fix: add USERPROFILE fallback for Windows HOME resolution#555
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On Windows, `HOME` is not a standard environment variable — the equivalent is `USERPROFILE`. When MCP clients (e.g. Claude Code) spawn the QMD server as a subprocess, they pass `USERPROFILE` but not `HOME`. This causes QMD to fall back to `/tmp`, opening an empty database instead of the user's actual index. Fix: check `USERPROFILE` before falling back to `/tmp`. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Problem
On Windows,
HOMEis not a standard environment variable — the equivalent isUSERPROFILE. When MCP clients (e.g. Claude Code) spawn the QMD server as a subprocess, they passUSERPROFILEbut notHOME.store.ts:41:This causes QMD to fall back to
/tmp, creating/opening an empty database at/tmp/.cache/qmd/index.sqliteinstead of~/.cache/qmd/index.sqlite. The CLI works because shells like Git Bash/MSYS2 setHOME, but MCP subprocesses spawned viacmd /c nodeor directnodedo not.Symptom:
qmd statusvia CLI shows 552 docs, but MCPstatustool returns 0 documents.Fix
One-line change.
USERPROFILEis always set on Windows. Falls through to/tmpon systems where neither is set (shouldn't happen in practice).Environment