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Dickson Tsai 22fa9f473e Implement control protocol support for Python SDK (#139)
## Summary

This PR implements control protocol support in the Python SDK, aligning
it with the TypeScript implementation pattern. The refactor introduces a
Query + Transport separation to enable bidirectional communication
between the SDK and CLI.

## Motivation

The previous Python SDK implementation used a high-level abstraction in
the Transport ABC (`send_request`/`receive_messages`) that couldn't
handle bidirectional communication. This prevented support for:
- Control messages from CLI to SDK that need responses
- Hooks implementation  
- Dynamic permission mode changes
- SDK MCP servers

## Changes

### Core Architecture Refactor

1. **New Query Class** (`src/claude_code_sdk/_internal/query.py`)
   - Manages control protocol on top of Transport
   - Handles control request/response routing
   - Manages initialization handshake with timeout
   - Supports hook callbacks and tool permission callbacks
   - Implements message streaming

2. **Refactored Transport ABC**
(`src/claude_code_sdk/_internal/transport/__init__.py`)
- Changed from high-level (`send_request`/`receive_messages`) to
low-level (`write`/`read_messages`) interface
   - Now handles raw I/O instead of protocol logic
   - Aligns with TypeScript ProcessTransport pattern

3. **Updated SubprocessCLITransport**
(`src/claude_code_sdk/_internal/transport/subprocess_cli.py`)
   - Simplified to focus on raw message streaming
   - Removed protocol logic (moved to Query)
   - Improved cleanup and error handling

4. **Enhanced ClaudeSDKClient** (`src/claude_code_sdk/client.py`)
   - Now uses Query for control protocol
   - Supports initialization messages
   - Better error handling for control protocol failures

### Control Protocol Features

- **Initialization handshake**: SDK sends initialize request, CLI
responds with supported commands
- **Control message types**: 
  - `initialize`: Establish bidirectional connection
  - `interrupt`: Cancel ongoing operations  
  - `set_permission_mode`: Change permission mode dynamically
- **Timeout handling**: 60-second timeout for initialization to handle
CLI versions without control support

### Examples

Updated `examples/streaming_mode.py` to demonstrate control protocol
initialization and error handling.

## Testing

- Tested with current CLI (no control protocol support yet) - gracefully
falls back
- Verified backward compatibility with existing `query()` function
- Tested initialization timeout handling
- Verified proper cleanup on errors

## Design Alignment

This implementation closely follows the TypeScript reference:
- `src/core/Query.ts` → `src/claude_code_sdk/_internal/query.py`
- `src/transport/ProcessTransport.ts` →
`src/claude_code_sdk/_internal/transport/subprocess_cli.py`
- `src/entrypoints/sdk.ts` → `src/claude_code_sdk/client.py`

## Next Steps

Once the CLI implements the control protocol handler, this will enable:
- Hooks support
- Dynamic permission mode changes
- SDK MCP servers
- Improved error recovery

🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.ai/code)

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Co-authored-by: Ashwin Bhat <ashwin@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Kashyap Murali <kashyap@anthropic.com>
2025-09-01 23:04:22 -07:00

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