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The `axiowl` command must be available from normal provider sessions.
That sounds small, but it is critical. Receiving agents need to call AxiOwl MCP tools or commands to reply. Users need to run send, discover, list, doctor, and license commands. Installer tests need the installed command path to resolve correctly.
If PATH points to an old copy, the wrong version may run. If PATH does not include AxiOwl, provider sessions may say the command is missing. If multiple stale shims exist, support becomes confusing.
AxiOwl should treat command availability as an install invariant.
The installer should install the official command or shim in the expected location and ensure PATH can resolve it. Startup repair can verify that the installed command is still the one being used. Doctor inventory can report what `axiowl` resolves to.
This matters after rename work too. Legacy product names and stale helper paths can survive in config files. A clean install should not rely on old command names or old folders.
PATH repair should be careful and visible. It should not randomly reorder the user's environment or destroy unrelated entries. It should add or repair the AxiOwl-owned path and log what happened.
The user-facing goal is simple: when a provider is told to use `axiowl`, it works.
Command availability is one of the lowest-level pieces of the whole system. If it is wrong, higher-level provider tests will fail for reasons that look unrelated.
Reliable PATH handling makes the rest of AxiOwl testable.