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+# apk_claudetools — CLI toolset that makes Claude Code effective on this host.
+#
+# Install everything:
+#   doas apk add $(sed 's/#.*//' ~/.config/alpine/apk_claudetools | tr -s '[:space:]' ' ')
+#
+# Install one tier:
+#   doas apk add $(sed -n '/^## TIER: high/,/^## TIER:/p' ~/.config/alpine/apk_claudetools | sed 's/#.*//')
+#
+# Check what is still missing:
+#   for p in $(sed 's/#.*//' ~/.config/alpine/apk_claudetools); do \
+#       apk info -e "$p" >/dev/null 2>&1 || echo "MISSING $p"; done
+#
+# Status markers below reflect 2026-08-20. Package names are apk names, not
+# binary names (ripgrep provides rg, yq-go provides yq, ncdu2 provides ncdu).
+
+
+## TIER: core — already installed, listed so a rebuild reproduces this host
+
+ripgrep         # rg — fast recursive search; Claude's primary code-search tool
+fd              # fd — fast file find, sane defaults, respects .gitignore
+fzf             # fuzzy picker, drives interactive selection in shell helpers
+jq              # JSON query/transform; parsing API and tool output
+bat             # syntax-highlighted cat with line numbers
+git             # version control
+curl            # HTTP client
+tmux            # terminal multiplexer, session persistence for long agent runs
+htop            # process viewer
+ncdu2           # ncdu — disk usage explorer
+lazygit         # git TUI, fast staging and history browsing
+nodejs          # runtime for Claude Code and JS tooling
+npm             # node package manager
+python3         # scripting, ad-hoc data work
+py3-pip         # python package installer
+go              # go toolchain
+docker-cli      # container client
+podman          # rootless container engine
+
+
+## TIER: high — biggest payoff, install first
+
+github-cli      # gh — PRs, issues, CI logs, releases without leaving the shell
+yq-go           # yq — jq for YAML; needed for compose, k8s, CI manifests
+ast-grep        # sg — structural/AST code search; catches multi-line patterns grep cannot
+shellcheck      # shell script linter; important here because login shell is mksh
+shfmt           # shell formatter, POSIX/mksh aware
+sd              # find-and-replace with sane regex, no sed escaping traps
+
+
+## TIER: medium — strong quality-of-life, install when convenient
+
+difftastic      # difft — structural diff, shows semantic change not line noise
+delta           # syntax-highlighted git pager, side-by-side diffs
+watchexec       # rerun a command on file change
+entr            # smaller file-watcher, good in pipelines
+just            # command runner; gives each repo a discoverable task list
+direnv          # per-directory environment variables
+uv              # fast Python env and dependency manager, replaces pip+venv
+sqlite          # local database, ad-hoc querying of exported data
+
+
+## TIER: nice — comfort and inspection
+
+eza             # modern ls with tree view and git status
+btop            # richer resource monitor than htop
+hyperfine       # statistically sound command benchmarking
+tokei           # source lines of code by language
+jless           # interactive JSON viewer for large payloads
+tealdeer        # tldr — practical command examples
+tree            # directory tree (standalone; busybox applet is limited)