# Session — Scileppi Mac downloads redesign, AMT legacy onboarding, Syncro API research, harness hardening

## User
- **User:** Mike Swanson (mike)
- **Machine:** GURU-5070
- **Role:** admin

## Session Summary

Continuation of the 2026-06-16 MSP ops day (first half logged in
`2026-06-16-mike-adsync-grabb-vpn-syncro-automation.md`). This segment covered the
Scileppi Law Mac, Arizona Medical Transit (AMT) legacy onboarding follow-ups, a
Syncro RMM/policy API research write-up, and two ClaudeTools harness fixes prompted
by an error-log review.

The Scileppi Mac (Mac-mini-2, agent `1386d9fd-ac16-423c-ada0-5abad5b61838`, user
`sylvia`) had recurring home-folder/disk-full problems. Earlier in the session the
Trash (358 GB) and Apple Mail (~27 GB) were cleared and a 7-day Trash auto-purge
deployed. This segment redesigned how downloads stay off the local disk. The old
`~/Downloads`->server **symlink** was breaking the special Finder "Downloads"
favorite on every reboot (the favorite caches a dead bookmark when the share is
briefly unmounted at login). Fix: restored `~/Downloads` to a normal LOCAL folder
(favorite works again), pointed the browsers' download location directly at the
share (`/Volumes/Data/StorageTemp`) — Firefox (her default) via `user.js`, Safari
via `defaults` — and deployed a catch-all LaunchAgent `com.acg.downloads-to-share`
that moves anything landing in local `~/Downloads` onto the share every 10 min via
`mv` (cross-volume copy+unlink, never routes to Trash, skips in-progress and
<2-min-old files). Apple Mail needed no change: its save keys
(`LastAttachedDir`, `NSSavePanelLastSaveDirectory`) already point at the share's
per-client `/Volumes/Data/Active/<client>` folders, and (per Mike) multi-GB case
files arrive via browser, not mail. Ticket #32333 was resolved at no charge.

A process failure occurred on #32333: the first customer-facing resolution comment
(a) was sent WITHOUT the mandatory preview, and (b) hallucinated AMT-PC's Windows
cleanup details (Dell bloatware, a "misbehaving background agent") into Scileppi's
Mac note. Mike deleted the comment and flagged both faults. Both were logged to
`errorlog.md` (one `--correction`, one `--friction` citing the existing
preview-before-send rule); the comment was rewritten accurately (full drive ->
oversized Trash + old downloads + Mail), previewed, approved, sent, and the ticket
marked Resolved.

Mike then asked for an error-log review. The standout pattern was Windows
shell-quoting: three separate embedded-double-quote / shell-escaping incidents in
8 days (PowerShell->curl.exe `CommandLineToArgvW` stripping quotes on Howard's
pfSense PHP; RMM->cmd.exe mangling `shutdown /c`; PowerShell case-insensitive var
collision). Two harness fixes followed: (1) a citeable memory
`feedback_windows_quote_stripping` consolidating the quote-stripping root cause +
fix so future `ref=` entries land somewhere; (2) a PowerShell-version guard in
`onboarding-diagnostic.ps1`. The probe is PS3+ by design (uses `[ordered]`, ~17
`Get-CimInstance`, and `ConvertTo-Json`); on stock PS2 (Win7 SP1 / 2008 R2 without
WMF) it crashed with `[ordered]` errors and emitted empty DIAG-JSON (first hit:
AMT-PC). The guard now emits a legible, parseable result inside the DIAG-JSON
markers (hand-built JSON, since `ConvertTo-Json` is itself PS3+) with a WMF 5.1 /
KB3191566 remediation hint. Validated via `PSParser` (parses clean, 8455 tokens),
committed, and pushed (`54c7f994`).

## Key Decisions

- **Restore local `~/Downloads` + redirect at the app level, not a symlink.** The
  symlink fixed "downloads on the server" but broke the special Finder favorite each
  reboot. Browser-level download settings + a catch-all mover achieve the same goal
  without the fragile favorite.
- **Catch-all mover uses `mv`, not a Trash-empty.** `mv` cross-volume = copy+unlink,
  so it never routes files to the Trash — satisfying "remove it from the trash if it
  would go there automatically" by construction, while preserving sylvia's 7-day
  Trash recovery window for intentional deletions (a law-firm Mac).
- **No Apple Mail change.** Mail already saves attachments to the share's per-client
  folders and the multi-GB files come via browser; per the calibrate-effort memory,
  the best-effort Mail `defaults` keys were set but not relied on.
- **Diagnostic probe: graceful guard, not a PS2 port.** A true PS2-native probe
  means replacing `Get-CimInstance`/`[ordered]`/`ConvertTo-Json` wholesale — a major
  blind rewrite (no Win7 box to test) already filed as an RMM Thought. The
  proportionate fix is a legible-failure guard.
- **Committed the harness changes directly to `main`.** Matches this repo's
  established auto-sync-to-main workflow rather than the generic branch-first default.

## Problems Encountered

- **Sent a customer comment without preview + hallucinated cross-client details.**
  Mike deleted it. Rewrote accurately, previewed, got approval, sent, resolved.
  Logged both faults to errorlog (correction + friction).
- **Apple Mail has no clean "download folder" setting.** Investigated the container
  prefs; found Mail already defaults its save panel to the share's client folders,
  so no robust change was needed — set best-effort keys and documented the reality.
- **Probe crashed on PS2 (AMT-PC).** Added the version guard; verified the file still
  parses on PS5.1.

## Configuration Changes

- **Created** `.claude/memory/feedback_windows_quote_stripping.md` — Windows
  embedded-double-quote stripping (curl.exe + RMM cmd) root cause + fix.
- **Modified** `.claude/memory/MEMORY.md` — index line for the above.
- **Modified** `.claude/scripts/onboarding-diagnostic.ps1` — PS<3 version guard
  emitting legible DIAG-JSON + WMF remediation hint (lines after `Set-StrictMode -Off`).
- **Modified** `errorlog.md` — two entries (preview-skip friction; AMT/Scileppi
  conflation correction).
- **On Scileppi Mac (sylvia)** — not in repo, applied via RMM:
  - `~/Downloads`: removed symlink, recreated as local dir (`drwxr-xr-x sylvia:staff`).
  - `~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/3l21c35k.default-release/user.js`:
    `browser.download.folderList=2`, `dir=/Volumes/Data/StorageTemp`, `useDownloadDir=true`.
  - Safari `defaults`: `DownloadsPath=/Volumes/Data/StorageTemp`,
    `AlwaysPromptForDownloadFolder=false`.
  - Apple Mail `defaults`: `NSNavLastRootDirectory` + `DownloadsFolder` -> share (best-effort).
  - `/usr/local/bin/acg-downloads-to-share.sh` (root:wheel 755) +
    `~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.acg.downloads-to-share.plist` (sylvia:staff 644),
    bootstrapped into `gui/<uid>`; StartInterval 600, RunAtLoad.

## Credentials & Secrets

None created, rotated, or discovered this segment.

## Infrastructure & Servers

- **Scileppi Mac:** hostname Mac-mini-2; GuruRMM agent
  `1386d9fd-ac16-423c-ada0-5abad5b61838`; primary user `sylvia`.
- **Share:** `//SL-SERVER` `Data` share, mounted at `/Volumes/Data`; downloads land
  in `/Volumes/Data/StorageTemp`; Mail saves to `/Volumes/Data/Active/<client>/...`.
  Auto-remount via existing `com.acg.mount-server` LaunchAgent.
- **Existing housekeeping on that Mac:** `com.acg.trashcleanup` (7-day Trash purge),
  `com.acg.mount-server` (share remount).
- **GuruRMM:** server `172.16.3.30:3001`; auth via `.claude/scripts/rmm-auth.sh`.

## Commands & Outputs

- LaunchAgent deploy verified: `launchctl print gui/<uid>/com.acg.downloads-to-share`
  -> `state = active`, RunAtLoad, StartInterval; test run `rc 0`.
- Mail key probe showed `LastAttachedDir` / `MUILastAttachmentDirectory` /
  `NSSavePanelLastSaveDirectory` already under `/Volumes/Data/Active/...`.
- Probe syntax check: `[PSParser]::Tokenize(...)` -> `[OK] parses clean (8455 tokens)`.
- Git: `git push origin main` -> `08fcafa0..54c7f994  main -> main`; post-fetch
  ahead/behind `0 0`.

## Pending / Incomplete Tasks

- **Scileppi:** Firefox download location applies on its **next restart** — sylvia
  should quit/reopen Firefox (and Safari) to confirm. Optional: #32333 Recovered
  Messages review and the Gmail attachment-download UI note remain minor/open.
- **AMT-PC:** Bitdefender push handled by Mike via Syncro.
- **RMM Thought (open):** PS2-native onboarding diagnostic (or WMF 5.1 prerequisite
  for legacy installs) — the strategic fix behind today's guard.
- **Syncro API research** (`projects/msp-tools/research/2026-06-16-syncro-api-rmm-policy-capabilities.md`)
  remains research-only; not folded into the `/syncro` skill per Mike.

## Reference Information

- **Ticket:** #32333 (Scileppi Law / sylvia Mac), internal id `111242786`,
  customer 7088349-era; resolved no-charge. Final public comment `419360840`.
- **Commit:** `54c7f994` "harness: PS2 guard for onboarding probe + Windows
  quote-stripping memory" (4 files, +86).
- **Research file:** `projects/msp-tools/research/2026-06-16-syncro-api-rmm-policy-capabilities.md`.
- **Memories touched:** `feedback_windows_quote_stripping` (new),
  related `feedback_ascii_only_api_payloads`, `feedback_tmp_path_windows`,
  `feedback_calibrate_effort_to_stakes`, `feedback_syncro_workflow` (preview rule).
- **Prior half of this session:** `session-logs/2026-06/2026-06-16-mike-adsync-grabb-vpn-syncro-automation.md`.
