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Summary

Fixes installer to write .env to the canonical PAI location where components actually look for it.

Problem

The installer wrote .env to ~/.claude/, but PAI components (voice server, hooks, etc.) look in ~/.config/pai/. This caused voice and other features to fail silently.

Solution

Single source of truth - write .env only to ~/.config/pai/:

Component Reads from
Voice server ~/.config/pai/.env
Hooks ~/.config/pai/.env
Installer (update mode) ~/.config/pai/.env

Changes

  • readExistingConfig() now reads from ~/.config/pai/
  • .env written only to ~/.config/pai/.env
  • Removed duplicate write to ~/.claude/.env

Test Plan

  • Fresh install: verify .env created at ~/.config/pai/.env
  • Update install: verify existing config read from ~/.config/pai/.env
  • Voice server finds API keys correctly

Fixes #336

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The installer was writing .env to ~/.claude/, but PAI components
(voice server, hooks, etc.) look in ~/.config/pai/.

This fix:
- Writes .env only to ~/.config/pai/.env (single source of truth)
- Updates readExistingConfig() to read from ~/.config/pai/ for updates
- No duplication, no sync issues

Fixes danielmiessler#336

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@nmitch17 nmitch17 force-pushed the fix/env-file-location branch from a367507 to 8c164e6 Compare January 7, 2026 19:44
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Thank you @nmitch17 for identifying this .env location issue! 🙏

PAI v2.1 just dropped with a major restructure including a new settings.json.template approach and improved environment handling. Your issue report (#336) and this PR helped highlight the configuration pain points we needed to address.

The installer paths have changed significantly (Bundles/Kai/Bundles/Official/), so this PR can't merge as-is. But your contribution helped drive the improvements!

See the release: https://github.com/danielmiessler/PAI/releases/tag/v2.1.0

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Installer writes .env to ~/.claude/ but PAI looks in ~/.config/pai/

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