[DOCS]google search gives incorrect terminal commands for installing claude code on mac
Documentation Type
Other
Documentation Location
Section/Topic
Google Search answers from Anthropic
Current Documentation
The Google Search currently returns:
To install Claude Code on a Mac, use the native terminal installer, which requires Node.js (18+ or 20+) and an Anthropic Pro/Team/Enterprise account. Run curl -LsSf https://claude.com | sh in your terminal to install, then type claude to start and authenticate.
What's Wrong or Missing?
The incorrect answer given is:
To install Claude Code on a Mac, use the native terminal installer, which requires Node.js (18+ or 20+) and an Anthropic Pro/Team/Enterprise account. Run curl -LsSf https://claude.com | sh in your terminal to install, then type claude to start and authenticate.
Suggested Improvement
Claude says this is the correct syntax:
curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | sh
Impact
High - Prevents users from using a feature
Additional Context
https://code.claude.com/docs/en/quickstart
shows the following code:
curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash
Claude says the following code is correct:
curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | sh
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