claudedo/README.md

# claudedo

Voice control for [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) on **WSL2**.

`claudedo` listens on your mic, runs **local** speech-to-text, recognizes a wake
phrase plus a small command grammar, and injects the matching keystrokes into your
active Claude Code tmux session via `tmux send-keys`. You answer Claude Code's
prompts ("yes", "option one", "approve") and dictate prompts **by voice** — including
hands-free while another window (a game) is focused.

It exists because Claude Code's native `/voice` is hardcoded-blocked in WSL (it
assumes WSL has no audio). Modern WSL2 + WSLg *does* have working mic input via
PulseAudio/RDP. `claudedo` captures the mic itself, transcribes on-device, and drives
Claude Code over tmux — fully local, private, backgroundable.

## How it works

```
mic (WSLg/PulseAudio RDPSource)
  -> sounddevice capture
  -> faster-whisper (local STT, on-device)
  -> wake gate: utterance must start with a wake phrase, else DISCARD locally
  -> grammar match (yes/no/one..four/approve/deny/send/type/mode/switch/cancel)
  -> resolve target session (~/.claude-active)
  -> tmux send-keys -t <session> "<keys>"
```

**Privacy by construction.** STT runs on-device. In listen mode, any speech that
doesn't start with a wake phrase is dropped the instant it's transcribed — never
stored, never sent anywhere. That's what makes always-listening acceptable while
you're on voice comms in a game.

**Injection is PTY-only.** `claudedo` only ever calls `tmux send-keys`. It never uses
OS-level keyboard input and installs no system-wide keyboard hook. Keystrokes are
text into a Linux pseudo-terminal — they work regardless of which window is focused
and never touch Windows input or a game/anticheat's view.

## Install

```bash
git clone <repo> claudedo && cd claudedo
./install.sh
```

`install.sh` is idempotent. It installs the WSL audio deps, writes the `~/.asoundrc`
Pulse shim, verifies the mic path, pip-installs the package, primes the Whisper
model, and installs the **cc kit** (`~/.config/claudedo/cc.sh`, sourced from every
`~/.zshrc`/`~/.bashrc` you have). It also checks the two Windows-side bits it can't
automate and tells you to fix them:

- **WSLg present** (`/mnt/wslg/PulseServer`). If missing: `wsl --update` in Windows,
  then `wsl --shutdown`, then re-run.
- **Mic permission**: Windows Settings → Privacy & security → Microphone → enable
  *"Let desktop apps access your microphone"*. Required.

Verify the riskiest piece (mic capture) first:

```bash
claudedo test-audio
```

## Usage

```bash
claudedo start            # run the daemon (foreground; listen mode by default)
claudedo start --mode ptt # push-to-talk instead (desk-only — see Modes)
claudedo status           # running? mode? target session?
claudedo stop             # stop a running daemon
claudedo switch <name>    # retarget to claude-<name>
claudedo test-audio       # verify the mic capture path
```

Background it in its own tmux session:

```bash
tmux new-session -d -s claudedo 'claudedo start'
```

### Autostart

WSL has no real boot, so autostart is rc-based and **opt-in**. `install.sh` ships
`~/.config/claudedo/autostart.sh`, which starts the daemon in a `claudedo-daemon`
tmux session once per WSL session — but only when `CLAUDEDO_AUTOSTART=1` is set.
Enable it by uncommenting the `export CLAUDEDO_AUTOSTART=1` line in the cc-kit marker
block of your rc; disable it by re-commenting (or deleting the file). Watch its logs
with `tmux attach -t claudedo-daemon`.

If your WSL runs systemd (`systemd=true` in `/etc/wsl.conf`), `install.sh` also
installs an optional user unit — enable it instead with:

```bash
systemctl --user enable --now claudedo
```

### Modes

- **listen (default)** — continuous capture; only acts on utterances that **start
  with a wake phrase**; all other speech is transcribed locally and discarded
  instantly. This is the hands-free path and works while a game is focused, because
  the trigger is your voice over the mic bridge — not a keyboard hook.
- **ptt** — push-to-talk. **Desk-only:** it captures only while the daemon's own
  terminal window is focused. There is deliberately **no global hotkey** — a
  system-wide keyboard hook is the keylogger/cheat silhouette anticheats watch for,
  and `claudedo` refuses to install one. For hands-free-while-gaming, use listen
  mode. (Terminals don't deliver key-up events, so PTT is press-to-start /
  press-to-stop in the daemon window, not literal hold.)

Switch at runtime by voice: "claudedo mode listen" / "claudedo mode ptt".

## Command grammar

Wake phrases (listen mode), fuzzy-matched: **"claudedo"**, **"hey claude"**.
"claudedo" is a coined word, so the matcher is lenient (accepts "claude do",
"clauddo", "cloud do", …). In PTT mode the wake phrase is optional.

| Say | Does |
|---|---|
| `yes` / `no` | answer a yes/no prompt |
| `one` / `two` / `three` / `four` | pick numbered option 1–4 |
| `approve` / `deny` | allow / deny a permission prompt |
| `send` / `enter` | submit (Enter) |
| `type <phrase>` | insert literal text, **no** submit (read-before-send; say "send") |
| `mode ptt` / `mode listen` | switch input mode |
| `switch <name>` / `target <name>` | retarget to `claude-<name>` |
| `cancel` / `escape` | back out of a prompt |

Number words are normalized to digits before matching ("one"/"won" → 1).

## Targeting

`~/.claude-active` holds the target session name (e.g. `claude-rethink-public`). The
**cc kit** writes this file when you attach, so the target is "the project you most
recently attached to". `claudedo switch <name>` / `target <name>` overwrites it. If
the file is missing or the session no longer exists, `claudedo` injects nothing and
logs a warning (it never guesses a target).

Every name maps to `claude-<name>` through one helper (`target.session_name()`), and
the cc kit mirrors it exactly — so `cc libs` (shell) and `target libs` (voice) refer
to the same session `claude-libs`. The name is your **stable, speakable handle**:
because the kit forces an explicit name (no basename guessing), you always know the
exact word to say.

The cc kit lives in `~/.config/claudedo/cc.sh` (sourced from your rc; works under
bash and zsh). Every command **requires an explicit name**:

```bash
cc <name>    # attach/create claude-<name>; writes ~/.claude-active
ccr <name>   # re-attach an existing claude-<name> only
ccl          # list claude-* sessions
cck <name>   # kill claude-<name>
cckl         # kill all claude-* sessions
```

## The confirmed Claude Code keymap

The keystrokes in [`keys.py`](src/claudedo/keys.py) were confirmed **empirically**
against a live `claude` v2.1.191 session (not assumed):

- Numbered prompts (trust prompt, permission prompt): pressing the **bare digit**
  selects **and confirms immediately** — **no trailing Enter**.
- Arrow keys move the highlight without acting; Enter then confirms (modeled as an
  alternative sequence).
- Permission prompt is `1. Yes / 2. Yes, and don't ask again / 3. No`; Escape cancels.
- Literal text goes in via `send-keys -l` (no submit); a bare Enter submits.

If Claude Code changes its prompt UI, re-confirm against a live session and update
`keys.py` — it is the single source of truth.

## Config

Everything tunable lives in [`config.toml`](config.toml): wake phrases, mode + PTT
key, Whisper model/language/device, audio segmentation thresholds, and
`type_autosend = false`. The default model is `small`; bump to `medium` if the coined
wake word is recognized poorly. `claudedo -c <path> ...` points at a specific config;
otherwise it searches `$CLAUDEDO_CONFIG`, `~/.config/claudedo/config.toml`, then
`./config.toml`.

## Requirements

Windows 11 + WSL2 (Ubuntu) with WSLg, Python 3.10+, tmux, the `claude` CLI, and
either bash or zsh (the cc kit supports both).