Case study

Claude Code inbox socket: documenting session messages and delivery

The Claude Code inbox-socket project documents the internal session messaging protocol carried over a Unix socket or Windows named pipe. It describes JSON-line frames, transport, receipts and delivery behavior, and supplies client examples and conformance checks against installed Claude Code versions.

Targets: Protocol
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

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Last commit: 2026-10-27
Language: Python

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Evidence

Observed: Code, documentation and a demo observed; no download method found.
Checked: 2026-11-08

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: An installed Claude Code version is needed for live conformance checks; those checks start temporary sessions and incur model usage.
Limits: The internal frame format may change between releases.
License: MIT license.

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BibTeX

@misc{claude-code-inbox-socket-case,
  title = {{Claude Code inbox socket: documenting session messages and delivery}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/cacarico/claude-code-inbox-socket-spec}},
  url = {https://github.com/cacarico/claude-code-inbox-socket-spec},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/claude-code-inbox-socket-case/}}
}

Plain text

Claude Code inbox socket: documenting session messages and delivery. https://github.com/cacarico/claude-code-inbox-socket-spec (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/claude-code-inbox-socket-case/

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Primary sources

README.md GitHub · cacarico/claude-code-inbox-socket-spec · Revision 19e98c3
CHANGELOG.md GitHub · cacarico/claude-code-inbox-socket-spec · Revision 19e98c3