pino: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

pino CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from alxsuv/pino. It costs 1,640 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

Repository instructions for Pino, a small Node.js reverse proxy for Anthropic’s API. A reverse proxy sits between a client and an online service and forwards requests, optionally changing them on the way.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use them to start Pino, configure caching or request-body changes, log requests and responses, run tests, and understand its Node.js requirements.
Why use it?
They explain how to run the proxy, configure request transformations, logging, and prompt caching, and test it with the project’s built-in tools.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: the file is CLAUDE.md. Also seen: mentions CLAUDE.md; names the NotebookEdit tool; mentions Claude Code.

This is alxsuv/pino's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on pino itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything pino configures →

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Grade A, and why

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CLAUDE.md · 86 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 86 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

CLAUDE.md

This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.

What this is

A minimal Node.js HTTP reverse proxy in front of api.anthropic.com. Zero runtime dependencies, no build step. Clients point ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL at the proxy; it forwards everything to upstream, optionally mutating /v1/messages requests to improve prompt caching and/or shrink the request body.

Running

npm start                                               # pure pass-through on :8787
AUTO_CACHE=1 npm start                               # force 1h TTL + auto-inject breakpoints
TRANSFORM_FILE=./src/transforms/default.js npm start    # load custom body mutator
LOG_BODIES=1 LOG_DIR=./logs npm start                   # dump req/resp to disk

# Typical full dev invocation:
AUTO_CACHE=1 TRANSFORM_FILE=./src/transforms/default.js \
  DROP_TOOLS=NotebookEdit,CronCreate,CronDelete,CronList \
  LOG_BODIES=1 npm start

# Or invoke the bin directly (same thing):
node bin/pino-proxy.js

Requires Node >= 20 (ESM, top-level await). No linter yet.

npm test    # node --test over test/*.test.js (zero deps, synthetic fixtures)

Tests use the built-in node:test runner with fully anonymized, hand-built request fixtures in test/fixtures.js — no real session IDs, paths, or user content. test/transform.test.js covers the restructureV123 regression (assistant prose mentioning "ToolSearch" must not be hoisted/deleted, which used to orphan a role:"system" reminder → API 400) plus the safety-net relabel pass. test/cache.test.js covers breakpoint injection, the 4-cap, tail TTL, small-system stripping, and ensureBetaHeader.

Layout

bin/pino-proxy.js          # shebang entry — imports startServer() and calls it
src/server.js              # createServer() + startServer(); the HTTP request handler lives here
src/config.js              # env parsing (loadConfig), TRANSFORM_FILE loader, constants (UPSTREAM_HOST, BETA_FLAG, ceilings)
src/cache.js               # rewriteCacheControl, injectBreakpointIfAbsent, ensureBetaHeader, countCacheBreakpoints
src/logger.js              # ts/fileTs/log, sanitizeHeaders, writeRequestLog, createResponseLogStream
src/model.js               # rewriteSystemModelRefs — rewrites model ID/name refs in system blocks for MODEL_OVERRIDE
src/transforms/default.js  # env-driven example transform (DROP_TOOLS, STRIP_ANSI, TRIM_BASH_GIT)

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pino CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository alxsuv/pino (54 stars, last pushed 2mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 1,640 tokens to every session, about $0.0082 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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