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Issue for this PR

Closes #1599

Type of change

• Bug fix
• New feature
• Refactor / code improvement
• Documentation

What does this PR do?

The "Using with Claude Code" guide gives the Node.js minimum but not the CLI one. Someone with an older install skips the install step and runs altimate-code link, which fails on 0.12.4 ("Workspaces are a pilot feature and are off") and doesn't exist in 0.11.x and older. 0.12.5 is the first release that links without the pilot flag (#1381, #1396).

• Plugin setup, step 1: run the install again to upgrade; linking needs 0.12.5 or later.
• Use an Altimate workspace from Claude Code: a new first step, "Check your version", before sign-in. It has altimate-code --version, says to rerun the install if it's older, and gives which -a altimate-code (where altimate-code on Windows) for when an older copy on PATH still runs. The later steps are renumbered.

The in-app setup guides get the same step in a separate change.

How did you verify your code works?

Ran the guide's commands as written in a clean npm prefix: on 0.12.4, altimate-code link fails with the pilot message. npm install -g altimate-code upgrades to 0.12.8, --version and which -a show the new copy, and link opens the workspace picker.

Cost side effects

None.

Screenshots / recordings

Docs only.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation
  • Clarified that rerunning the plugin installation upgrades Altimate Code.
  • Specified that workspace linking requires version 0.12.5 or later, and added steps to check the installed version and upgrade if needed.
  • Added guidance for locating competing executables on PATH when the version check still reports an older release.
  • Renumbered the sign-in, project-linking, workspace-status, and Claude-use steps.

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Walkthrough

The Claude Code guide now states that workspace linking requires Altimate Code 0.12.5 or later. It adds instructions to check and upgrade the CLI, and renumbers the remaining setup steps.

Changes: Claude Code guide

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Document version and workspace setup docs/docs/data-engineering/guides/using-with-claude-code.md	The guide states that rerunning the npm install upgrades Altimate Code and that workspace linking requires version 0.12.5 or later. It adds a version check, reinstall instructions, and steps to find and remove an older executable on PATH. The existing setup steps are renumbered; their commands and described behavior are unchanged.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Change: Other · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Possibly related PRs

• AltimateAI/altimate-code#1552: Added the Claude Code guide and the workspace-linking flow that this guide update documents.
• AltimateAI/altimate-code#1587: Released and documented the Claude Code workspace integration referenced by this guide.

Merge Risk: Low · up to a2b9c

PowerShell users may be unable to diagnose competing CLI installations. Replace where with where.exe before merging.

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Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main documentation change: checking the CLI version before linking a project to a workspace.
Description check		The description covers the issue, change type, implementation details, verification steps, cost side effects, and screenshot applicability. The substantive content is complete, although the template c…
Linked Issues check		The change satisfies #1599. The guide states that linking needs Altimate Code 0.12.5 or later, adds altimate-code --version, instructs users to rerun npm install -g altimate-code when the version …
Out of Scope Changes check		The changes remain within #1599. The plugin upgrade note, version-check step, PATH troubleshooting, and step renumbering directly support the requested documentation. No unrelated implementation or …
Docstring Coverage		No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…

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The change satisfies #1599. The guide states that linking needs Altimate Code 0.12.5 or later, adds altimate-code --version, instructs users to rerun npm install -g altimate-code when the version is old, and explains how to find competing PATH entries with which -a altimate-code or where altimate-code on Windows. The later steps are renumbered. The reported command verification supports the documented flow.

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The changes remain within #1599. The plugin upgrade note, version-check step, PATH troubleshooting, and step renumbering directly support the requested documentation. No unrelated implementation or documentation changes are shown.

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<file name="docs/docs/data-engineering/guides/using-with-claude-code.md">

<violation number="1" location="docs/docs/data-engineering/guides/using-with-claude-code.md:119">
P2: 0.12.5 is the first release where `link` works, but the changelog records a TUI regression there for signed-in users: keybindings stop working and Ctrl+C does not quit. Since this step sends signed-in users to the TUI, recommend 0.12.6 or later here, or note the regression.</violation>

<violation number="2" location="docs/docs/data-engineering/guides/using-with-claude-code.md:125">
P3: `where` resolves to PowerShell's `Where-Object` alias, so Windows users in PowerShell won't list installed copies. Use `where.exe altimate-code` for the Windows command instead.</violation>
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P2: 0.12.5 is the first release where link works, but the changelog records a TUI regression there for signed-in users: keybindings stop working and Ctrl+C does not quit. Since this step sends signed-in users to the TUI, recommend 0.12.6 or later here, or note the regression.

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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. When an issue isn't valid or won't be fixed in this PR, reply in its thread with the reason and then resolve the thread. At docs/docs/data-engineering/guides/using-with-claude-code.md, line 119:

<comment>0.12.5 is the first release where `link` works, but the changelog records a TUI regression there for signed-in users: keybindings stop working and Ctrl+C does not quit. Since this step sends signed-in users to the TUI, recommend 0.12.6 or later here, or note the regression.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -116,25 +116,33 @@ This creates `~/.claude/commands/altimate.md`. You can now use `/altimate` in an
 Claude Code reaches a workspace through Altimate Code: every task the plugin hands over runs in your project, so it gets the workspace the project is linked to — its skills, its knowledge, your team's shared memory and its integrations. Nothing in Claude Code itself needs configuring.
 
-1. **Sign in to Altimate.** In a terminal:
+1. **Check your version.** Linking needs Altimate Code 0.12.5 or later; older versions have no `link` command, or say "Workspaces are a pilot feature and are off".
+
+    ```bash
</file context>

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	1. **Check your version.** Linking needs Altimate Code 0.12.5 or later; older versions have no `link` command, or say "Workspaces are a pilot feature and are off".
	1. **Check your version.** Linking needs Altimate Code 0.12.6 or later (0.12.5 has a TUI keybinding regression for signed-in users); older versions have no `link` command, or say "Workspaces are a pilot feature and are off".

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P3: where resolves to PowerShell's Where-Object alias, so Windows users in PowerShell won't list installed copies. Use where.exe altimate-code for the Windows command instead.

Prompt for AI agents

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<comment>`where` resolves to PowerShell's `Where-Object` alias, so Windows users in PowerShell won't list installed copies. Use `where.exe altimate-code` for the Windows command instead.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -116,25 +116,33 @@ This creates `~/.claude/commands/altimate.md`. You can now use `/altimate` in an
+    altimate-code --version
+    ```
+
+    If it is older, run `npm install -g altimate-code` again. If `--version` still shows the old version after that, another copy runs first: `which -a altimate-code` (`where altimate-code` on Windows) lists every copy on your `PATH`, so remove the old one.
+
+2. **Sign in to Altimate.** In a terminal:
</file context>

Suggested change

	If it is older, run `npm install -g altimate-code` again. If `--version` still shows the old version after that, another copy runs first: `which -a altimate-code` (`where altimate-code` on Windows) lists every copy on your `PATH`, so remove the old one.
	If it is older, run `npm install -g altimate-code` again. If `--version` still shows the old version after that, another copy runs first: `which -a altimate-code` (`where.exe altimate-code` on Windows) lists every copy on your `PATH`, so remove the old one.

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Use where.exe for the Windows PATH check.

In Windows PowerShell, where resolves to the Where-Object alias, not the Windows PATH-search executable. The documented command therefore does not list competing altimate-code installations. Replace it with where.exe altimate-code.

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--- "a/docs/docs/data-engineering/guides/using-with-claude-code.md"
+++ "b/docs/docs/data-engineering/guides/using-with-claude-code.md"
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
     altimate-code --version
     ```
 
-    If it is older, run `npm install -g altimate-code` again. If `--version` still shows the old version after that, another copy runs first: `which -a altimate-code` (`where altimate-code` on Windows) lists every copy on your `PATH`, so remove the old one.
+    If it is older, run `npm install -g altimate-code` again. If `--version` still shows the old version after that, another copy runs first: `which -a altimate-code` (`where.exe altimate-code` on Windows) lists every copy on your `PATH`, so remove the old one.
 
 2. **Sign in to Altimate.** In a terminal:
 

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	If it is older, run `npm install -g altimate-code` again. If `--version` still shows the old version after that, another copy runs first: `which -a altimate-code` (`where altimate-code` on Windows) lists every copy on your `PATH`, so remove the old one.
	If it is older, run `npm install -g altimate-code` again. If `--version` still shows the old version after that, another copy runs first: `which -a altimate-code` (`where.exe altimate-code` on Windows) lists every copy on your `PATH`, so remove the old one.

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Review comment at @docs/docs/data-engineering/guides/using-with-claude-code.md
at line 125:
Update the Windows PATH-check command in the version troubleshooting
instructions to use `where.exe altimate-code` instead of `where altimate-code`;
leave the Unix `which -a` command and surrounding guidance unchanged.

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