From 0b7b8239117ddf829d213762f397a644569e7790 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Woltje <jason.woltje@uscllc.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 13:15:17 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fix: remove --append-system-prompt-file from launcher

SOUL.md injection happens via ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md directive (pushed by
mosaic-link-runtime-assets), not CLI flags. The launcher now just does
pre-flight checks and launches the runtime directly.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 bin/mosaic     | 6 +++---
 bin/mosaic.ps1 | 6 +++---
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bin/mosaic b/bin/mosaic
index 6b6d952..00a5176 100755
--- a/bin/mosaic
+++ b/bin/mosaic
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ launch_claude() {
   check_soul
   check_runtime "claude"
 
-  local soul_file="$MOSAIC_HOME/SOUL.md"
-  echo "[mosaic] Launching Claude Code with SOUL.md injection..."
-  exec claude --append-system-prompt-file "$soul_file" "$@"
+  # SOUL.md is loaded via ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md directive (pushed by mosaic-link-runtime-assets)
+  echo "[mosaic] Launching Claude Code..."
+  exec claude "$@"
 }
 
 launch_opencode() {
diff --git a/bin/mosaic.ps1 b/bin/mosaic.ps1
index 5ee4ab8..28b5ad7 100644
--- a/bin/mosaic.ps1
+++ b/bin/mosaic.ps1
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ switch ($command) {
         Assert-MosaicHome
         Assert-Soul
         Assert-Runtime "claude"
-        $soulFile = Join-Path $MosaicHome "SOUL.md"
-        Write-Host "[mosaic] Launching Claude Code with SOUL.md injection..."
-        & claude --append-system-prompt-file $soulFile @remaining
+        # SOUL.md is loaded via ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md directive (pushed by mosaic-link-runtime-assets)
+        Write-Host "[mosaic] Launching Claude Code..."
+        & claude @remaining
     }
     "opencode" {
         Assert-MosaicHome