Running on windows fails - claude not found

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Running this on windows fails because it cannot find the claude code CLI. Running in WSL works without issues.

(venv) PS E:\AI\ClaudeCodeOpenAiWrapper> poetry run uvicorn src.main:app --reload --port 8000
INFO:     Will watch for changes in these directories: ['E:\\AI\\ClaudeCodeOpenAiWrapper']
INFO:     Uvicorn running on http://127.0.0.1:8000 (Press CTRL+C to quit)
INFO:     Started reloader process [23324] using WatchFiles
2025-12-18 07:38:14,244 - src.claude_cli - INFO - Using temporary isolated workspace: C:\Users\sgrun\AppData\Local\Temp\claude_code_workspace_3j22uob4
2025-12-18 07:38:14,244 - src.auth - INFO - Claude Code authentication validated: claude_cli
2025-12-18 07:38:14,245 - src.claude_cli - INFO - Claude Code authentication method: claude_cli
INFO:     Started server process [22008]
INFO:     Waiting for application startup.
2025-12-18 07:38:14,252 - src.main - INFO - Verifying Claude Code authentication and CLI...
2025-12-18 07:38:14,252 - src.auth - INFO - Claude Code authentication validated: claude_cli
2025-12-18 07:38:14,252 - src.main - INFO - ✅ Claude Code authentication validated: claude_cli
2025-12-18 07:38:14,252 - src.main - INFO - Testing Claude Agent SDK connection...
2025-12-18 07:38:14,252 - src.claude_cli - INFO - Testing Claude Agent SDK...
2025-12-18 07:38:14,291 - src.claude_cli - ERROR - Claude Agent SDK verification failed: Failed to start Claude Code:
2025-12-18 07:38:14,291 - src.claude_cli - WARNING - Please ensure Claude Code is installed and authenticated:
2025-12-18 07:38:14,291 - src.claude_cli - WARNING -   1. Install: npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code
2025-12-18 07:38:14,291 - src.claude_cli - WARNING -   2. Set ANTHROPIC_API_KEY environment variable
2025-12-18 07:38:14,292 - src.claude_cli - WARNING -   3. Test: claude --print 'Hello'
2025-12-18 07:38:14,292 - src.main - WARNING - ⚠️  Claude Agent SDK verification returned False
2025-12-18 07:38:14,292 - src.main - WARNING - The server will start, but requests may fail.
2025-12-18 07:38:14,292 - src.session_manager - INFO - Started session cleanup task (interval: 5 minutes)
INFO:     Application startup complete.
INFO:     Shutting down
INFO:     Waiting for application shutdown.
2025-12-18 07:38:36,628 - src.main - INFO - Shutting down session manager...
2025-12-18 07:38:36,629 - src.session_manager - INFO - Session manager shutdown complete
2025-12-18 07:38:36,630 - src.session_manager - INFO - Session cleanup task cancelled
INFO:     Application shutdown complete.
INFO:     Finished server process [22008]
2025-12-18 07:38:36,635 - src.claude_cli - INFO - Cleaned up temporary workspace: C:\Users\sgrun\AppData\Local\Temp\claude_code_workspace_3j22uob4
INFO:     Stopping reloader process [23324]
Terminate batch job (Y/N)? y
(venv) PS E:\AI\ClaudeCodeOpenAiWrapper> claude --print "Hello"
Hello! I'm Claude Code, an AI assistant that can help you with software engineering tasks. I can help you write code, debug issues, refactor existing code, explore codebases, and much more.

I can see you're in the `ClaudeCodeOpenAiWrapper` project directory. How can I help you today?

[RichardAtCT]

I don't have access to a windows machine to debug unfortunately!

[ThanhChinhBK]

hi, this works for me:

$env:PATH = "C:\Users\abc\npm;$env:PATH" // -> my installed claude code path, on windows, abc is a mock name
poetry run uvicorn src.main:app --reload --port 8000