Struct Claude 

pub struct Claude { /* private fields */ }

The Claude CLI client. Holds shared configuration applied to all commands.

Create one via Claude::builder() and reuse it across commands.

Implementations

impl Claude

pub fn builder() -> ClaudeBuilder

Create a new builder for configuring the Claude client.

pub fn binary(&self) -> &Path

Get the path to the claude binary.

pub fn working_dir(&self) -> Option<&Path>

Get the working directory, if set.

pub fn with_working_dir(&self, dir: impl Into<PathBuf>) -> Self

Create a clone of this client with a different working directory.

pub async fn cli_version(&self) -> Result<CliVersion>

Query the installed CLI version.

Runs claude --version and parses the output into a CliVersion.

Example

let claude = claude_wrapper::Claude::builder().build()?;
let version = claude.cli_version().await?;
println!("Claude CLI {version}");

pub async fn check_version(&self, minimum: &CliVersion) -> Result<CliVersion>

Check that the installed CLI version meets a minimum requirement.

Returns the detected version on success, or an error if the version is below the minimum.

Example

use claude_wrapper::CliVersion;

let claude = claude_wrapper::Claude::builder().build()?;
let version = claude.check_version(&CliVersion::new(2, 1, 0)).await?;
println!("CLI version {version} meets minimum requirement");

Trait Implementations

impl Clone for Claude

fn clone(&self) -> Claude

Returns a duplicate of the value.

fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self)

Performs copy-assignment from source.

impl Debug for Claude

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.