albeorla-claude-cli-bridge 0.2.1

Async Python wrapper for the Claude Code CLI with session management

albeorla-claude-cli-bridge

Async Python wrapper for the Claude Code CLI with automatic session management.

Install

pip install albeorla-claude-cli-bridge

Requires the claude CLI to be installed and authenticated.

Usage

import asyncio
from claude_cli_bridge import ClaudeBridge

async def main():
    bridge = ClaudeBridge(work_dir="~/my-project")

    # First call creates a new session
    resp = await bridge.query(key="chat-1", message="explain this codebase")
    print(resp.text)

    # Follow-up resumes the same session automatically
    resp = await bridge.query(key="chat-1", message="now refactor the main module")
    print(resp.text)

    # One-shot (no session tracking)
    resp = await bridge.ask("what is 2 + 2?")
    print(resp.text)

asyncio.run(main())

API

ClaudeBridge

ClaudeBridge(
    claude_binary="claude",       # path to claude CLI
    work_dir=".",                 # working directory for subprocess
    system_prompt=None,           # appended on first turn
    permission_mode="bypassPermissions",
    model=None,                   # e.g., "haiku", "sonnet"
    allowed_tools=None,           # e.g., ["Read", "WebSearch"]
)

Methods

Method	Description
await bridge.query(key, message)	Send a message to a session. Creates one if needed, resumes on follow-up.
await bridge.ask(message)	One-shot query, no session reuse.
bridge.get_session(key)	Get session by key, or None.
bridge.create_session(key)	Explicitly create a session.
bridge.remove_session(key)	Remove a session.
bridge.active_sessions	Dict of all active sessions.

Response

Field	Type	Description
text	str	The assistant's reply
session_id	str	Claude session ID
cost_usd	float	Cost of the query
duration_ms	int	Wall-clock time
num_turns	int	Number of agent turns
is_error	bool	Whether the query failed
raw	dict	Full JSON response from the CLI

Session

Field	Type	Description
session_id	str	UUID for the Claude CLI session
key	Any	Application-defined identifier
turn_count	int	Messages sent in this session
busy	bool	Whether a query is in progress