claudetools/session-logs/2026-06/2026-06-15-howard-sync-harness-broadcasts.md

User

• User: Howard Enos (howard)
• Machine: Howard-Home
• Role: tech

Session Summary

Routine /sync on HOWARD-HOME with a follow-up request to also update the Claude CLI. Phase 0 found no uncommitted session logs, so sync ran directly via sync.sh. The run pulled 24 commits (Mike Swanson x22, Winter Williams x2) and 6 vault commits, with nothing to push from this machine.

Four unread coord broadcasts surfaced at session start, all harness fixes landing via git main: (1) sync.sh now auto-heals submodule untracked-file checkout aborts via resolve_submodule_collisions() (non-destructive .synced-aside-<stamp> move + retry); (2) new py.sh interpreter resolver fixing the py-vs-python3 doc gap across ~70 skill/command sites; (3) CLAUDETOOLS_ROOT env seed via ensure-settings-env.py (the only one needing a per-machine command); (4) the new always-on errorlog.md rule. Three were pull-only; only the CLAUDETOOLS_ROOT one required a per-machine command.

The Claude CLI was already current — 2.1.177 locally equals the latest @anthropic-ai/claude-code on npm, so no update action was taken.

The user then asked to confirm Mike's per-machine commands were actually run. The CLAUDETOOLS_ROOT value was already present in settings.local.json (C:/claudetools), and running the idempotent ensure-settings-env.py provisioner confirmed it ([OK] CLAUDETOOLS_ROOT already set) rather than assuming. All per-machine actions are complete on this box.

Key Decisions

• Ran ensure-settings-env.py even though the value was already present — idempotent, and the user explicitly asked to verify (not assume) the per-machine command was applied.
• Took no CLI update action: local version already matched npm latest, so an npm i -g would have been a no-op.
• Invoked py.sh rather than bare py to run the provisioner, exercising the newly-pulled resolver.

Problems Encountered

• None. Sync exited 0; all follow-ups resolved cleanly.

Configuration Changes

• No files edited this session. sync.sh deployed 5 commands + 9 skills to ~/.claude/ as part of the pull (checkpoint, discord-dm, mailbox, recover, rmm-search; skills b2/bitdefender/coord/discord-dm/mailprotector/memory-dream/packetdial/remediation-tool/rmm-search).
• .claude/settings.local.json already contained CLAUDETOOLS_ROOT=C:/claudetools (verified, not changed).

Credentials & Secrets

• None created or discovered this session. Vault pull brought in (encrypted) new client entries: cryoweave m365-sysadmin, kittle m365-marco, peaceful-spirit server2 + physical-access-northwest, russo-law m365-admin, vwp domain-sysadmin + esxi, msp-tools computerguru-mailbox. infrastructure/vmware-workstation.sops.yaml was removed upstream.

Infrastructure & Servers

• Coord API: http://172.16.3.30:8001/api/coord
• Gitea: https://git.azcomputerguru.com/azcomputerguru/{claudetools,vault}
• Vault clone: D:/vault; repo: C:/claudetools

Commands & Outputs

• git status --porcelain | grep -E 'session-logs/.*\.md$' → no matches (Phase 0 clean)
• bash .claude/scripts/sync.sh → exit 0; pulled 24 commits, vault +6, nothing to push; HEAD 6e1c658
• claude --version → 2.1.177; npm view @anthropic-ai/claude-code version → 2.1.177 (already current)
• bash .claude/scripts/py.sh .claude/scripts/ensure-settings-env.py → [OK] CLAUDETOOLS_ROOT already set to C:/claudetools

Pending / Incomplete Tasks

• None. All four broadcast actions confirmed complete on HOWARD-HOME.

Reference Information

• Final HEAD: 6e1c658 — sync: auto-sync from GURU-5070 at 2026-06-15 11:20:33
• Harness commit of note: 9b1c5c3 (py.sh resolver)
• Sync output (full, 93KB): tool-results/bks3ljdl2.txt (session-scoped)