DESTROY ALL ASCII FROM CLAUDE CODE -- ESPECIALLY CLAUDE'S FACE!!!. To install: `curl -fsSL 'https://gist.githubusercontent.com/yuxi-liu-wired/f4076b6f636d59a53b7e84d41d64397e/raw/d4f3e268bd5a6956b9e4ab63e34b8b132a98c0e9/erase_ascii_claude_code.sh' | bash`

erase_ascii_claude_code.sh

#!/bin/bash
# claude-dehat: Remove ASCII art from Claude Code binaries.
# Install: curl -fsSL <gist-url>/claude-dehat.sh | bash
#
# Installs a PATH wrapper that patches each new Claude Code binary
# before it launches. No systemd, no watcher, no race conditions.
set -euo pipefail

PATCHER="$HOME/.claude/erase_ascii_claude_code.py"
STAMP_DIR="$HOME/.local/share/claude/dehat-stamps"
VERSIONS_DIR="$HOME/.local/share/claude/versions"

# --- Find a writable directory earlier in PATH than ~/.local/bin ---
wrapper_dir=""
IFS=: read -ra path_entries <<< "$PATH"
for dir in "${path_entries[@]}"; do
    # Resolve ~ and skip ~/.local/bin itself
    dir="${dir/#\~/$HOME}"
    [[ "$dir" == "$HOME/.local/bin" ]] && break
    if [[ -d "$dir" && -w "$dir" ]]; then
        wrapper_dir="$dir"
        break
    fi
done

if [[ -z "$wrapper_dir" ]]; then
    echo "ERROR: No writable directory in PATH before ~/.local/bin."
    echo "Add a directory like ~/bin or ~/.local/bin2 to PATH before ~/.local/bin."
    exit 1
fi

echo "Wrapper directory: $wrapper_dir"

# --- Write the patcher ---
mkdir -p "$(dirname "$PATCHER")" "$STAMP_DIR"

cat > "$PATCHER" << 'PYEOF'
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Patch one Claude Code binary: replace art unicode escapes with zero-width spaces."""
import os, sys, tempfile

ART_CODEPOINTS = [
    '2580','2584','2588','258C','2590','2591','2592','2593',
    '2596','2597','2598','2599','259B','259C','259D','259F',
    '2026','273B',
]
ZWSP = b'\\u200B'
STAMP_DIR = os.path.expanduser("~/.local/share/claude/dehat-stamps")

def main():
    binary = sys.argv[1]
    stamp = os.path.join(STAMP_DIR, os.path.basename(binary) + '.dehatted')
    if os.path.exists(stamp):
        return

    with open(binary, 'rb') as f:
        data = bytearray(f.read())

    orig_size = len(data)
    escapes = []
    for cp in ART_CODEPOINTS:
        escapes.append(b'\\u' + cp.upper().encode())
        escapes.append(b'\\u' + cp.lower().encode())

    total = 0
    for esc in escapes:
        offset = 0
        while True:
            idx = data.find(esc, offset)
            if idx == -1:
                break
            data[idx:idx+6] = ZWSP
            total += 1
            offset = idx + 6

    assert len(data) == orig_size

    if total > 0:
        parent = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(binary))
        version = os.path.basename(binary)
        backup = os.path.join(parent, version + '.bak')
        if not os.path.exists(backup):
            with open(binary, 'rb') as f:
                with open(backup, 'wb') as g:
                    g.write(f.read())
            os.chmod(backup, os.stat(binary).st_mode)

        fd, tmp = tempfile.mkstemp(prefix='claude-dehat-', dir=parent)
        os.close(fd)
        with open(tmp, 'wb') as f:
            f.write(data)
        os.chmod(tmp, os.stat(binary).st_mode)
        os.rename(tmp, binary)
        print(f"Patched {version}: {total} replacements")
    else:
        print(f"No art found in {os.path.basename(binary)}")

    os.makedirs(STAMP_DIR, exist_ok=True)
    open(stamp, 'w').close()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()
PYEOF
chmod +x "$PATCHER"

# --- Write the wrapper ---
cat > "$wrapper_dir/claude" << 'EOF'
#!/bin/bash
target=$(readlink -f ~/.local/bin/claude)
stamp=~/.local/share/claude/dehat-stamps/$(basename "$target").dehatted
[ -f "$stamp" ] || python3 ~/.claude/erase_ascii_claude_code.py "$target"
exec "$target" "$@"
EOF
chmod +x "$wrapper_dir/claude"

# --- Patch all existing binaries now ---
for bin in "$VERSIONS_DIR"/*; do
    [ -x "$bin" ] && python3 "$PATCHER" "$bin"
done

echo "Done. Wrapper installed at $wrapper_dir/claude."
echo "Verify: which claude should show $wrapper_dir/claude"

To install:

curl -fsSL 'https://gist.githubusercontent.com/yuxi-liu-wired/f4076b6f636d59a53b7e84d41d64397e/raw/d4f3e268bd5a6956b9e4ab63e34b8b132a98c0e9/erase_ascii_claude_code.sh' | bash