Patch Claude Code

September 3, 2026 ยท View on GitHub

What this does

This repo publishes patched native Claude binaries that make output more transparent without verbose mode. Here is an exhaustive list of things it changes:

  • Shows detailed tool calls instead of collapsed summaries.
  • Hard disables spinner tips.
  • Streams thinking live in the UI. This is helpful for instances where Claude thinks for over 10 minutes and you want to know if it's actually still doing something.
  • Shows subagent Prompt: blocks in the non-verbose UI.
  • Renames the startup header to Connoisseur's Code v... (this makes it easy to identify when Claude has auto updated and lost the patch).

Thinking note:

  • The patched binary requests summarized thinking automatically. You do not need to enable showThinkingSummaries in your Claude settings.

Quick Start

Prerequisite

If you installed Claude Code via npm, remove it and install the native build first:

npm uninstall -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code
curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash
claude --version

Automatic Install

This installer detects your OS and CPU architecture and downloads the matching patched release for that version and platform.

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/a-connoisseur/patch-claude-code/main/install-patched-claude.sh | bash

On Windows, use PowerShell:

irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/a-connoisseur/patch-claude-code/main/install-patched-claude.ps1 | iex

If you'd rather avoid blindly running scripts from the internet, you can do it the manual way below. That said, the binaries are built on Github Actions and the patcher is also free for you to see and modify, so there's no reason to trust this repo or the release builds other than convenience.

Manual Install (From Releases, native only)

  1. Pick the release tag for your platform:

    • macOS arm64: macos-arm64
    • Linux x64: linux-x64
    • Linux arm64: linux-arm64
    • Windows x64: win32-x64
    • Windows arm64: win32-arm64

  2. In that release, download the regular patched binary for your platform.

  3. Follow the install instructions for your platform below.

Install (Linux)

chmod +x ./claude.native.patched
sudo mv ./claude.native.patched "$(which claude)"
claude --version

Install (macOS)

chmod +x ./claude.native.macos.patched
sudo mv ./claude.native.macos.patched "$(which claude)"
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "$(which claude)"
claude --version

Install (Windows)

$target = (Get-Command claude).Source
Copy-Item .\claude.native.windows.patched.exe $target -Force
claude --version