claudetools/.claude/messages/for-mike.md

Note for Mike

Check this file at sync. Delete items after you've addressed them.

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From Howard, 2026-04-21 — Confirm Syncro labor rates

Closed/invoiced ticket #32179 (High Tech Mortgage - Rich Young, onsite power-outlet issue, 0.5 hr). I used $175/hr for Labor - Onsite Business (product_id 26118) since I wasn't sure what was current.

Can you confirm what our current rates should be for the skill's reference? The /syncro skill currently lists $150/hr for Remote as an example but has no onsite or emergency rate documented. Useful ones to pin down:

• 1190473 Labor - Remote Business
• 26118 Labor - Onsite Business (used $175 today)
• 26184 Labor - Emergency or After Hours Business
• 9269129 Labor - Prepaid Project Labor
• 26117 Fee - Travel Time

If you can confirm, I'll update .claude/commands/syncro.md so future tickets don't guess.

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From Howard, 2026-04-21 — vault.sh wrapper bug on Windows (MSYS path)

.claude/scripts/vault.sh fails on HOWARD-HOME with [ERROR] vault_path not set even though identity.json has "vault_path": "D:/vault". Traced it:

The wrapper passes $IDENTITY_FILE as /c/claudetools/.claude/identity.json (Git-Bash MSYS form) to native Windows Python, which can't read MSYS paths. The open() silently fails inside the $(...) substitution, VAULT_ROOT stays empty, and the wrapper bails.

Fix is small — convert with cygpath if available:

IDENTITY_FILE_FOR_PY="$IDENTITY_FILE"
if command -v cygpath >/dev/null 2>&1; then
    IDENTITY_FILE_FOR_PY=$(cygpath -m "$IDENTITY_FILE")
fi
# then pass $IDENTITY_FILE_FOR_PY to python -c

I worked around it for tonight by calling sops -d directly. Want me to patch the wrapper, or do you want it?