents/cli-backends.ts,provider-id.ts,model-runtime-aliases.tssrc/auto-reply/reply/agent-runner-execution.ts(reasoning bridge dedup)Security notes
~/.openclaw/proxy-certs/at 0700/0600Test plan
cli-backend-interactive.test.ts— 5 cases coveringnormalizeConfigbranchesLive proof (2026-05-29, current head)
Gateway startup:
Turn dispatch (interactive proxy + session resume):
Telegram — interactive proxy streaming reasoning + tool events: