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build log.

Short posts about building claude-rpc: design notes, decisions, and honest numbers. Written by one person, on the train, between sessions.

2026-06-16

now you can install it from inside Claude Code

claude-rpc is now a Claude Code plugin. Two lines in the editor and the Discord card shows up on your next session — the fifth way to install the same tool.

read → 2026-06-13

three weeks in: the real numbers

Seven stars, twenty visitors, and the embarrassing discovery that I built every growth loop except the part where you actually tell people.

read → 2026-06-11

one week: a leaderboard, squads, and a status bar

The v0.13 to v0.14 sprint: a GitHub verified leaderboard, private squads, a ten issue bug bash, and a VS Code extension on the Marketplace.

read → 2026-06-05

zero runtime dependencies, on purpose

This tool sits next to your credentials and your source code. That deserves paranoia, so the dependency list is empty and the whole supply chain fits in one review.

read → 2026-05-20

the whole thing is a file watcher

How the live card actually works: five hooks, one small state file, and a daemon that holds Discord's local socket. No magic, no polling, no network.

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