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+"""
+Claude Code -> OpenAI-compatible adapter.
+
+Exposes a minimal OpenAI Chat Completions API (`POST /v1/chat/completions`,
+`GET /v1/models`) that fulfils each request by shelling out to the local
+`claude` CLI in headless print mode (`claude -p ... --output-format json`).
+
+This lets any OpenAI-SDK client (MiroFish, OASIS, etc.) "use Claude Code as the
+LLM" without an external API key — it reuses the CLI's own credentials.
+
+Usage:
+    python claude_openai_adapter.py --port 8787 --model claude-opus-4-8
+
+Then point the client at:
+    LLM_BASE_URL=http://127.0.0.1:8787/v1
+    LLM_API_KEY=sk-anything            # ignored, just must be non-empty
+    LLM_MODEL_NAME=claude-opus-4-8
+
+Notes:
+  * temperature / max_tokens are accepted but not forwarded (the headless CLI
+    does not expose them); they are ignored.
+  * response_format={"type":"json_object"} is honoured by instructing the model
+    to emit raw JSON only.
+  * Stdlib only — no extra dependencies.
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import json
+import subprocess
+import time
+import uuid
+from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, ThreadingHTTPServer
+
+DEFAULT_MODEL = "claude-opus-4-8"
+CLAUDE_TIMEOUT_S = 600
+
+
+def _flatten_messages(messages, force_json):
+    """Turn OpenAI chat messages into (system_prompt, user_prompt)."""
+    system_parts, convo_parts = [], []
+    for m in messages:
+        role = m.get("role", "user")
+        content = m.get("content", "")
+        if isinstance(content, list):  # OpenAI content-parts form
+            content = "".join(
+                p.get("text", "") for p in content if isinstance(p, dict)
+            )
+        if role == "system":
+            system_parts.append(content)
+        elif role == "assistant":
+            convo_parts.append(f"[assistant]\n{content}")
+        else:
+            convo_parts.append(content)
+
+    system_prompt = "\n\n".join(p for p in system_parts if p).strip()
+    user_prompt = "\n\n".join(p for p in convo_parts if p).strip()
+    if force_json:
+        user_prompt += (
+            "\n\nIMPORTANT: Respond with ONLY a single valid JSON object. "
+            "No markdown, no code fences, no commentary."
+        )
+    return system_prompt, user_prompt
+
+
+def _call_claude(system_prompt, user_prompt, model):
+    cmd = ["claude", "-p", "--output-format", "json", "--model", model]
+    if system_prompt:
+        # Replace the default agent system prompt with the caller's role prompt.
+        cmd += ["--system-prompt", system_prompt]
+    proc = subprocess.run(
+        cmd,
+        input=user_prompt,
+        capture_output=True,
+        text=True,
+        timeout=CLAUDE_TIMEOUT_S,
+    )
+    if proc.returncode != 0:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"claude CLI failed ({proc.returncode}): {proc.stderr[:2000]}")
+    payload = json.loads(proc.stdout)
+    if payload.get("is_error"):
+        raise RuntimeError(f"claude error: {payload.get('result')}")
+    return payload.get("result", ""), payload.get("usage", {})
+
+
+class Handler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
+    server_version = "ClaudeOpenAIAdapter/1.0"
+    default_model = DEFAULT_MODEL
+
+    def _send(self, code, obj):
+        body = json.dumps(obj).encode("utf-8")
+        self.send_response(code)
+        self.send_header("Content-Type", "application/json")
+        self.send_header("Content-Length", str(len(body)))
+        self.end_headers()
+        self.wfile.write(body)
+
+    def log_message(self, fmt, *args):  # quieter logging
+        print("[adapter] " + (fmt % args))
+
+    def do_GET(self):
+        if self.path.rstrip("/").endswith("/models"):
+            self._send(200, {
+                "object": "list",
+                "data": [{"id": self.default_model, "object": "model", "owned_by": "claude-code"}],
+            })
+        else:
+            self._send(404, {"error": {"message": "not found"}})
+
+    def do_POST(self):
+        if not self.path.rstrip("/").endswith("/chat/completions"):
+            self._send(404, {"error": {"message": "not found"}})
+            return
+        try:
+            length = int(self.headers.get("Content-Length", 0))
+            req = json.loads(self.rfile.read(length) or b"{}")
+            messages = req.get("messages", [])
+            model = req.get("model") or self.default_model
+            force_json = (req.get("response_format") or {}).get("type") == "json_object"
+            system_prompt, user_prompt = _flatten_messages(messages, force_json)
+            text, usage = _call_claude(system_prompt, user_prompt, model)
+        except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001 - surface as OpenAI-style error
+            self._send(500, {"error": {"message": str(e), "type": "adapter_error"}})
+            return
+
+        self._send(200, {
+            "id": "chatcmpl-" + uuid.uuid4().hex[:24],
+            "object": "chat.completion",
+            "created": int(time.time()),
+            "model": model,
+            "choices": [{
+                "index": 0,
+                "message": {"role": "assistant", "content": text},
+                "finish_reason": "stop",
+            }],
+            "usage": {
+                "prompt_tokens": usage.get("input_tokens", 0),
+                "completion_tokens": usage.get("output_tokens", 0),
+                "total_tokens": usage.get("input_tokens", 0) + usage.get("output_tokens", 0),
+            },
+        })
+
+
+def main():
+    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    ap.add_argument("--host", default="127.0.0.1")
+    ap.add_argument("--port", type=int, default=8787)
+    ap.add_argument("--model", default=DEFAULT_MODEL)
+    args = ap.parse_args()
+    Handler.default_model = args.model
+    srv = ThreadingHTTPServer((args.host, args.port), Handler)
+    print(f"[adapter] Claude->OpenAI adapter on http://{args.host}:{args.port}/v1 (model={args.model})")
+    srv.serve_forever()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()