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@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Single test file: `bun x vitest run src/App.test.tsx` | `cd sidecar && bun test
 
 - **Frontend** (`src/`): React 19 SPA in Tauri webview. State managed by focused hooks in `shell/hooks/` (`useAppShellState`, `useSelectionController`, `useEditorEditMode`, `useGlobalShortcutHandlers`, `useAppBootstrap`) + TanStack React Query + context providers.
 - **Rust backend** (`src-tauri/src/`): Tauri host, SQLite database, spawns and supervises the sidecar.
-- **Sidecar** (`sidecar/`): Bun + TypeScript, wraps `@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk`, `@openai/codex-sdk`, and `@opencode-ai/sdk`. Built to `sidecar/dist/helmor-sidecar` via `bun build --compile`. JSON event stream over stdout.
+- **Sidecar** (`sidecar/`): Bun + TypeScript, wraps `@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk`, `@openai/codex-sdk`, and `@opencode-ai/sdk`. Built to `sidecar/dist/helmor-sidecar` (`.exe` on Windows) via `bun build --compile`. JSON event stream over stdout.
 
 Message flow: user prompt -> Rust `agents::streaming` -> sidecar -> SDK -> stdout events -> Rust accumulator -> adapter + collapse -> `ThreadMessageLike[]` -> `tauri::ipc::Channel` -> React.
 
@@ -150,10 +150,10 @@ When a snapshot drifts: look at the diff first. Only accept after confirming the
   1. Bump `GH_VERSION` / `GLAB_VERSION` / `CLOUDFLARED_VERSION`.
   2. Pull the new SHA256 from `…/checksums.txt` (URLs in the file's header comment) and update `GH_SHA256` / `GLAB_SHA256` / `CLOUDFLARED_SHA256`.
   3. Wipe `sidecar/.bundle-cache/` and re-run `bun run build` in `sidecar/` to force re-download + verify.
-  Bump cadence: every release cycle if upstream has shipped a notable fix; immediately on security advisories. Pin so the auth-status JSON shape Helmor parses doesn't drift unexpectedly.
-- **Bundled agent CLIs (`claude-code`, `codex`, `opencode`)**: Pulled in via `sidecar/package.json` and staged into `sidecar/dist/vendor/{claude-code,codex,opencode}/` as platform-native binaries. All three upstreams ship per-platform npm sub-packages (`@anthropic-ai/claude-code-darwin-{arm64,x64}`, `@openai/codex-darwin-{arm64,x64}`, `opencode-darwin-{arm64,x64}`). Cross-arch CI staging downloads the tarball straight from the npm registry and verifies against `CLAUDE_CODE_SHA256` / `CODEX_SHA256` / `OPENCODE_SHA256` in `stage-vendor.ts`. The `stage-vendor.ts` script stages claude-code, codex, opencode, gh, glab, and cloudflared CLIs. To upgrade:
+  Bump cadence: every release cycle if upstream has shipped a notable fix; immediately on security advisories. Pin so the auth-status JSON shape Helmor parses doesn't drift unexpectedly. Hashes are computed using Node's `crypto.createHash` (cross-platform), not `shasum`.
+- **Bundled agent CLIs (`claude-code`, `codex`, `opencode`)**: Pulled in via `sidecar/package.json` and staged into `sidecar/dist/vendor/{claude-code,codex,opencode}/` as platform-native binaries. All three upstreams ship per-platform npm sub-packages (e.g., `@anthropic-ai/claude-code-darwin-{arm64,x64}`, `@anthropic-ai/claude-code-win32-x64`, and equivalents for codex and opencode). Cross-arch CI staging downloads the tarball straight from the npm registry and verifies against `CLAUDE_CODE_SHA256` / `CODEX_SHA256` / `OPENCODE_SHA256` in `stage-vendor.ts`. The `stage-vendor.ts` script stages claude-code, codex, opencode, gh, glab, and cloudflared CLIs and supports both macOS and Windows. To upgrade:
   1. Bump the version in `sidecar/package.json`, `cd sidecar && bun install`.
-  2. Compute the SHA256 of both arch tarballs (`shasum -a 256` on the cached `.tgz`) and update the table in `stage-vendor.ts` (key it under the new version string).
+  2. Compute the SHA256 of the arch tarballs (use Node's `crypto.createHash` or manually on the cached `.tgz`) and update the table in `stage-vendor.ts` (key it under the new version string).
   3. Wipe `sidecar/.bundle-cache/` and run `bun run build` in `sidecar/` to verify.
   Both binaries are `bun build --compile` output (~200 MB each on macOS), so `maybeSignMacBinary(_, true)` is required — JSC needs `allow-jit` / `allow-unsigned-executable-memory` under hardened runtime. Run pipeline snapshot tests after every claude-code bump (`cd src-tauri && cargo test --tests`); the SDK event shape is the contract Helmor's accumulator depends on.