Borrowing it
Nothing to install: this file belongs to SonnyTaylor/claude-code-portable. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SonnyTaylor/claude-code-portable/master/CLAUDE.mdgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/SonnyTaylor/claude-code-portableWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/instructions/sonnytaylor/claude-code-portable/claude-md)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/sonnytaylor/claude-code-portable/claude-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/sonnytaylor/claude-code-portable/claude-md/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/sonnytaylor/claude-code-portable/claude-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/sonnytaylor/claude-code-portable/claude-md.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00700 | $0.00700 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00280 | $0.00280 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00140 | $0.00140 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00070 | $0.00070 |
Grade A, and why
claude-code-portable CLAUDE.md scanned grade A with 1 finding against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2mo ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Makes network callslowCapability
Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.
- `claude.sh` - macOS/Linux bash launcher (uses `curl` for downloads, `sha256sum`/`shasum` for verification) How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 41 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 portable launcher for Claude Code that runs from a USB drive or any folder with no installation. Three launcher scripts (claude.ps1 as the primary Windows launcher, claude.cmd as the Windows fallback, and claude.sh for macOS/Linux) download the official Claude Code binary, optionally download Portable Git (Windows only), and configure environment variables so all state stays within this folder.
Architecture
The project has no build system, tests, or dependencies -- it is purely shell scripts.
claude.ps1- Primary Windows launcher (PowerShell, usesInvoke-WebRequestfor downloads,Get-FileHashfor SHA256 verification)claude.cmd- Windows batch fallback launcher (used when PowerShell is unavailable; auto-forwards toclaude.ps1when possible)claude.sh- macOS/Linux bash launcher (usescurlfor downloads,sha256sum/shasumfor verification)config.example- Template for optional API key / proxy configurationdata/CLAUDE.md- Auto-generated starter CLAUDE.md placed into the portable config directory by the launcher scripts on first run
All three launchers share identical logic:
- Create
bin/,data/,tmp/directories - Create a default
data/CLAUDE.mdif missing - Handle subcommands (
update,version,setup,--help) - Load
configfile (key=value pairs) into environment if it exists - Download Claude Code binary from GCS bucket with SHA256 verification if not present
- On Windows: find or download Portable Git
- Set
CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR=data/,CLAUDE_CODE_TMPDIR=tmp/,DISABLE_AUTOUPDATER=1 - Exec the binary, forwarding all arguments
Binary downloads come from https://storage.googleapis.com/claude-code-dist-86c565f3-f756-42ad-8dfa-d59b1c096819/claude-code-releases. The version manifest at {bucket}/{version}/manifest.json contains per-platform SHA256 checksums.
Key Constraints
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 2mo ago First seen · 41 lines · 700 tokens per session scan A e9977b115d4a
claude-code-portable CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository SonnyTaylor/claude-code-portable (9 stars, last pushed 5mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 700 tokens to every session, about $0.0028 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 1 finding (makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.
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