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Docker mode provides the strongest isolation: a separate network namespace with sing-box TUN transparent proxy, plus cac identity protection and Claude Code pre-installed.

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Quick start

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Setup

cac docker setup is an interactive wizard that:
  1. Asks for your proxy address (supports compact and share link formats)
  2. Auto-detects local vs remote Docker installation
  3. Auto-detects network parameters (interface, subnet, gateway) for macvlan mode
  4. Writes configuration to docker/.env

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Proxy formats

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What happens inside the container

On first boot, the entrypoint automatically:
1

Start sing-box TUN

All container traffic is transparently routed through your proxy at the kernel level. No proxy environment variables visible to applications.
2

Detect timezone and locale

Queries the exit IP to determine timezone and language, then configures the container.
3

Create cac profile

Generates a unique identity (UUID, hostname, MAC, machine ID) and mTLS certificate.
4

Activate profile

Sets environment variables and writes to /root/.cac-env for persistence across shell sessions.

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Persistent storage

/root and /home are bind-mounted to docker/data/ on the host. Your Claude Code sessions, settings, and work files survive container restarts.

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Port forwarding

To expose a port from the container (e.g., a dev server):
This starts a socat/python3 relay from localhost:6287 on the host to the container.

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Diagnostics

Checks TUN status, DNS, TCP/HTTP connectivity, exit IP, leak detection, and identity spoofing.