# claude-peer: reconstructing Claude's local peer IPC

> claude-peer reconstructs the local Unix socket peer exchange used by Claude Code and Claude Desktop. Its protocol notes describe session registration, token authentication and line-delimited JSON frames; a Node.js CLI and SDK discover active sessions, send messages and register external peers.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: App · Protocol
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/nsozturk/claude-peer>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/nsozturk/claude-peer/blob/0ab59dfca50e4cc6b47dd614d1db97fbf46404a9/docs/discovery.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/claude-peer-ipc-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/claude-peer-ipc-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/claude-peer-ipc-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Claude Code v2.1.318 or newer or the documented Claude Desktop macOS app is the target.
- **Prerequisites:** Node.js 18 or newer; the package lists macOS and Linux.
- **License:** MIT License.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/nsozturk/claude-peer/blob/0ab59dfca50e4cc6b47dd614d1db97fbf46404a9/docs/discovery.md>
2. <https://github.com/nsozturk/claude-peer/blob/0ab59dfca50e4cc6b47dd614d1db97fbf46404a9/README.md>

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