ClawGod

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God mode for Claude Code.

This is NOT a third-party Claude Code client. ClawGod is a runtime patch applied on top of the official Claude Code. It works with any version — as Claude Code updates, ClawGod automatically re-extracts and re-patches against the new version on the next launch.

Prerequisites

Install these before running the ClawGod installer:

Install

macOS / Linux:

curl -fsSL https://github.com/0Chencc/clawgod/releases/latest/download/install.sh | bash

Windows (PowerShell):

irm https://github.com/0Chencc/clawgod/releases/latest/download/install.ps1 | iex

Green logo = patched. Orange logo = original.

What it does

Feature Unlocks

Restriction Removals

Visual

Reliability

Commands

claude              # Patched Claude Code (replaces the official launcher)
clawgod             # Same as `claude`, explicit & guaranteed entry point
claude.orig         # Original unpatched version (auto-backed-up)

clawgod is unambiguous: on Windows where claude.exe may shadow claude.cmd, clawgod.cmd always works. Even after official self-update overwrites claude, clawgod keeps running the patched build.

Configuration

~/.clawgod/provider.json is auto-created on first run. Setting apiKey lets you skip OAuth entirely and point ClawGod at any Anthropic-compatible endpoint.

{
  "apiKey": "sk-ant-...",
  "baseURL": "https://api.anthropic.com",
  "model": "",
  "smallModel": "",
  "timeoutMs": 3000000
}

• apiKey set → ClawGod injects it as ANTHROPIC_API_KEY and isolates from ~/.claude/settings.json. Works with Anthropic, DeepSeek, and OpenAI-compatible gateways. A non-Anthropic baseURL also populates ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN for gateway auth.
• apiKey empty → OAuth path. Run claude auth login once; ~/.claude keeps hosting your subagents, skills, and MCP settings.

How it works

Since @anthropic-ai/claude-code v2.1.113, the npm package no longer ships cli.js — it's a thin loader that dispatches to platform-specific Bun standalone binaries. ClawGod adapts:

1. Locates the user's installed native Bun binary in ~/.local/share/claude/versions/
2. Extracts the embedded cli.js source from the __BUN segment (Mach-O / ELF / PE)
3. Extracts the embedded .node native modules (audio-capture, image-processor, computer-use-*, url-handler) into ~/.clawgod/vendor/
4. Rewrites /$bunfs/... virtual paths to point at the extracted modules
5. Applies 23 regex-based patches (version-agnostic — same patches work across many releases)
6. The claude / clawgod launchers run the patched cli.js under the Bun runtime

A .source-version stamp in ~/.clawgod/ records which native version was patched. On every launch the wrapper compares it against the latest binary in versions/; if the user upgraded Claude Code via the official installer, ClawGod auto-re-patches on the next run.

Update

Just run claude update as usual. ClawGod patches the command to route through its own installer, which pulls the current Anthropic release from npm (@anthropic-ai/claude-code-<plat>@latest), re-extracts cli.js, re-applies patches, and rewrites the launcher. So the upstream update command keeps working the way you expect — you get the latest Claude, with patches still applied, in one step.

Extra options:

claude update --version 2.1.180   # Pin to a specific Claude Code version
claude update --no-upgrade        # Re-patch without downloading (use existing cli.js)

--version is useful when a new release has issues and you want to stay on a known-good version. --no-upgrade re-applies the latest patches from the installer to the existing cli.js — handy when only the patcher has been updated.

If you'd rather invoke the installer directly (same effect, both paths fetch the same upstream release and re-patch):

macOS / Linux:

curl -fsSL https://github.com/0Chencc/clawgod/releases/latest/download/install.sh | bash

Windows:

irm https://github.com/0Chencc/clawgod/releases/latest/download/install.ps1 | iex

If you'd rather drop ClawGod and use Anthropic's original claude update (which manages its own paths and would overwrite our launcher), uninstall first:

bash ~/.clawgod/install.sh --uninstall

Uninstall

macOS / Linux:

curl -fsSL https://github.com/0Chencc/clawgod/releases/latest/download/install.sh | bash -s -- --uninstall
hash -r  # refresh shell cache

Windows:

irm https://github.com/0Chencc/clawgod/releases/latest/download/install.ps1 -OutFile install.ps1; .\install.ps1 -Uninstall

Uninstall restores claude.orig → claude and removes the clawgod alias.

After install or uninstall, restart your terminal or run hash -r if the command doesn't take effect immediately.

License

GPL-3.0 — Not affiliated with Anthropic. Use at your own risk.

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