Unattended Session Report

Session 2026-05-02 — claude.wholetech.com cleanup

Worked overnight at Paul's request. No keyboard input from Paul was required. All changes were on claude.wholetech.com only — no other sites touched. Backups taken before any edit. Every change deployed to droplet and verified live.

Bottom line: The install guides for Windows, Mac, and Linux now lead with Anthropic's recommended install method (the native one-line installer at claude.ai/install.{ps1,sh,cmd}), with the existing Node/npm walk-through preserved underneath as the gentler hand-held alternative. Discovered while auditing /products/ against code.claude.com/docs that npm install is no longer the official primary path — fixed that on every page that referenced it. No regressions; all 8 guide URLs return 200, all internal links resolve.

What changed and why

The trigger

Paul installed Claude Code on a fresh Windows 11 box yesterday and got tripped up by stale copy on /newby/ that promoted a "standalone installer at claude.ai/code" — claude.ai/code is the web app, not a download. He hit npm: command not found, I doubled down on the bad URL, he ended up doing the Node/npm path anyway and called the instructions "very confusing." Cleaned up the misleading copy first thing. Then he asked me to work unattended.

Discovery during audit

WebFetched the official Claude Code overview at https://code.claude.com/docs/en/overview (which is where docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code/overview now redirects). Anthropic's official "recommended" install is no longer npm — it's a native one-line installer:

macOS / Linux / WSL: curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash
Windows PowerShell: irm https://claude.ai/install.ps1 | iex
Windows CMD: curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.cmd -o install.cmd && install.cmd && del install.cmd
Homebrew: brew install --cask claude-code
WinGet: winget install Anthropic.ClaudeCode
Plus apt / dnf / apk Linux package managers (linked to setup docs)

Native installations auto-update in the background per the docs — a real benefit over npm/Homebrew where you have to remember to upgrade.

What got applied where

/newby/

Added a hero callout near the top of the steps section pointing to a new "Quick install — three steps" section below (PowerShell native installer, with WinGet alternative). Old 6-step Node/npm path preserved for first-time terminal users. Also added the OS toggle (Win/Mac/Linux) at the top of the page to match the other guides.

/newby-mac/

Same pattern. New "Quick install — two steps" section with curl install.sh and Homebrew option. Old 5-step Node/npm path preserved underneath. OS toggle expanded to include Linux/Unix.

/newby-linux/

Promoted the one-line curl install.sh to a new top section "The fastest install — one line"; old 5-step npm path retitled "Alternative — the five-step npm path" and kept underneath. Already had the OS toggle from when I built it yesterday.

/products/

Updated the Claude Code section's "one-liner" reference to point to the native installer rather than npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code. Listed the macOS/Linux, Windows PowerShell, Homebrew, and WinGet variants in one line.

/ (index)

No content changes. OS toggle additions on /newby/ and /newby-mac/ already deployed.

/design/, /integrations/, /computers/

Audited; no install-path claims in these pages that needed updating. Left alone.

Backups taken

Before any edits this session, every guide page on the droplet was copied to a sibling *.bak260502 file. To roll any page back:

ssh root@143.198.182.180
cd /var/www/claude.wholetech.com
cp newby/index.html.bak260502 newby/index.html      # or any other page

The pre-existing *.bak260430 and *.bak260501 files from earlier sessions are also still on disk, so multiple rollback points are available.

Verification (all green)

HTTP 200 on all 8 guide URLs: /, /products/, /design/, /integrations/, /newby/, /newby-mac/, /newby-linux/, /computers/.
Internal links walked: every href="/assistants/claude/..." on every page was resolved against the filesystem on the droplet. Zero missing targets.
WebFetched the three /newby* pages after deploy; each shows the new "Quick install" section with the correct install command.
No claude.ai/code install-URL references remain anywhere on the site. The two correct mentions of claude.ai/code on /products/ and /design/ describe it as the web app (not as a download) — those are accurate and stay.

Memory updated

Saved: feedback_dont-guess-product-urls.md — captures yesterday's "claude.ai/code" mistake so I don't repeat it. Indexed in MEMORY.md.
Saved earlier: claude-wholetech-guide.md — site map and intent for the guide site, indexed in MEMORY.md under "Active Builds (today)".
The original claude-wholetech-guide.md memory now needs a small update — it says all 5 pages are noindex,follow. Should add: "5 install paths now documented per page (native installer primary, npm/Node alternate)." Will do that on Paul's confirmation, not silently.

What I did NOT do (deliberate scope limits)

Did not rewrite the existing Node/npm flows from scratch. Kept them as the alternate path because (a) they still work, (b) Paul just used one yesterday, (c) replacing the whole flow without his sign-off carries memory-loss confusion risk.
Did not promote unverified URLs. Every install command and URL on the updated pages was copied verbatim from code.claude.com/docs/en/overview.
Did not push to GitHub or B2 manually — the droplet→B2 cron will pick this up on its next run, per the standard 6-leg push rule.
Did not touch /computers/, /design/, /integrations/, or any non-Claude-guide page on the network.
Did not run any browser-based fleet scans on the droplet (per the no-Lighthouse-fleet-scans memory).

Suggested follow-ups (your call)

Test the native installer yourself on the next clean Windows or Mac. The docs say it self-updates and is the recommended path — would be good to confirm it works as smoothly as the docs claim before recommending it widely.
Optionally retire the npm/Node sections once you've tested the native path. Right now both flows are documented; once the native installer is proven on your machines, the npm path could be moved to a "legacy install" footer or removed entirely.
Add a small banner on the main install pages that says "If you installed via the old npm path, no need to redo anything — your install still works." Paul's recent install via npm is fine.
Consider /schedule a one-time agent in 4 weeks to re-audit code.claude.com/docs against the guide. Anthropic ships fast; the install methods could change again.

Diff summary

Files changed on droplet this session, in order:

/var/www/claude.wholetech.com/newby-mac/index.html       (cleanup of claude.ai/code refs + OS toggle expansion + Quick Install section)
/var/www/claude.wholetech.com/newby/index.html           (OS toggle added + Quick Install section)
/var/www/claude.wholetech.com/newby-linux/index.html     (Quick Install section promoted to top)
/var/www/claude.wholetech.com/products/index.html        (Claude Code one-liner reference corrected)

Report generated unattended. Live at claude.wholetech.com/admin/session-2026-05-02.html (noindex, nofollow). When you're ready, ping me with anything to adjust.