clodtok 0.1.1

Capture the x-api-key header that Claude Code sends, via mitmproxy.

clodtok

Capture the x-api-key header that Claude Code sends to Anthropic, by funneling its traffic through a temporary mitmproxy instance.

Requirements

External CLIs that must already be on PATH:

• uvx (from uv)
• claude (Claude Code CLI), configured with x-api-key auth

Usage

uvx clodtok

Flags:

• --prompt TEXT — prompt sent to claude -p to trigger an API call (default: "hi")
• --host HOST — proxy listen host (default: 127.0.0.1)
• --port PORT — proxy listen port (default: 8888)
• --timeout SECONDS — how long to wait for the key (default: 60)
• --debug — show mitmdump and claude output

The captured API key is printed to stdout. Errors go to stderr.

How it works

1. Launches mitmdump (via uvx --from mitmproxy) on the configured port with a small Python addon.
2. Launches claude -p <prompt> with HTTPS_PROXY, HTTP_PROXY, and NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED=0 set so its TLS traffic is intercepted.
3. The addon scans each request for an x-api-key header and writes it to a sentinel file the parent process is watching.
4. As soon as the key appears, both subprocesses are torn down and the key is printed.

Caveats

• Only works when Claude Code authenticates with x-api-key. OAuth, Bedrock, and Vertex flows use different headers and will not produce a key here.
• The configured port (default 8888) must be free.