cleanslate

Almanac Clean Slate

Reset this machine to a first-time Almanac user state, then report exactly what changed.

Goal: remove every installed or cached codealmanac/Almanac CLI artifact from this laptop without touching unrelated user files, unrelated npm packages, or foreign editor hooks.

Work from safest to most direct:

1. Record the starting state:

   • command -v almanac alm codealmanac || true
   • npm list -g codealmanac --depth=0 || true
   • find ~/.npm/_npx -path '*/node_modules/codealmanac/package.json' -print 2>/dev/null || true
   • Check for ~/.almanac, ~/.claude/almanac.md, ~/.claude/almanac-reference.md, legacy ~/.claude/codealmanac*.md, ~/.claude/hooks/almanac-capture.sh, ~/.codex/hooks.json, and ~/.cursor/hooks.json.

2. If any Almanac CLI command exists, run the product uninstaller first:

   • Prefer almanac uninstall --yes.
   • If almanac is missing but codealmanac exists, run codealmanac uninstall --yes.
   • If both fail, continue with manual cleanup.

3. Remove npm/global installs and caches:

   • Run npm uninstall -g codealmanac || true.
   • Remove codealmanac package directories under all local nvm global roots if they still exist.
   • Remove global bin shims named almanac, alm, and codealmanac only when they point at a codealmanac install.
   • Remove each ~/.npm/_npx/<hash> directory whose node_modules/codealmanac/package.json exists.

4. Remove Almanac home/config artifacts:

   • Remove ~/.almanac.
   • Remove ~/.claude/almanac.md, ~/.claude/almanac-reference.md, ~/.claude/codealmanac.md, and ~/.claude/codealmanac-reference.md.
   • Remove ~/.claude/hooks/almanac-capture.sh if it exists.

5. Clean editor hook settings safely:

   • In ~/.claude/settings.json, remove only hook commands whose command path ends with almanac-capture.sh; preserve every foreign hook.
   • In ~/.codex/hooks.json, remove only hook commands whose command path ends with almanac-capture.sh; preserve every foreign hook.
   • In ~/.cursor/hooks.json, remove only hook commands whose command path ends with almanac-capture.sh; preserve every foreign hook.
   • If a hook container becomes empty after removing Almanac's command, remove that empty container/key.

6. Clean Claude imports safely:

   • In ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md, remove lines that are exactly @~/.claude/almanac.md or @~/.claude/codealmanac.md, plus those same lines followed by spaces/tabs and annotations.
   • Preserve lines that merely mention those paths inside other prose.
   • If CLAUDE.md becomes empty after removing Almanac imports, remove it.

7. Verify the clean slate:

   • hash -r || true
   • command -v almanac alm codealmanac || true
   • npm list -g codealmanac --depth=0 || true
   • find ~/.npm/_npx -path '*/node_modules/codealmanac/package.json' -print 2>/dev/null || true
   • Check that ~/.almanac, guide files, and almanac-capture.sh are gone.
   • Check that no hook command ending in almanac-capture.sh remains in Claude, Codex, or Cursor hook settings.

Output:

• Show the exact commands/actions you ran in order.
• Mark each as removed, already absent, or skipped with the reason.
• End with the remaining command -v and npm/global/npx verification output.