feat: enable custom transports (#91)

## Summary

This PR exposes the `Transport` interface in the public API, enabling
users to pass custom transport implementations to the `query()`
function. Previously, transport selection was internal and users had no
way to provide custom implementations.

**Primary Benefits:**
- 🔌 **Remote claude code** - Connect to Claude Code CLIs running
remotely
- The concrete use case here is to be able to implement a custom
transport that can communicate to claude code instances running in
remote sandboxes. Currently the the sdk only works with Claude Codes
running in a local subprocess limiting the scenarios in which this SDK
can be used.

## Changes

### Public API Changes
- **Exposed the previously internal `Transport` abstract base class** in
`claude_code_sdk.__init__.py`
- **Added `transport` parameter** to `query()` function signature
- **Updated docstring** with transport parameter documentation

### Internal Changes
- **Modified `InternalClient.process_query()`** to accept optional
transport parameter
- **Added transport selection logic** - use provided transport or
default to `SubprocessCLITransport`
- **Updated `__all__` exports** to include `Transport`

### Testing
- **Updated existing tests** to work with new transport parameter
- **Maintained backward compatibility** - all existing code continues to
work unchanged

## Testing

### Existing Tests
-  All existing unit tests pass with new transport parameter
-  Integration tests updated to mock new transport interface
-  Subprocess buffering tests continue to work with exposed transport

### New Functionality Testing
-  Verified custom transport can be passed to `query()`
-  Confirmed default behavior unchanged when no transport provided  
-  Validated transport lifecycle ( connect → receive → disconnect)
-  Tested transport interface compliance with abstract base class

## Example Usage

### Basic Custom Transport
```python
from claude_code_sdk import query, ClaudeCodeOptions, Transport

class MyCustomTransport(Transport):
    # Implement abstract methods: connect, disconnect, 
    # send_request, receive_messages, is_connected
    pass

transport = MyCustomTransport()
async for message in query(
    prompt="Hello",
    transport=transport
):
    print(message)
```

## Related
- #85 

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Signed-off-by: Rushil Patel <rpatel@codegen.com>
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@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from ._errors import (
CLINotFoundError,
ProcessError,
)
from ._internal.transport import Transport
from .client import ClaudeSDKClient
from .query import query
from .types import (
@ -30,6 +31,8 @@ __version__ = "0.0.20"
__all__ = [
# Main exports
"query",
# Transport
"Transport",
"ClaudeSDKClient",
# Types
"PermissionMode",

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@ -3,8 +3,12 @@
from collections.abc import AsyncIterable, AsyncIterator
from typing import Any
from ..types import ClaudeCodeOptions, Message
from ..types import (
ClaudeCodeOptions,
Message,
)
from .message_parser import parse_message
from .transport import Transport
from .transport.subprocess_cli import SubprocessCLITransport
@ -15,19 +19,26 @@ class InternalClient:
"""Initialize the internal client."""
async def process_query(
self, prompt: str | AsyncIterable[dict[str, Any]], options: ClaudeCodeOptions
self,
prompt: str | AsyncIterable[dict[str, Any]],
options: ClaudeCodeOptions,
transport: Transport | None = None,
) -> AsyncIterator[Message]:
"""Process a query through transport."""
transport = SubprocessCLITransport(
prompt=prompt, options=options, close_stdin_after_prompt=True
)
# Use provided transport or choose one based on configuration
if transport is not None:
chosen_transport = transport
else:
chosen_transport = SubprocessCLITransport(
prompt=prompt, options=options, close_stdin_after_prompt=True
)
try:
await transport.connect()
await chosen_transport.connect()
async for data in transport.receive_messages():
async for data in chosen_transport.receive_messages():
yield parse_message(data)
finally:
await transport.disconnect()
await chosen_transport.disconnect()

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@ -6,7 +6,13 @@ from typing import Any
class Transport(ABC):
"""Abstract transport for Claude communication."""
"""Abstract transport for Claude communication.
WARNING: This internal API is exposed for custom transport implementations
(e.g., remote Claude Code connections). The Claude Code team may change or
or remove this abstract class in any future release. Custom implementations
must be updated to match interface changes.
"""
@abstractmethod
async def connect(self) -> None:

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@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from collections.abc import AsyncIterable, AsyncIterator
from typing import Any
from ._internal.client import InternalClient
from ._internal.transport import Transport
from .types import ClaudeCodeOptions, Message
@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ async def query(
*,
prompt: str | AsyncIterable[dict[str, Any]],
options: ClaudeCodeOptions | None = None,
transport: Transport | None = None,
) -> AsyncIterator[Message]:
"""
Query Claude Code for one-shot or unidirectional streaming interactions.
@ -56,6 +58,9 @@ async def query(
- 'acceptEdits': Auto-accept file edits
- 'bypassPermissions': Allow all tools (use with caution)
Set options.cwd for working directory.
transport: Optional transport implementation. If provided, this will be used
instead of the default transport selection based on options.
The transport will be automatically configured with the prompt and options.
Yields:
Messages from the conversation
@ -90,6 +95,23 @@ async def query(
async for message in query(prompt=prompts()):
print(message)
```
Example - With custom transport:
```python
from claude_code_sdk import query, Transport
class MyCustomTransport(Transport):
# Implement custom transport logic
pass
transport = MyCustomTransport()
async for message in query(
prompt="Hello",
transport=transport
):
print(message)
```
"""
if options is None:
options = ClaudeCodeOptions()
@ -98,5 +120,7 @@ async def query(
client = InternalClient()
async for message in client.process_query(prompt=prompt, options=options):
async for message in client.process_query(
prompt=prompt, options=options, transport=transport
):
yield message