chore: use bundled CLI rather than local one (#121)

Author: joshsny

forge.config.ts

@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ function copyNativeDependency(
 const config: ForgeConfig = {
   packagerConfig: {
     asar: {
-      unpack: "{**/*.node,node_modules/@recallai/**}",
+      unpack:
+        "{**/*.node,node_modules/@recallai/**,**/.vite/build/cli.js,**/.vite/build/yoga.wasm}",
     },
     prune: false,
     name: "Array",

src/main/services/agent.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-import { execSync } from "node:child_process";
 import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
-import { existsSync } from "node:fs";
-import { homedir } from "node:os";
 import { join } from "node:path";
 import { Agent, PermissionMode } from "@posthog/agent";
-import { type BrowserWindow, type IpcMainInvokeEvent, ipcMain } from "electron";
+import {
+  app,
+  type BrowserWindow,
+  type IpcMainInvokeEvent,
+  ipcMain,
+} from "electron";
 
 interface AgentStartParams {
   taskId: string;
@@ -29,6 +31,15 @@ export interface TaskController {
   currentRunId?: string;
 }
 
+function getClaudeCliPath(): string {
+  const appPath = app.getAppPath();
+  const isProduction = !appPath.includes("node_modules");
+
+  return isProduction
+    ? join(`${appPath}.unpacked`, ".vite/build/cli.js")
+    : join(appPath, ".vite/build/cli.js");
+}
+
 function resolvePermissionMode(
   mode: AgentStartParams["permissionMode"],
 ): PermissionMode {
@@ -43,50 +54,6 @@ function resolvePermissionMode(
   return (match as PermissionMode | undefined) ?? PermissionMode.ACCEPT_EDITS;
 }
 
-function findClaudeExecutable(): string | undefined {
-  // Common installation locations based on Claude Code docs
-  const commonPaths = [
-    join(homedir(), ".local", "bin", "claude"), // Native installer location
-    join(homedir(), ".claude", "local", "claude"), // Migrated local installation
-    join(homedir(), ".volta", "bin", "claude"), // Volta (Node version manager)
-    join(homedir(), ".nvm", "current", "bin", "claude"), // nvm
-    "/opt/homebrew/bin/claude", // Homebrew on Apple Silicon
-    "/usr/local/bin/claude", // Homebrew on Intel Mac / apt on Linux
-    "/usr/bin/claude", // System installation
-  ];
-
-  // Add npm global installation paths
-  try {
-    const npmPrefix = execSync("npm config get prefix", {
-      encoding: "utf-8",
-    }).trim();
-    if (npmPrefix) {
-      commonPaths.push(join(npmPrefix, "bin", "claude"));
-    }
-  } catch {
-    // npm not available or failed, continue
-  }
-
-  // Check common paths first
-  for (const path of commonPaths) {
-    if (existsSync(path)) {
-      return path;
-    }
-  }
-
-  // Fall back to using 'which' if available
-  try {
-    const path = execSync("which claude", { encoding: "utf-8" }).trim();
-    if (path && existsSync(path)) {
-      return path;
-    }
-  } catch {
-    // which command failed, continue
-  }
-
-  return undefined;
-}
-
 export function registerAgentIpc(
   taskControllers: Map<string, TaskController>,
   getMainWindow: () => BrowserWindow | null,
@@ -227,13 +194,6 @@ export function registerAgentIpc(
 
           const mcpOverrides = {};
 
-          const claudePath = findClaudeExecutable();
-          if (!claudePath) {
-            throw new Error(
-              "Claude Code executable not found in PATH. Please install Claude Code CLI.",
-            );
-          }
-
           await agent.runTask(posthogTaskId, {
             repositoryPath: repoPath,
             permissionMode: resolvedPermission,
@@ -243,10 +203,10 @@ export function registerAgentIpc(
             queryOverrides: {
               abortController,
               ...(model ? { model } : {}),
-              pathToClaudeCodeExecutable: claudePath,
               stderr: forwardClaudeStderr,
               env: envOverrides,
               mcpServers: mcpOverrides,
+              pathToClaudeCodeExecutable: getClaudeCliPath(),
             },
           });
 

vite.main.config.mts

@@ -58,8 +58,38 @@ function copyAgentTemplates(): Plugin {
   };
 }
 
+/**
+ * Copy Claude executable to the build directory
+ */
+function copyClaudeExecutable(): Plugin {
+  return {
+    name: "copy-claude-executable",
+    writeBundle() {
+      const sdkDir = join(
+        __dirname,
+        "node_modules/@posthog/agent/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk",
+      );
+
+      const files = ["cli.js", "yoga.wasm"];
+
+      for (const file of files) {
+        const src = join(sdkDir, file);
+        const dest = join(__dirname, ".vite/build", file);
+        copyFileSync(src, dest);
+      }
+
+      console.log("Copied Claude CLI and dependencies to build directory");
+    },
+  };
+}
+
 export default defineConfig({
-  plugins: [tsconfigPaths(), fixFilenameCircularRef(), copyAgentTemplates()],
+  plugins: [
+    tsconfigPaths(),
+    fixFilenameCircularRef(),
+    copyAgentTemplates(),
+    copyClaudeExecutable(),
+  ],
   resolve: {
     alias: {
       "@": path.resolve(__dirname, "./src"),