Image: u/Rich_Carpet1615 on Reddit · The stripped-back Kobo home screen
A Kobo's interface stripped back by Claude Code over SSH
Claude Code connected to the e-reader over SSH and, over a few hours, removed the interface elements NickelMenu couldn't hide, leaving a minimal reader for sideloaded books.
Credits
- Reddit poster Rich_Carpet1615 Source ↗
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The full story
A Kobo owner who only sideloads a handful of books wanted the store, OverDrive, search and filtering gone. NickelMenu could hide some of the bottom tab bar but not everything, so they plugged the e-reader into a computer and asked Claude Code to find it and learn about its software.
Claude Code found the Kobo supports SSH, switched it on, and over a few hours stripped the interface back. The flaky Wi-Fi meant watching that the reader stayed connected and reconnecting after each reboot.
How it was done
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Sources
From a short post by the maker, so the details are as they tell them.
- Reddit: Simplified my KoboReddit poster: Rich_Carpet1615Posted
The owner's post in r/kobo, with how they connected Claude Code in the replies.