What Every AI Coding Agent Request Does – Inside the Open‑Source claude‑tap Tool

claude‑tap is an open‑source local proxy and trace viewer that intercepts AI coding agent API calls, records full request and response details, shows token usage, provides diff and live views, and exports self‑contained HTML reports, supporting nine major AI coding clients with a single command install.

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What Every AI Coding Agent Request Does – Inside the Open‑Source claude‑tap Tool

Code Mala Tang

Apr 29, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

What Exactly Does Claude Code Send When You Type “Hello”?

The article walks through configuring a custom model in Claude Code, installing the claude‑tap plugin, launching the tool, sending the message “Hello”, and then dissecting the resulting request to reveal token counts, latency, tool list, system prompts, message payload, and a lingering cache issue.

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What Exactly Does Claude Code Send When You Type “Hello”?