# Claude Bridge MCP Server

Durable local-first MCP relay for independent coding agents.

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## Status

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## Connect

Published as `claude-code-bridge` on pypi. Runs locally.

## Known issues

**12 problems reported by people outside the maintainer team.** Issues filed by the project's own owners, members and collaborators are excluded — those are release checklists and internal refactors, not things that will go wrong for you. Showing 9.

### Most discussed

### Auth design check-in: confirm scope, storage, protected endpoints

**Decisions confirmed 2026-05-27 session:**

- [x] **Scope:** global token only. Per-channel deferred.
- [x] **Storage:** env var `CLAUDE_BRIDGE_AUTH_TOKEN` + `--auth-token` CLI override. No config file.
- [x] **Protected surface:** `/sse`, `/messages/`, `/api/*`, `/`, static dashboard files. `/status` stays public.
- [x] **Header format:** standard `Authorization: Bearer <token>`. Will fall back to `X-Bridge-Token` only if empirical test (below) shows `claude mcp add --header` mangles standard 

[Read the thread](https://github.com/constripacity/Claude-Bridge/issues/8) · 2026-05-27 · closed · 2 comments

### Pluggable storage backends (Tier 2.4)

Parent: #12

Today: hardcoded SQLite with one global connection. To run several bridges behind a load balancer (or for HA), need a shared backend — Redis or Postgres being the obvious candidates.

**Touch surface:** define `Storage` protocol; refactor every `db()` call site in `server.py` (~12) to go through it; new `storage/` subpackage with `SQLiteStorage` (default), `RedisStorage`, `PostgresStorage`. ~400 LoC.
**Tradeoff:** adds dependency surface and config complexity. Don't pursue unless mu

[Read the thread](https://github.com/constripacity/Claude-Bridge/issues/18) · 2026-05-28 · open · 1 comment

### Per-channel auth tokens (Tier 2.2)

Parent: #12

The v0.7.0 design check-in punt. Today's `BearerAuthMiddleware` uses one global token. Spec: each channel optionally has its own token; sending or receiving on it requires that token.

The existing `BearerAuthMiddleware(token_getter=...)` callable was deliberately designed for this — swap `lambda: AUTH_TOKEN` for a channel-aware lookup against a new `channel_tokens` SQLite table.

**Touch surface:** new table, replace `token_getter`, add an admin CLI (`claude-bridge tokens mint|list

[Read the thread](https://github.com/constripacity/Claude-Bridge/issues/17) · 2026-05-28 · open · 1 comment

### Server-pushed message stream — live SSE per channel (Tier 2.1)

Parent: #12

`GET /sse/channel/<name>` emits server-sent events as messages arrive. Dashboard + TUI drop their 2-second poll loops. The MCP SSE transport already exists in `server.py` for tool-call delivery — the `anyio` plumbing is reusable.

**Touch surface:** new route, broadcast hook on `insert_message`. ~100 LoC.
**Tradeoff:** connection limits become a concern. Document a cap and surface it in `/api/state`.
**Why important:** single most user-visible quality bump. Reduces idle CPU + DB rea

[Read the thread](https://github.com/constripacity/Claude-Bridge/issues/16) · 2026-05-28 · closed · 1 comment

### Message retention / TTL (Tier 1.2)

Parent: #12

SQLite grows unbounded. A long-running bridge will eventually want a `--retention-days N` flag (global) and/or a per-channel override. Background task deletes messages older than the cutoff.

**Touch surface:** schema additions, periodic task in `server.py` startup, new CLI flag, possibly a new MCP tool `bridge_retention(channel, days)`. ~120 LoC + migration.
**Tradeoff:** first feature that modifies historical state — needs careful default. Recommend opt-in with a loud startup bann

[Read the thread](https://github.com/constripacity/Claude-Bridge/issues/14) · 2026-05-28 · closed · 1 comment

### Most recent

### Add --auth-token CLI flag + CLAUDE_BRIDGE_AUTH_TOKEN env var

**Where:** `claude_bridge/cli.py`

## Acceptance

- New `--auth-token <value>` flag in the argparse setup (alongside `--host/--port/--db/--no-dashboard/--version`)
- Reads `CLAUDE_BRIDGE_AUTH_TOKEN` env var as default when flag is omitted
- CLI value wins over env var when both are set
- Passes the resolved token through to the server bootstrap
- `claude-bridge --help` documents both inputs

Part of #1.

[Read the thread](https://github.com/constripacity/Claude-Bridge/issues/4) · 2026-05-27 · closed · 1 comment

### WebSocket transport (deferred)

**Status: deferred unless specific demand.**

SSE works fine across machines; WebSocket would give bidirectional traffic in one socket but doesn't unlock new capability for the relay use case. Scope is large — parallel `/ws` route, parallel `handle_ws`, doc updates.

Tracking issue only. **Do not start unless a concrete use case appears that SSE cannot serve.**

## When to revisit

- Someone reports SSE drops they cannot recover from with the existing `since_id` flow
- A consumer wants to push m

[Read the thread](https://github.com/constripacity/Claude-Bridge/issues/3) · 2026-05-27 · closed · 1 comment

### Submit to MCP server directory

**Goal:** Claude Bridge listed at https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers under the community section.

**Blocked by #1 (auth tokens).** Listing a bare instance in the official directory before auth lands would invite trivial abuse.

## Work

- Read CONTRIBUTING.md at `modelcontextprotocol/servers`
- Write the entry pointing at `pip install claude-code-bridge` and this repo
- Open the PR

**Estimate:** ~30 min once auth is in place.

[Read the thread](https://github.com/constripacity/Claude-Bridge/issues/2) · 2026-05-27 · closed · 1 comment

### Auth tokens (v0.7.0)

**Goal:** allow the bridge to require `Authorization: Bearer <token>` on its endpoints so a publicly-reachable instance is not wide open. Opt-in; default behavior unchanged.

## Scope (initial direction, subject to design check-in)

- **Global token only** (one secret, all clients). Per-channel can layer on later if anyone asks.
- **Env var:** `CLAUDE_BRIDGE_AUTH_TOKEN` (matches existing `CLAUDE_BRIDGE_DB` / `CLAUDE_BRIDGE_NO_DASHBOARD` pattern). Also exposable via `--auth-token <value>` CLI fla

[Read the thread](https://github.com/constripacity/Claude-Bridge/issues/1) · 2026-05-27 · closed · 1 comment

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