🦞 Claude-Zeroclaw

Version: 2.6.0 | License: MIT | Release Date: January 2026

🧠 What Is Claude-Zeroclaw?

Imagine a digital bridge between your local machine and the vast intelligence of Claude AI—not just a proxy, not merely a router, but an adaptive orchestrator that transforms how developers, teams, and systems interact with Claude Code. Think of it as a Swiss Army knife for AI integration: one tool that can proxy, route, sub-agent, skill-enhance, and context-optimize Claude's capabilities across any environment.

Claude-Zeroclaw is your command-center for Claude Code workflows—whether you're running a single terminal session, managing a team of sub-agents, or building a multi-language application with Claude SDK under the hood.

✨ Why "Zeroclaw"? The Metaphor

A zeroclaw is a mythical creature—a crab that can grip without crushing, adapt without breaking, and move across any terrain. This repository embodies that spirit:

• Zero friction between you and Claude's intelligence
• Claw-like precision in routing requests, managing contexts, and handling sub-agents
• Adaptive grip—works across Claude Desktop, Claude CLI, MCP servers, and custom SDK integrations

"Zeroclaw doesn't just connect—it harmonizes."

🗺️ Architecture Overview

graph TD
    A[User / Developer] --> B{Claude-Zeroclaw Orchestrator}
    B --> C[Claude Code CLI]
    B --> D[Claude Desktop]
    B --> E[Claude MCP Server]
    B --> F[Claude SDK]
    B --> G[Sub-Agent Pool]
    C --> H[Local Execution]
    D --> I[GUI Sessions]
    E --> J[Tool Integration]
    F --> K[API Layer]
    G --> L[Parallel Tasks]
    B --> M[Context Router]
    M --> N[Memory Store]
    M --> O[Skill Modules]

🚀 Quick Start

Prerequisites

• Python 3.10+ or Node.js 18+
• A Claude API key (OpenAI-compatible endpoint)
• Git

Installation

git clone https://github.com/your-org/claude-zeroclaw.git
cd claude-zeroclaw
pip install -r requirements.txt   # Python edition
# OR
npm install                       # Node.js edition

⚙️ Example Profile Configuration

Create a zeroclaw_profile.yaml file to define your Claude interaction blueprint:

profile:
  name: "developer-pro"
  version: "2.6.0"
  context_window: 200000
  preferred_model: "claude-4-5-sonnet"
  
orchestration:
  router_mode: "adaptive"
  sub_agents:
    max_concurrent: 5
    timeout_seconds: 120
    fallback_strategy: "round_robin"
    
skills:
  enabled:
    - code_review
    - documentation_gen
    - test_generation
    - refactoring_advisor
  custom_skills_path: "./skills/"
  
integrations:
  claude_desktop:
    auto_launch: true
    port: 8080
  claude_code_cli:
    sync_context: true
  mcp_servers:
    - name: "local-filesystem"
      endpoint: "http://localhost:3001"

🎮 Example Console Invocation

# Basic usage with Claude Code
zeroclaw --mode code --model claude-4-5-sonnet --task "Refactor main.py into modular services"

# Launch with sub-agents
zeroclaw --mode subagents --count 3 --context ./project --skill code_review

# Desktop integration
zeroclaw --mode desktop --profile ./my_profile.yaml

# Proxy mode for SDK
zeroclaw --mode proxy --port 9090 --upstream https://api.anthropic.com

🖥️ OS Compatibility Table

Operating System	Status	Emoji Badge
Windows 11/10	✅ Full Support
macOS Ventura+	✅ Full Support
Ubuntu 22.04+	✅ Full Support
Debian 12	✅ Full Support
Fedora 39	⚠️ Beta
Arch Linux	⚠️ Community
Alpine Docker	✅ Container

🌟 Feature List

Core Capabilities

• Unified Claude Orchestration — Route requests seamlessly between Claude Code CLI, Claude Desktop, Claude MCP, and custom SDK endpoints
• Adaptive Sub-Agent Management — Dynamically spawn, manage, and coordinate up to 50 parallel Claude sub-agents for complex tasks
• Context Optimizer — Automatically compresses, prioritizes, and rotates context windows to maximize Claude-4-5-Sonnet's 200K token capacity
• Skill Plugin System — Extend Claude's abilities with reusable skill modules (code review, test generation, architecture analysis)
• Multi-Protocol Proxy — Expose Claude as an OpenAI-compatible endpoint for universal tool integration

Developer Experience

• Responsive Console UI — Real-time progress indicators, structured output formatting, and interactive mode with keyboard shortcuts
• Multilingual Support — Interface and prompts available in English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Chinese, and Arabic
• 24/7 Customer Support — Built-in diagnostic mode, crash recovery, and automatic issue reporting with stack traces
• Zero-Downtime Reconfiguration — Update profiles and routing rules without restarting active sessions

Integration Matrix

Integration	Support Level	Badge
Claude Code CLI	🥇 Native
Claude Desktop	🥇 Native
Claude MCP	🥇 Native
Claude SDK	🥇 Native
OpenAI API	🥈 Compatible
Custom Endpoints	🥉 Adapter

🔌 OpenAI API & Claude API Integration

Claude-Zeroclaw acts as a translation layer between OpenAI-compatible clients and Claude's native API. This means:

• Use any OpenAI SDK to talk to Claude models
• Automatically map function-calling schemas between providers
• Maintain session state across API calls for conversational persistence
• Benefit from Claude's superior context handling while using familiar tooling

Endpoint: http://localhost:9090/v1/chat/completions
Model mapping: gpt-4 → claude-4-5-sonnet (automatic)
Headers: Authorization: Bearer <your-claude-key>

🧩 SEO-Friendly Keyword Integration

This repository is optimized for discoverability around:

Claude Code router, Claude CLI proxy, Claude sub-agents orchestration, Claude MCP server bridge, multi-model AI integration, context window optimizer, Claude Desktop automation, AI skill plugins, LLM orchestration framework, Claude SDK wrapper, token-aware routing, adaptive AI pipelines, developer toolchain for Claude, Claude Code CLI extension, sub-agent coordination system, AI workflow manager, cross-platform Claude interface, Claude conversation state management, and enterprise Claude deployment tools.

🎨 Responsive UI & Accessibility

The Zeroclaw console interface adapts to:

• Terminal width — from 80-column teletypes to 4K ultrawide monitors
• Color schemes — automatic light/dark detection with customizable themes
• Screen readers — ARIA-compatible status announcements for accessibility
• Mobile terminals — touch-optimized navigation in Termux and Blink Shell
• Reduced motion — respects OS accessibility settings for animations

🌐 Multilingual System

Configure your preferred language in the profile:

locale: "ja-JP"  # Japanese
# Supported: en, es, fr, de, ja, zh, ar

The entire orchestration layer, error messages, help system, and skill modules adapt to your locale. Community contributions for additional languages are welcome.

🕐 24/7 Support Architecture

Even when you're not watching, Zeroclaw monitors:

• Health checks — pings Claude endpoints and reports latency
• Crash recovery — snapshots state every 50 requests for instant recovery
• Auto-diagnostics — generates reproducible bug reports with environment fingerprint
• Graceful degradation — falls back to offline caches when API is unreachable

⚠️ Disclaimer

Claude-Zeroclaw is an independent, community-driven integration framework. It is not officially affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Anthropic or any o