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Tier B — CLI tools on PATH

These are the executables the author relies on from any shell. The install script uses winget (built into Windows 11) for everything that has a winget manifest, and pip/npm for language-runtime packages.

Manifest

Tool winget id Version pinned to Why
Git for Windows Git.Git latest git, Git Bash, git-lfs. Required for the Claude Code statusline + SessionStart hook.
GitHub CLI GitHub.cli latest gh pr, gh auth, etc. — author's daily driver for PRs.
Python 3.12 Python.Python.3.12 3.12.x Primary Python runtime.
Node.js LTS OpenJS.NodeJS.LTS 22.x Required for the claude CLI npm install + general JS tooling.
AWS CLI v2 Amazon.AWSCLI latest aws s3, aws dynamodb, etc.
AWS SAM CLI Amazon.SAM-CLI latest Lambda deploys.
Docker Desktop Docker.DockerDesktop latest Local container work + the docker compose PreToolUse hook depends on it being present.
WSL (built-in) - wsl --install if not already present.

pip-installed Python packages

Installed into the Python 3.12 system interpreter:

Package Why
flake8 Pre-commit linting.
pytest Test runner.
pyinstaller Building Windows EXEs.

npm-installed packages

Package Why
@anthropic-ai/claude-code The claude CLI.

Apply this tier

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\install-tier-b.ps1

The script checks for an existing install before each winget install, so it is safe to re-run.

What is NOT installed by Tier B

  • VS Code — see Tier C (dotfiles/). Author currently does not have VS Code on PATH; if you want it, Tier C's installer adds it.
  • Older Python versions (3.10, 3.11) — author has them on this machine but they are legacy. Add them to install-tier-b.ps1 manually if needed for a specific project.
  • Inkscape, 7-Zip, browsers — out of scope. Use winget directly.

Verifying the install

After running:

git --version
gh --version
python --version
node --version
aws --version
sam --version
docker --version
claude --version
flake8 --version
pytest --version
pyinstaller --version

Every line should print a version, not "command not found". If any are missing, open a fresh PowerShell window — winget updates PATH but existing shells need to restart to pick it up.