workstation: standardize on the native claude install (drop npm-global + npx)
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Question from Viktor: should claude run via the binary or npx? Answer: the native
install is the recommended runtime (self-contained, self-updating ~/.local/bin/claude;
installMethod=native) — and every existing user had already auto-migrated to it, leaving
the npm-global copy empty and the npx fallback dead. "Leave only the recommended setup":

- setup-devvm.sh: node is now installed ONLY for the t3 CLI; dropped the machine-wide
  `npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code` (npm/npx is not the recommended runtime and
  just shadowed the per-user native installs).
- t3-provision-users.sh: new per-user `install_user_claude_native` (runs the official
  https://claude.ai/install.sh AS the user, idempotent/skip-if-present) — provisions native
  claude for BOTH the terminal launcher and each t3-serve instance, replacing the npm bootstrap.
- skel/start-claude.sh: launcher runs the native `claude` only; if missing it bootstraps via
  the native installer (was an `npx @anthropic-ai/claude-code` fallback).
- docs/architecture/multi-tenancy.md: documented the native-only runtime model.

node stays (the pinned t3 CLI is npm-global). Verified: native installer reachable +
produces ~/.local/bin/claude 2.1.177; all three scripts pass bash -n + shellcheck.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@ -545,6 +545,8 @@ Separate from the in-cluster namespace-owner model above, the **devvm** (`10.0.1
**Onboarding state self-heals (2026-06-15):** `~/.claude.json` is a single file that ALL of a user's concurrent `claude` processes (the ttyd terminal + their `t3-serve` instance + agent/SDK sessions) read-modify-write, so a stale writer periodically drops top-level keys — including `hasCompletedOnboarding` — which bounces the next *interactive* session back to the first-run "Choose the text style" wizard even though the user is fully logged in (credentials live in the SEPARATE `~/.claude/.credentials.json`, untouched by the race; first observed for emo 2026-06-15). The launcher (`skel/start-claude.sh`) now idempotently re-asserts `hasCompletedOnboarding` (+ `lastOnboardingVersion`) in `~/.claude.json` right before it runs `claude` — merge-only, never clobbers other keys, no-op if jq is missing or the file is empty/corrupt. And since the launcher is a per-user copy that `/etc/skel` only seeds at account creation, the reconcile's new `deploy_user_launcher` step re-copies `skel/start-claude.sh` into every non-admin home (copy-if-changed) so launcher edits now reach EXISTING users within the hour — `.tmux.conf` is deliberately NOT re-copied (terminal-lobby appends its own managed section to it).
**Claude Code runtime — native, per-user (2026-06-15):** `claude` is the **native** install (`~/.local/bin/claude``~/.local/share/claude/versions/<v>`, self-updating; `installMethod: native`) — NOT npm-global or npx. It is the runtime for both the ttyd launcher and each `t3-serve` instance. `setup-devvm.sh` installs node ONLY for the `t3` CLI (not claude); per-user native claude is provisioned by the reconcile's `install_user_claude_native` (covers terminal + t3, idempotent, skip-if-present) and self-bootstrapped by `start-claude.sh` on first launch — both via the official `https://claude.ai/install.sh`. The legacy machine-wide `npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code` bootstrap and the launcher's `npx` fallback were removed; existing users had already auto-migrated to native, and the npm-global dir was empty.
**Infra access:** non-admins get their own **writable, git-crypt-LOCKED** clone of the (public) infra repo — code/docs plaintext, secret files (`*.tfvars`, `secrets/**`) stay ciphertext. Its location depends on the per-user `code_layout` in `roster.yaml`: `single` (default) puts the clone AT `~/code`; `workspace` makes `~/code` a plain directory of per-project clones — the infra clone at `~/code/infra` plus each roster `repos` entry cloned from Forgejo `viktor/<name>` **as the user** (their PAT authenticates, so private repos work; clone failures WARN and retry next hour). Flipping a user to `workspace` auto-migrates their existing `~/code` clone to `~/code/infra` (local branches/dirty state survive; running processes follow the moved inode). ancamilea = workspace + `tripit` since 2026-06-10. The provisioner clones infra anonymously from the public GitHub mirror; **contribute access is wired per-user on top** (see below). The apply boundary still holds (`scripts/tg apply` needs an admin Vault token + cluster RBAC), but **pushing `master` is NOT inert** — the Forgejo→Woodpecker webhook fires `.woodpecker/default.yml` (`event: push, branch: master`, `require_approval: forks` only), which terragrunt-applies changed stacks. `master` is **branch-protected on Forgejo** (force-push disabled for everyone — history is append-only; push + merge whitelists = `viktor` + explicitly granted users, deploy keys allowed). **Allow-then-audit (Viktor, 2026-06-10):** `ebarzin` (emo) is on the whitelist and pushes straight to `master` — no PR gate. The tracking burden moves to: (a) **commit messages that record what + why** (the agent instructions in AGENTS.md and the managed claudeMd require the body to paraphrase the user's request), (b) the **`notify-nonadmin-push` Slack audit step** in `.woodpecker/default.yml` — every master push by a non-admin author is posted to Slack (admin pushes are not), and (c) non-admins **never use `[ci skip]`** so every change fires the pipeline (and thus the audit feed). Users NOT on the whitelist fall back to `<user>/<topic>` branches + PRs. **Clones stay fresh automatically** (2026-06-10): the hourly `t3-provision-users` reconcile runs `refresh_user_clone` over every managed clone — the infra clone and any workspace repos (fetch all remotes + fast-forward `master`, ONLY when on master with a clean tree and an upstream — dirty trees and local commits are left alone with a WARN) — and also `wire_forgejo_remote`, which idempotently adds the documented `forgejo` remote + `forgejo/master` upstream to infra clones that predate that contract. `start-claude.sh` does the same freshen at session launch (10s fetch cap per repo so an offline remote never stalls the session; workspace layouts freshen each repo under `~/code`).
**Contribute access (per non-admin, manual — the anca/tripit PAT precedent):**