From bd19015693b8fdd0348bdbf48281b68f5f86da83 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jack Kingsman <jack.kingsman@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 14:46:55 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Don't suggest npm ci

---
 AGENTS.md                     | 4 ++--
 README.md                     | 6 +++---
 app/frontend_static.py        | 4 +++-
 tests/test_frontend_static.py | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 2ca9898..fb7e1c7 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ MESHCORE_SERIAL_PORT=/dev/cu.usbserial-0001 uv run uvicorn app.main:app --reload
 
 ```bash
 cd frontend
-npm ci
+npm install
 npm run dev    # http://localhost:5173, proxies /api to :8000
 ```
 
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ Terminal 2: `cd frontend && npm run dev`
 In production, the FastAPI backend serves the compiled frontend. Build the frontend first:
 
 ```bash
-cd frontend && npm ci && npm run build && cd ..
+cd frontend && npm install && npm run build && cd ..
 uv run uvicorn app.main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000
 ```
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9e89013..131ceea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ cd Remote-Terminal-for-MeshCore
 uv sync
 
 # Build frontend
-cd frontend && npm ci && npm run build && cd ..
+cd frontend && npm install && npm run build && cd ..
 
 # Run server
 uv run uvicorn app.main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ uv run uvicorn app.main:app --reload
 
 ```bash
 cd frontend
-npm ci
+npm install
 npm run dev      # Dev server at http://localhost:5173 (proxies API to :8000)
 npm run build    # Production build to dist/
 ```
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ sudo -u remoteterm uv sync
 
 # Build frontend (required for the backend to serve the web UI)
 cd /opt/remoteterm/frontend
-sudo -u remoteterm npm ci
+sudo -u remoteterm npm install
 sudo -u remoteterm npm run build
 
 # Install and start service
diff --git a/app/frontend_static.py b/app/frontend_static.py
index fcc39fa..ddb0109 100644
--- a/app/frontend_static.py
+++ b/app/frontend_static.py
@@ -164,5 +164,7 @@ def register_frontend_missing_fallback(app: FastAPI) -> None:
     async def frontend_not_built():
         return JSONResponse(
             status_code=404,
-            content={"detail": "Frontend not built. Run: cd frontend && npm ci && npm run build"},
+            content={
+                "detail": "Frontend not built. Run: cd frontend && npm install && npm run build"
+            },
         )
diff --git a/tests/test_frontend_static.py b/tests/test_frontend_static.py
index 8c1c86c..fbc21ce 100644
--- a/tests/test_frontend_static.py
+++ b/tests/test_frontend_static.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def test_missing_dist_logs_error_and_keeps_app_running(tmp_path, caplog):
     with TestClient(app) as client:
         resp = client.get("/")
         assert resp.status_code == 404
-        assert "npm ci" in resp.json()["detail"]
+        assert "npm install" in resp.json()["detail"]
         assert "npm run build" in resp.json()["detail"]