claif_cla 1.0.4

CLAIF provider for Anthropic Claude Code CLI - seamless Claude integration for the Command-Line AI Framework

claif_cla

CLAIF provider for Anthropic's Claude Code CLI

Quickstart

claif_cla is a Python wrapper for Claude that provides session management, tool approval strategies, and a rich CLI interface. Install it and start chatting with Claude in seconds:

pip install claif_cla && python -m claif_cla.cli ask "Hello, Claude!"

claif_cla is a Python package that provides a thin wrapper around the claude_code_sdk package, integrating Anthropic's Claude Code CLI into the CLAIF (Command-Line AI Framework) ecosystem.

What is claif_cla?

This package acts as a bridge between the CLAIF framework and Claude's AI capabilities. It provides a minimal interface that:

• Wraps claude_code_sdk with CLAIF-standard options
• Manages persistent conversation sessions
• Implements flexible tool approval strategies for MCP (Model Context Protocol) tools
• Provides response caching to reduce API costs
• Offers a rich CLI interface built with Fire and Rich libraries

Installation

From PyPI

pip install claif_cla

From Source

git clone https://github.com/twardoch/claif_cla.git
cd claif_cla
pip install -e .

Development Installation

pip install -e ".[dev,test]"

Command Line Usage

The package provides a Fire-based CLI interface. Run commands through Python:

python -m claif_cla.cli --help

Basic Commands

# Ask Claude a question
python -m claif_cla.cli ask "What is the theory of relativity?"

# Stream responses in real-time
python -m claif_cla.cli stream "Tell me about machine learning"

# Interactive conversation mode
python -m claif_cla.cli interactive

# Check service health
python -m claif_cla.cli health

Session Management

# List sessions
python -m claif_cla.cli session list

# Create new session
python -m claif_cla.cli session create

# Show session messages
python -m claif_cla.cli session show SESSION_ID

# Export session
python -m claif_cla.cli session export SESSION_ID --format markdown --output chat.md

Python API Usage

Basic Query

import asyncio
from claif_cla import query
from claif.common import ClaifOptions

async def main():
    # Simple query
    async for message in query("Hello, Claude!"):
        print(f"{message.role}: {message.content}")
    
    # Query with options
    options = ClaifOptions(
        model="claude-3-opus-20240229",
        temperature=0.7,
        max_tokens=500
    )
    
    async for message in query("Explain Python decorators", options):
        print(message.content)

asyncio.run(main())

Session Management

from claif_cla.session import SessionManager, Session
from claif.common import Message, MessageRole

# Initialize session manager
session_mgr = SessionManager()

# Create session
session_id = session_mgr.create_session()

# Add messages
message = Message(
    role=MessageRole.USER,
    content="What is machine learning?"
)
session_mgr.add_message(session_id, message)

# Export session
markdown = session_mgr.export_session(session_id, export_format="markdown")

Tool Approval Strategies

from claif_cla.approval import create_approval_strategy

# Allow specific tools only
safe_tools = create_approval_strategy("allow_list", {
    "allowed_tools": ["read_file", "list_files", "search"]
})

# Deny dangerous tools
deny_dangerous = create_approval_strategy("deny_list", {
    "denied_tools": ["delete_file", "execute_command"]
})

# Pattern-based approval
patterns = create_approval_strategy("pattern", {
    "patterns": ["read_.*", "list_.*"],
    "deny": False
})

Why Use claif_cla?

1. Minimal Overhead: Thin wrapper design adds minimal complexity to claude-code-sdk
2. Session Persistence: Save and restore conversations across sessions
3. Tool Control: Fine-grained control over MCP tool approval
4. Response Caching: Built-in caching reduces API costs
5. CLAIF Integration: Works seamlessly with other CLAIF providers

How It Works

Architecture

The package consists of five main modules:

claif_cla/
├── __init__.py      # Main query function and exports
├── cli.py           # Fire-based CLI interface
├── wrapper.py       # Enhanced wrapper with caching and retry logic
├── session.py       # Session management and persistence
└── approval.py      # MCP tool approval strategies

Core Components

1. Main Module (__init__.py)

   • Provides the query function that converts CLAIF options to Claude options
   • Thin wrapper around claude_code_sdk.query
   • Uses loguru for logging

2. CLI Module (cli.py)

   • Fire-based command-line interface
   • Commands: ask, stream, interactive, session, health, benchmark
   • Rich terminal formatting for better user experience

3. Wrapper Module (wrapper.py)

   • ResponseCache: SHA256-based caching with TTL support
   • ClaudeWrapper: Adds retry logic with exponential backoff
   • Handles errors and timeouts gracefully

4. Session Module (session.py)

   • Session: Data class for conversation storage
   • SessionManager: CRUD operations for sessions
   • Session templates for common use cases
   • Export to JSON and Markdown formats

5. Approval Module (approval.py)

   • Abstract ApprovalStrategy base class
   • Eight concrete strategy implementations
   • Factory function for strategy creation
   • Predefined strategy presets

Data Flow

1. User provides prompt and options
2. CLAIF options are converted to ClaudeCodeOptions
3. Request is forwarded to claude_code_sdk
4. Responses are streamed back from Claude API
5. Optional caching based on prompt+options hash
6. Messages saved to session if ID provided
7. Formatted output returned to user

Development

Running Tests

# Run all tests
pytest

# Run with coverage
pytest --cov=src/claif_cla --cov-report=term-missing

Code Quality

# Format code
ruff format src/claif_cla tests

# Run linting
ruff check src/claif_cla tests

# Type checking
mypy src/claif_cla

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch
3. Make your changes
4. Run tests and linting
5. Submit a pull request

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

Related Projects

• CLAIF - The main CLAIF framework
• claude-code-sdk - Anthropic's Claude SDK
• claif_cod - CLAIF provider for OpenAI Codex
• claif_gem - CLAIF provider for Google Gemini