Claude Tap

Claude Tap is a local proxy and trace viewer for AI coding agents to inspect API traffic, system prompts, and tool calls.

Claude-tap is a local proxy and trace viewer designed for developers using AI coding agents. It intercepts and inspects API traffic and agent context, including system prompts, conversation history, tool schemas, tool calls, streaming responses, and token usage. Users can run their CLI tools through it or listen to local app transcripts to examine request diffs and debug behavior with evidence. It supports various clients such as Claude Code, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, Kimi CLI, OpenCode, and Pi. Traces stay securely on the user's machine, and common authentication headers are redacted before recording.

Claude Tap at a glance

Best for: Software engineer
Runs on: macOS, Windows, Linux, CLI
Pricing: Free
Released: February 2026
Category: AI coding tool
Website: github.com/liaohch3/claude-tap

Key features

Inspect exact context including prompts and messages
Compare adjacent requests with a structured diff
Export run traces to a self-contained HTML viewer
Redact common auth headers before recording
Auto-detect custom upstreams from environment variables
Support reverse proxy and forward proxy modes
Capture HTTP and WebSocket request bodies

Use it for

Debug AI coding agent behavior and prompt changes
Inspect system prompts and tool schemas
Review streaming responses and token usage
Archive versioned system prompt snapshots

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