For claude-desktop-bin - handle a new upstream Claude Desktop version end-to-end: build, fix failing patches, diff old vs new JS for new platform gates, audit feature flags + ion-dist + platform gates, update baseline docs + CHANGELOG, bump .upstream-version, then commit. Mirrors issue #145 / UPDATE-PROMPT-CC-INPUT-MANUAL.md.
Linux compatibility reference for the claude-desktop-bin project (repackaging Anthropic's official Claude Desktop Linux .deb and patching its app.asar for the distros Anthropic does not ship). Use when working on Linux support, session managers, distros, Computer Use input/screenshot backends, glibc floors, Wayland/X11, multi-profile, or any patch in patches/*.nim. Loads the distro/session matrix, the input + screenshot cascades, native-binary glibc floors, and known Linux gotchas.
Reference for the 3p / enterprise / inference-gateway deployment of Claude Desktop on Linux - how /etc/claude-desktop/managed-settings.json is read, what "3p mode" changes (separate ~/.config/Claude-3p userData, hidden Chat tab, the false VM-download banner), how Cowork still runs under it, which hardcoded paths are safe vs split under the -3p switch, and how to verify it all from logs. Use when working on managed-settings.json, inferenceProvider/gateway/Bedrock/Vertex configs, the 3p setup SPA (ion-dist), the Claude-3p directory, or debugging managed-deployment Cowork.
Explains the purpose, features, and architecture of claude-desktop-bin - which repackages Anthropic's official Claude Desktop Linux .deb for Arch/Fedora/RHEL/Nix/AppImage and layers Linux-only extras (Computer Use, themes, multi-profile, Quick Entry) on top via surgical JS patches. Use when onboarding, writing docs/READMEs, explaining what the project does, or reasoning about how the official build and our patches fit together.
Full review of the claude-desktop-bin project - patches vs the official Linux .deb (still needed? new ones needed? did the surrounding code change?), docs accuracy, Linux compatibility across the distro/session matrix, and runtime logs. Orchestrates a team of sub-agents and produces a consolidated report with solution approaches.
Debug a problem in claude-desktop-bin by pulling the right local evidence - the most recent local-agent-mode session transcript (your last prompt + the model's tool calls/errors) and the Claude Desktop logs - and asking you for anything else worth collecting for the specific issue. Invoke as "/debug <short description of what's broken>".
Trigger the claude-desktop-bin Build & Release GitHub Actions pipeline (build-and-release.yml). Default run does not force; "/deploy force" sets force_rebuild=true to release even when the upstream version is unchanged (bumps pkgrel).
For claude-desktop-bin - wipe any existing extracted Claude Desktop bundles and extract a fresh, CLEAN, UNPATCHED copy of the latest official Claude Desktop Linux .deb into ./tmp/ for patch analysis. Fetches + GPG/SHA256-verifies the latest .deb if missing or stale, then extracts app.asar via asar (NOT the build script, which applies patches).