AI coding agent
Claude Code
Anthropic's agentic coding tool for the terminal, IDE, desktop and browser.
About Claude Code
Claude Code is an agentic coding tool from Anthropic that reads a codebase, edits files, runs commands and integrates with development tools. It is available in the terminal, IDE extensions, a desktop app and the browser. It can connect to MCP servers, which is how tools such as GhidraMCP or REA give it access to a disassembler.
Summarised from the official pages linked above.
Guides
- AI-assisted game decompilation: matching decomps and ports with agents9 min
- Android app reverse engineering with AI: APK to working code8 min
- Getting started with REA (Reverse Engineer Anything)9 min
- REA vs GhidraMCP vs IDA Pro MCP (and Binary Ninja MCP)8 min
- Reverse engineer a Bluetooth device's protocol with AI9 min
- Set up an IDA Pro MCP server for Claude Code or Codex9 min
- Set up GhidraMCP with Claude Code8 min
- What is AI-assisted reverse engineering?9 min
- Where AI goes wrong in reverse engineering, and how projects cope9 min
28 projects
Projects using Claude Code
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Blog · Games and mods
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Resurrected a 1992 MUD from its scripts, a GM manual and a 1996 session log
A MUD dead since 1999, playable again from its scripts and an old log.
Model Claude
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Blog · Games and mods
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500+ billion tokens: an agent swarm decompiled a first-person shooter
Fifteen agents, three months, 99% of a shooter rebuilt in C++.
Time About 3 months
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Blog · Games and mods
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Built a PS1 static recompiler with no prior experience and got Tomba! playable
No prior experience, three weeks, and a PS1 game running as native code.
Time About 3 weeks for the prototype
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Blog · Games and mods
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Recompiled a 20-year-old puzzle game for Apple Silicon and the web
A 20-year-old puzzle game, running natively on Apple Silicon and in the browser.
Model Claude
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Blog · Firmware and hardware
Replaced a dead fan-controller MCU on a dual V100 board with an RP2040, Claude doing the reverse engineering
A dead fan controller swapped for an RP2040 in about 50 minutes.
Time About 15 minutes of active work, 50 minutes wall-clock
Simon Willison
@simonw
I used Claude Code to reverse-engineer the Claude macOS Electron app and had Cowork dig around in its own environment - now I've got a good idea of how the sandbox works It's an Ubuntu VM using Apple's Virtualization framework, details here:
X · Apps
Worked out how Claude Cowork's sandbox is built by having Claude Code inspect Claude.app
Claude Code takes apart Claude.app to see how Cowork's sandbox works.
Model Claude Opus 4.5
Works
GitHub · Games and mods
Reverse engineered the C64 strategy game Weltendämmerung and ported it to the web
A 7 KB C64 binary, three days and $100 later, playable in the browser.
Time 3 daysCost $100 in API usage over 50+ sessions
Research
YouTube · Apps
REA demo: rebuilding a compiled iPhone app's screen with and without REA
REA versus no REA, on rebuilding a compiled iPhone app's screen.
Model Claude
Research
Blog · Firmware and hardware
Audited the firmware of five PC peripherals in about 13 hours of agent time
A webcam, monitor, mic, capture card and light, examined in about 13 hours.
Time About 13 hours of agent time over two weeks
Partial
Blog · Games and mods
Started a decompilation from zero: Claude Code and 51% of a 2001 GBA game
A GBA decompilation started from zero, now past halfway.
Model Claude
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Blog · Games and mods
One-shot matching decompilation of Snowboard Kids 2 with Claude in a loop
Three weeks of Claude in a loop beat the previous three months by hand.
Time 3 weeks
Wes Bos
@wesbos
Claude code reverse engineered this RC car! It only worked with a custom wyze cam firmware, and now I can drive it over USB or a cheap ESP32
X · Firmware and hardware
Made an RC car that needed custom Wyze cam firmware drivable over USB or an ESP32
An RC car that needed hacked camera firmware now drives from USB or an ESP32.
Model Claude
Works
Blog · Games and mods
Repaired the FFVIIHook mod after a game update
A game update broke the mod; Claude and Ghidra found what moved.
Model Claude
Used Claude Code on something?
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