claudeshell 0.1.0

A command-line interface for Claude AI

Claude CLI

A command-line interface for interacting with Claude AI.

Features

• Interactive chat with Claude AI in your terminal
• Send one-off queries without entering an interactive session
• Manage your conversations (list, delete, rename)
• Support for file attachments
• Rich text formatting (markdown)
• Configuration management

Installation

From PyPI

pip install claudeshell

From Source

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/claude-cli.git
cd claude-cli
pip install -e .

Setup

Before using Claude CLI, you need to configure your Claude cookie:

claude config

This will prompt you to enter your Claude cookie. Alternatively, you can set the CLAUDE_COOKIE environment variable.

Getting Your Claude Cookie

1. Go to claude.ai and log in
2. Open your browser's developer tools (F12 or right-click > Inspect)
3. Go to the Network tab
4. Refresh the page
5. Click on any request to claude.ai
6. In the Headers tab, find the Cookie header
7. Copy the entire cookie value

Usage

Interactive Chat

Start a new chat conversation:

claude chat --new

Continue an existing conversation:

claude chat --id <conversation_id>

One-off Queries

Send a single query and get a response:

claude query "What is the capital of France?"

With attachment:

claude query "Summarize this document" --attachment path/to/file.pdf

Managing Conversations

List all conversations:

claude list

Delete a conversation:

claude delete <conversation_id>

Rename a conversation:

claude rename <conversation_id> "New Title"

Commands Reference

• claude chat: Start an interactive chat session
• claude query: Send a one-off query
• claude list: List all conversations
• claude delete: Delete a conversation
• claude rename: Rename a conversation
• claude config: Configure settings

Dependencies

• claude-api: Unofficial Claude API
• click: Command-line interface creation
• rich: Terminal text formatting and display
• pyyaml: Configuration file handling

License

MIT

Disclaimer

This project provides an unofficial client for Claude AI and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic. Use it at your own risk.