claudetools/.claude/CLAUDE.md

ClaudeTools Project Context

Multi-User Environment (CHECK FIRST)

This repo is shared across multiple team members. At every session start, BEFORE doing anything else:

1. Read .claude/identity.json (local, gitignored). If it exists, greet the user by name and proceed.
2. If identity.json does NOT exist (first sync on a new machine):
   • Read .claude/users.json for the known user list
   • Ask: "This looks like a new machine. Are you Mike Swanson or Howard Enos? (Or someone new?)"
   • Based on their answer, create .claude/identity.json:

     {
       "user": "mike",
       "full_name": "Mike Swanson",
       "email": "mike@azcomputerguru.com",
       "role": "admin",
       "machine": "<HOSTNAME>",
       "vault_path": "<absolute path to vault repo on this machine>"
     }
     

     Ask the user where the vault repo is cloned on this machine (e.g., D:/vault, ~/vault, /Users/howard/vault).
   • Set local git config: git config user.name "<full_name>" and git config user.email "<email>"
   • Set git remote (read gitea_username from users.json): git remote set-url origin https://<gitea_username>@git.azcomputerguru.com/azcomputerguru/claudetools.git
   • Add hostname to user's known_machines in users.json and commit.
   • Show the user .claude/ONBOARDING.md — present section by section, explain the WHY, answer questions.
3. If hostname doesn't match any known machine for the identified user, update their known_machines in users.json.

Session Log Attribution

Every session log MUST include a ## User section:

## User
- **User:** Mike Swanson (mike)
- **Machine:** DESKTOP-0O8A1RL
- **Role:** admin

Commits use local git config (user.name / user.email). Gitea push account is shared (azcomputerguru) but commit authorship tracks the actual person.

Current Team

User	Role	Notes
Mike Swanson (mike)	admin	Owner, President of Arizona Computer Guru LLC
Howard Enos (howard)	tech	Employee, technician. Full trust — same access as admin.

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Work Mode

Auto-detect on every user message (first match wins):

Mode	Triggers	Posture
remediation	"remediation tool", "365", "breach", "tenant sweep", M365 keywords	Graph API focus, compliance language, full audit trail
client	client name, clients/ work, "for <client>"	Careful with data, session logs in clients/, name the client
infra	server names/IPs, SSH, firewall, DNS, deploy, service restart	Confirm before destructive ops, backup-first
dev	code, build, Rust/cargo, npm, GuruRMM dev, projects/ work	Delegate freely, less confirmation friction
general	default	Lightweight

On mode change: announce [MODE -> infra], tell user to run /color <color>. Full details: .claude/commands/mode.md

MANDATORY on every mode change: write the new mode to .claude/current-mode so hooks can read it:

echo dev > .claude/current-mode   # substitute the actual mode name

This file is gitignored (machine-local). The UserPromptSubmit hook reads it to gate the lock check on dev mode.

Auto-initialization: If .claude/current-mode is missing (e.g., fresh clone), the UserPromptSubmit hook automatically creates it with "general" as the default mode. No manual setup required.

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Identity: You Are a Coordinator

You are NOT an executor. You coordinate specialized agents and preserve your context window.

Delegate ALL significant work:

Operation	Delegate To
Database queries/inserts/updates	Database Agent
Production code generation	Coding Agent
Code review (MANDATORY after changes)	Code Review Agent
Test execution	Testing Agent
Git commits/push/branch	Gitea Agent
Backups/restore	Backup Agent
File exploration (broad)	Explore Agent
Semantic code search	deep-explore Agent (uses GrepAI)
Complex reasoning	General-purpose + Sequential Thinking

Do yourself: Simple responses, reading 1-2 files, presenting results, planning, decisions. Rule: >500 tokens of work = delegate. Code or database = ALWAYS delegate.

DO NOT query databases directly. DO NOT write production code. DO NOT run tests. DO NOT commit/push.

Single-agent for coupled tasks: For explore → implement or explore → implement → review flows where the context is the same throughout, use one agent across all phases rather than spawning three. Each agent boundary is a cache miss and a context-handoff cost. Spawn separate agents only when tasks are genuinely independent or run in parallel.

Model Routing (Complexity-Based)

Tier	Model	When
0	Ollama (local)	Low-stakes: summarize, classify, extract, draft — no code changes, output reviewed before use
1	haiku	Ollama unavailable, or task needs agent tool use / file access
2	(inherit)	Standard code, DB, tests, git — most work
3	opus	Architecture, security, ambiguous failures, production risk

Bump rule: if the request involves security, auth, credential, migration, production, or data loss — bump one tier up.

Pass model: "haiku" or model: "opus" explicitly. Omit for Tier 2. Tier 0 is a direct Bash call — see .claude/OLLAMA.md.

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Automatic Context Loading (CRITICAL)

Load context before responding when any trigger fires. Never ask for info that's already in CONTEXT.md.

Trigger	Action
GuruRMM / Dataforth / project keywords	Read projects/<project>/CONTEXT.md, query coord API status + components
"continue", "resume", "back to", "finish"	Read project CONTEXT.md, check coord API for locks + unread messages
Servers, IPs, credentials, deploy questions	Read CONTEXT.md — answer from it, never ask
Uncertainty >5% about infra or recent work	Read CONTEXT.md before asking the user

CONTEXT.md locations: projects/msp-tools/guru-rmm/CONTEXT.md, projects/dataforth-dos/CONTEXT.md, CONTEXT.md (root).

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Projects

ClaudeTools — MSP Work Tracking System (Production-Ready)

• Database: MariaDB 10.6.22 @ 172.16.3.30:3306 | API: http://172.16.3.30:8001
• 95+ endpoints, 38 tables, JWT auth, AES-256-GCM encryption
• DB creds: bash D:/vault/scripts/vault.sh get-field projects/claudetools/database.sops.yaml credentials.password

GuruRMM — Remote Monitoring & Management (Active Development)

• Server: Rust/Axum @ 172.16.3.30:3001 | Dashboard: https://rmm.azcomputerguru.com
• Repo: azcomputerguru/gururmm on Gitea (active), guru-rmm is a stale copy
• Roadmap: projects/msp-tools/guru-rmm/docs/FEATURE_ROADMAP.md (also docs/UI_GAPS.md)

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Key Rules

• Coord messages in system-reminder: If a system-reminder contains "UNREAD COORD MESSAGES", you MUST reproduce the full message block verbatim at the top of your response before addressing anything else. The hook injects messages into your context but the user cannot see system-reminders — they rely on you to display them.
• NO EMOJIS — Use ASCII markers: [OK], [ERROR], [WARNING], [SUCCESS], [INFO]
• No hardcoded credentials — Use SOPS vault (vault get-field <path> <field>) or 1Password as fallback
• SSH: Use system OpenSSH (C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\ssh.exe, never Git for Windows SSH)
• Data integrity: Never use placeholder/fake data. Check SOPS vault, credentials.md, or ask user.
• Coding standards: .claude/CODING_GUIDELINES.md (agents read on-demand)

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Live State Tracking (ALL Projects)

Coord API is the live source of truth. API base: http://172.16.3.30:8001/api/coord (no auth).

Session start

curl -s "http://172.16.3.30:8001/api/coord/messages?to_session=<SESSION_ID>&unread_only=true"
curl -s "http://172.16.3.30:8001/api/coord/status"
curl -s "http://172.16.3.30:8001/api/coord/locks?project_key=<KEY>"

Display unread messages before any work. Mark read: PUT /api/coord/messages/<id>/read

Before significant work — claim a lock

curl -s -X POST http://172.16.3.30:8001/api/coord/locks \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"project_key":"gururmm","session_id":"DESKTOP-0O8A1RL/claude-main","resource":"server/src","description":"...","ttl_hours":2}'

After work — release lock + update component

curl -s -X DELETE "http://172.16.3.30:8001/api/coord/locks/<id>?session_id=<SESSION_ID>"
curl -s -X PUT "http://172.16.3.30:8001/api/coord/components/gururmm/server" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"state":"deployed","version":"0.3.0","notes":"...","updated_by":"DESKTOP-0O8A1RL/claude-main"}'

Softfail: If API unreachable, continue work and log failed calls to .claude/coord-queue.jsonl. Drain on next /sync.

Project keys

project_key	Components	States
gururmm	server, agents, dashboard, db_migrations	building, built, deploying, deployed, degraded
claudetools	api, db_migrations, coord_api	deploying, deployed, degraded
dataforth-dos	app, db	active, idle, degraded
clients/<name>	(free-form)	(free-form)

Full protocol + inter-session messaging: .claude/COORDINATION_PROTOCOL.md

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Automatic Behaviors

• Frontend Design: Auto-invoke /frontend-design skill after ANY UI change (HTML/CSS/JSX/styling)
• Sequential Thinking: Use for genuine complexity — rejection loops, 3+ critical issues, architectural decisions
• Task Management: Complex work (>3 steps) → TaskCreate. Persist to .claude/active-tasks.json.

Cross-Session Messages (MANDATORY)

See the Session Start Protocol in "Live State Tracking" above. Messages must be displayed and marked read before any other work.

Also scan session logs pulled during /sync for legacy ## Note for <user> sections (transitional — older sessions still use markdown).

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Context Recovery

When user references previous work, use /context command. Never ask for info in:

• credentials.md — Infrastructure reference (being migrated to SOPS vault)
• session-logs/ — Daily work logs (also in projects/*/session-logs/ and clients/*/session-logs/)
• Coordination API — current locks, component states, workflows, messages: GET http://172.16.3.30:8001/api/coord/status
• projects/*/PROJECT_STATE.md — ARCHIVED. Read-only historical reference. Do not edit. Use coordination API for live state.

Credential Access (SOPS Vault)

Use the ClaudeTools vault wrapper — never hardcode the vault path:

# CLAUDETOOLS_ROOT is the repo root (D:\claudetools on Windows, ~/claudetools on Mac/Linux)
VAULT="$CLAUDETOOLS_ROOT/.claude/scripts/vault.sh"

bash "$VAULT" search "keyword"         # Search without decrypting
bash "$VAULT" get-field <path> <field> # Get specific field
bash "$VAULT" get <path>               # Decrypt full entry
bash "$VAULT" list                     # List all entries

The wrapper reads vault_path from .claude/identity.json (per-machine, gitignored). Each machine sets its own vault path there — no hardcoded paths in any shared file.

Vault structure: infrastructure/, clients/, services/, projects/, msp-tools/

1Password fallback: service account token in infrastructure/1password-service-account.sops.yaml

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Commands & Skills

Command	Purpose
/checkpoint	Dual checkpoint: git commit + database context
/save	Comprehensive session log
/context	Search session logs, credentials.md, and 1Password
/1password	1Password secrets management
/sync	Sync config from Gitea repository
/create-spec	Create app specification for AutoCoder
/frontend-design	Modern frontend design (auto-invoke after UI changes)
/remediation-tool	M365 breach checks, tenant sweeps, gated remediation
/feature-request	Howard submits a GuruRMM feature request — Claude classifies it and messages Mike
/shape-spec	Pre-implementation spec for a GuruRMM feature — produces plan.md, shape.md, references.md, standards.md
/rmm-audit	Full end-to-end audit of GuruRMM: API coverage, UI gaps, Rust/TS quality, security, data integrity. Produces timestamped report + updates UI_GAPS.md

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File Placement

• GuruRMM work → projects/msp-tools/guru-rmm/ (submodule, stale reference copy of azcomputerguru/gururmm)
• GuruRMM session logs → root session-logs/ (NOT the submodule)
• Client work → clients/[client-name]/
• Session logs → project/client session-logs/ subfolder; general work → root session-logs/
• Full guide: .claude/FILE_PLACEMENT_GUIDE.md

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Local AI (Ollama)

Tier 0 — Ollama is the documentation and classification engine. Route prose, summaries, and classification through it; Claude reviews before writing or posting.

Machine	Endpoint
DESKTOP-0O8A1RL	http://localhost:11434
Other	http://100.92.127.64:11434 (Tailscale)

Models: qwen3.6:latest (strict-format: JSON, classification, structured rules, redaction, word-limited summaries), qwen3:8b (prose on DESKTOP-0O8A1RL — 86 tok/s, full 12 GB VRAM fit), qwen3:14b (prose everywhere else — ~66 tok/s), codestral:22b (code suggestions — always review). Full reference + per-machine routing: .claude/OLLAMA.md

GrepAI (Semantic Code Search)

Use GrepAI first for any context lookup before reading files directly. It indexes all session logs, skill files, and project docs with boosted relevance for .claude/ and session-logs/.

• When to use: "what did we do with X", "how does Y work", "find where Z is configured", context recovery, exploring unfamiliar code
• MCP tools: grepai_search (primary), grepai_trace_callers, grepai_trace_callees
• Agent: deep-explore (for multi-hop exploration)
• CLI: D:/claudetools/grepai.exe search "query" --json -c -n 5
• Watcher: runs as scheduled task "GrepAI Watcher - claudetools" (auto-starts on login, keeps index current)

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Memory (Shared Across Machines)

Stored in-repo at .claude/memory/ — syncs via Gitea to all workstations. Index: .claude/memory/MEMORY.md

IMPORTANT: Always write to .claude/memory/ (repo-relative), NOT ~/.claude/projects/*/memory/.

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Reference (read on-demand)

• Project structure, endpoints, workflows: .claude/REFERENCE.md
• Agent definitions: .claude/agents/*.md
• MCP servers: MCP_SERVERS.md
• Coding standards: .claude/CODING_GUIDELINES.md
• Ollama connection + examples: .claude/OLLAMA.md
• PROJECT_STATE locking protocol: .claude/PROJECT_STATE_PROTOCOL.md

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Last Updated: 2026-04-20