Show HN: Giving Claude Code "hands" to deliver local files (P2P, No Cloud)

by bear330 • 6 months ago

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bear3303• 6 months ago

Hi HN,

I've been using Claude Code (CLI) heavily, but I hit a major friction point: When Claude generates artifacts locally (like a specific SQLite dump, build logs, or a patch), it has no easy way to "hand" them to a coworker.

I didn't want to upload sensitive local files to a third-party cloud (S3/Drive) just to send a temporary file to a teammate sitting virtually next to me.

So, I built an MCP server (ffl-mcp) that gives Claude the capability to share files directly via P2P.

The Workflow:

1. I ask Claude: "Zip the logs and send them to Bob."

2. Claude uses the tool to generate a one-time P2P link.

3. My coworker clicks the link to download immediately (streaming transfer, E2EE).

Under the hood:

It wraps ffl [0], a CLI tool I built for NAT traversal (WebRTC, relay if failed). (I packaged the core tool as an "Actually Portable Executable" so it runs as a single binary across platforms without Python environment headaches).

It's open source and you can try it with uvx: https://github.com/nuwainfo/ffl-mcp

[0] The core ffl tool: https://github.com/nuwainfo/ffl

atmanactive• 6 months ago

> 1. I ask Claude: "Zip the logs and send them to Bob."
> 2. Claude uses the tool to generate a one-time P2P link.
> 3. My coworker clicks the link to download immediately

It is not clear how DOES the co-worker get the link?

bear3303• 6 months ago

Oh, in this demo the right panel is just simulating the co-worker. In a real case, I would send the link to him via IM (for example, Slack). Since this is only a demo, I’m playing both roles myself. :p

cdaringe• 6 months ago

APE is referenced a few times. Can you expand on how you leverage it in the underlying transfer tool? Seems all python—i expected some C

bear3303• 6 months ago

I actually wrote a section about this here: https://github.com/nuwainfo/ffl?tab=readme-ov-file#porting-t.... In short, I used superconfigure the project’s ported Python APE, rewrote all C extensions into Python APE as built-in extensions, modified libraries like aiortc to use them, and finally resolved several tricky porting issues across platforms. It was a tough process, but I managed to get it working successfully :)

Show HN: Giving Claude Code "hands" to deliver local files (P2P, No Cloud)

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