claw-code

Chiron x Claw Code — Ctrl+E Prompt Enhancement

Add prompt enhancement to claw-code (open-source Claude Code) via Ctrl+E in the REPL.

How It Works

User types a prompt in claw REPL
         │
         ├── Enter ───────► Submit as-is
         │
         └── Ctrl+E ──────► Enhance via chiron-enhance
                │               (repo context + strategy)
                ▼
        Enhanced prompt pre-filled in input box
        User can keep editing → Enter to submit

Single Ctrl+E — no double-press needed. The enhanced text replaces your input so you can review and edit before submitting.

One-Line Install

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EdwinjJ1/chiron-prompt/main/integrations/claw-code/install.sh | bash

This will:

1. Clone claw-code (or use your existing clone with --claw-dir)
2. Apply the Ctrl+E enhancement patch
3. Build with cargo
4. Install claw-chiron launcher to ~/.local/bin/

Prerequisites

• Rust (cargo in PATH)
• chiron-enhance (npm link from chiron-prompt/cli/)

# Install chiron-enhance first
git clone https://github.com/EdwinjJ1/chiron-prompt.git ~/.chiron
cd ~/.chiron/cli && npm link

Using an Existing Clone

If you already have claw-code cloned:

./install.sh --claw-dir /path/to/claw-code

Update After Upstream Changes

claw-chiron-update

Or re-run with --update:

./install.sh --claw-dir /path/to/claw-code --update

Usage

claw-chiron

Inside the REPL:

Key	Action
Enter	Submit prompt
Ctrl+E	Enhance prompt, pre-fill result for editing
Ctrl+C	Exit (on empty input)
Ctrl+J / Shift+Enter	Insert newline

Configuration

# Use Gemini CLI for rewriting (default, recommended)
export CHIRON_ENHANCE_BACKEND=gemini

# Use local strategy only (no LLM call)
export CHIRON_ENHANCE_BACKEND=local

Architecture

The patch modifies three files:

File	Change
input.rs	Bind Ctrl+E → Cmd::Interrupt, capture input as ReadOutcome::Enhance
main.rs	Handle Enhance → call chiron-enhance --inline → re-open input with readline_with_initial
config.rs	Skip non-string hook entries (compatibility with new Claude Code settings format)

The integration is loosely coupled — claw-code calls chiron-enhance as an external binary. If it's not installed, Ctrl+E falls back to the original prompt.

License

MIT — same as Chiron and claw-code.