The article breaks down the recently leaked source code of Anthropic's Claude Code CLI. It highlights the system's architecture, design choices, and differences from OpenAI's Codex, particularly in handling context overflow and user interactions. Key features like compaction strategies and internal versus external user instructions are explored.

The entire source code for Anthropic’s Claude Code CLI has leaked due to an internal error during a package release. This includes nearly 2,000 TypeScript files and over 512,000 lines of code, exposing the application’s inner workings to competitors and developers. Anthropic has acknowledged the mistake and stated it was not a security breach.