[DOCS] Claude cli on mac prompts to update via brew but is checking current version via npm
Documentation Type
Incorrect/outdated documentation
Documentation Location
claude cli main inerface
Section/Topic
either fix the prompt or change where the update is being checked
Current Documentation
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? for shortcuts Update available! Run: brew upgrade claude-code
Resume this session with:
claude --resume a95567c2-af05-486c-ab1e-f4c7459ee1b9
➜ tc-consumer-app git:(main) ✗ brew upgrade claude-code
Warning: Not upgrading claude-code, the latest version is already installed
➜ tc-consumer-app git:(main) ✗ claude-code
zsh: command not found: claude-code
➜ tc-consumer-app git:(main) ✗ claude
▐▛███▜▌ Claude Code v2.1.77
▝▜█████▛▘ Opus 4.6 (1M context) with high effort · Claude Team
▘▘ ▝▝ ~/Code/tc-consumer-app
↑ Opus now defaults to 1M context · 5x more room, same pricing
❯ is my version of claude out of date?
⏺ Bash(claude --version 2>/dev/null || echo "not found")
⎿ 2.1.77 (Claude Code)
⏺ Bash(npm view @anthropic-ai/claude-code version 2>/dev/null)
⎿ 2.1.78
⏺ You're on 2.1.77, and the latest is 2.1.78 — so you're just one patch behind. Pretty much up to date, but you can update with:
npm update -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code
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? for shortcuts Update available! Run: brew upgrade claude-code
What's Wrong or Missing?
it says to use brew to upgrade to latest version but the latest version is only on npm
Suggested Improvement
either change the prompt to say use npm to upgrade or only check if my version matches the latest on brew
Impact
Medium - Makes feature difficult to understand
Additional Context
_No response_
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