From fd9caada55d53a43898b6aae7aebc4f3955efd42 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bilal EL KOUCHE <bilal@tkpay.ma>
Date: Sat, 2 May 2026 15:36:02 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: create engine/package.json before npm install to prevent
 global install

Without a package.json in engine/, npm install falls back to a global
install inside the portable Node prefix instead of creating a local
node_modules/. This causes OC_BIN to never be found, falling through
to `npx openclaude` which resolves a wrong package and errors with
"could not determine executable to run".

Fixes #4
---
 start.sh | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
 mode change 100644 => 100755 start.sh

diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 4adf2a1..5da3adb
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ fi
 
 export PATH="$NODE_DIR/bin:$PATH"
 
+# Ensure a package.json exists so npm installs locally (not globally)
+if [ ! -f "$ENGINE_DIR/package.json" ]; then
+    echo '{"name":"openclaude-portable","version":"1.0.0","private":true}' > "$ENGINE_DIR/package.json"
+fi
+
 if [ ! -d "$ENGINE_DIR/node_modules/@gitlawb/openclaude" ]; then
     echo -e "${YELLOW}[~] Installing OpenClaude Engine...${RESET}"
     cd "$ENGINE_DIR"