runClaude() unconditionally set CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR to getClaudeHome()
(~/.claude), so the CLI wrote ~/.claude/.claude.json — a file
cc-discovery.getClaudeJsonPath() never reads (it reads ~/.claude.json,
beside ~/.claude/, by design). Every default-install MCP add/remove and
plugin/marketplace mutation was inert: add toasted success and vanished on
refetch, remove 422'd for every server the panel lists.
With CLAUDE_HOME unset (the default), leave CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR unset too —
the CLI's own default config dir already lines up with what cc-discovery
reads, so alignment comes from doing nothing. Only pin it when the operator
explicitly set CLAUDE_HOME, which is the one case the pin is meant for.
Left a residual, documented at both sites: with CLAUDE_HOME set, reads still
come from $HOME/.claude.json while the CLI writes
<CLAUDE_HOME>/.claude.json — a split predating this task, affecting a
configuration nobody here runs.
New tests pin the env contract directly (no real CLI needed): runClaude
must not set CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR when CLAUDE_HOME is absent, and must set it
to CLAUDE_HOME's value when present.
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