Add sudo privileges guidance to Claude Code agent system prompt - #17
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The Claude Code harness runs Bash as the unprivileged `user` account. Without guidance, commands needing root (installing packages/games, editing system config, managing services) fail with permission errors and the agent may fabricate results instead of installing what it needs. Instruct it to use `sudo -n` for privileged operations.
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Summary
The Claude Code harness runs its Bash tool as the unprivileged
useraccount. Without explicit guidance, commands that need root (installing packages/games, editing system config, managing services) fail with permission errors, and the agent sometimes fabricates results instead of installing what the task needs.This adds a PRIVILEGES section to the system prompt instructing the agent to use
sudo -n(non-interactive, passwordless) for privileged operations, with concrete examples, and to avoid plainsudo/sudo -Swhich hang on the password prompt.Impact
sudo -n apt-get installrather than being skipped or faked.