DIVE INTO CLAUDE CODE: THE DESIGN SPACE OF TODAY'S AND FUTURE AI AGENT SYSTEMS

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Claude Code is an agentic coding tool that can run shell commands, edit files, and call external services on behalf of the user. This study describes its architecture by analyzing the publicly available TypeScript source code and further comparing it with OpenClaw. The core of the system is a simple while-loop that calls the model, runs tools, and repeats. OpenClaw uses the same recurring design questions but produces different architectural answers when the deployment context changes. The study also identifies six open design directions for future agent systems.