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218points
118comments
#250of 4,366 in 2026
Top 6%of 2026 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

9 positive, 20 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 22 critical, out of 51 comments about the project. Thread score -0.17.

Idea: 7 for, 4 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 6 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Useful for seeing prompt and token usage

    From 2 comments
    • This is great. When I work with AI on large, tricky code bases I try to do a collaboration where it hands off things to me that may result in large number of tokens (excess tool…
      EMM_386 on HN
    • This is fantastic. Claude doesn't make it easy to inspect what it's sending - which would actually be really useful for refining the project-specific prompts.
      elphard on HN

Objections

  • Disabled TLS verification (ssl_insecure=true), a serious security flaw; maker says it was fixed

    From 2 comments
    • This tool looks like it unconditionally disables tls verification for upstream requests. It shells out to mitmproxy with "--set", "ssl_insecure=true" This took all of 5 minutes…
      catlifeonmars on HN
    • Just fixed it and implemented a simple http relay, eliminating the mitmproxy and the ssl_insecure=true. The new implementation uses TLS verification, doing last tests and merging…
      jmuncor on HN
  • Likely vibe-coded with AI, raising trust concerns

    From 3 comments
    • >tell me if I earned your star Since you asked: Not in a million years, no. A bug of this type is either an honest typo or a sign that the author(s) don't take security…
      throwaway277432 on HN
    • As someone who just set up mitmproxy to do something very similar, I wish this would've been a plugin/add-on instead of a standalone thing. I know and trust mitmproxy. I'm warier…
      ctippett on HN
    • Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
      Lucasoato on HN

Requests

  • Add OpenTelemetry export

    From 1 comment
    • That looks great! Any plans on allowing exports to OpenTelemetry apps like Arize Phoenix? I am looking for ways to connect my Claude Code using Max plan (no API) to it and the…
      vitorbaptistaa on HN
  • Support Gemini and other providers

    From 2 comments
    • You don't need to mess with certificates - you can point CC at a HTTP endpoint and it'll happily play along. If you build a DIY proxy you can also mess with the prompt on the…
      Havoc on HN
    • Tried with gemini and gave more headaches than anything else, would love if you can help me adding it to sherlock... I use claude and gemini, claude mainly for coding, so wanted…
      jmuncor on HN

Questions

Alternatives named

  • LiteLLM

    From 2 comments
    • LiteLLM does this, and can do a lot more beyond that.
      rgj on HN
    • I use litellm (slightly modified to allow cloud code telemetry pass through) and langfuse. There is no need for MitM, you can set Api base address to your own proxy in all the…
      Roark66 on HN
  • claude-trace

    From 1 comment
    • Reminds me of claude-trace: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/2/claude-trace/
      canadiantim on HN
  • LLMWatcher

    From 1 comment
    • interesting that you chose to go the MITM way. https://github.com/quilrai/LLMWatcher here is my take on the same thing, but as a mac app and using BASE_URL for intercepting…
      winchester6788 on HN

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