docs: make GitHub Releases the primary install path#2495
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The @aoagents/ao npm package is frozen and no longer updated. Lead the README and installation guide with the desktop build download; keep npm as a still-works-but-not-recommended fallback. Also fix the from-source clone URL (ComposioHQ -> AgentWrapper). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Requesting changes. The direction (releases as primary, npm demoted) is right, but the newly primary instructions do not work end-to-end for a fresh user:
- The macOS row links a
.dmgthat does not exist.releases/latest(v0.10.2) ships macOS as zips only (agent-orchestrator-darwin-arm64.zipetc.); the dmg maker is still a follow-up (see the.github/workflows/desktop-testing.ymlheader). The label was pre-existing in the README, but this PR promotes the table to the primary install path and copies it into new docs content, so it should point at real assets, ideally the constantreleases/latest/download/<stable-name>URLs thatao startitself uses (backend/internal/cli/start.go). - "After installing, run
ao start" assumesaois on PATH, but the desktop build does not install a CLI (no shim/symlink logic anywhere infrontend/src; the CLI ships via the npm package this PR demotes). A desktop-only user just opens the app, which owns the daemon. It is also inverted relative todocs/ao-start-bootstrapper-and-npm-deprecation.md, whereao startis the npm-side bridge that fetches and opens the app. - installation.mdx is now internally inconsistent: the intro info callout (lines 13-16, "The published package is
@aoagents/ao. It provides the globalaocommand...") still frames npm as what AO installs, and the whole verify/start flow below (ao --version,ao start,ao doctor) only works on the npm path. If desktop is the recommended path, the page needs a desktop-flavored "open the app" step, or the recommendation should match the bootstrapper design (install CLI, runao start, it fetches the app).
Non-blocking follow-up: the landing page still pushes npm as the primary CTA (LandingHero.tsx npx @aoagents/ao start, LandingCTA.tsx, LandingQuickStart.tsx npm i -g @aoagents/ao), which now tells visitors to install a frozen package.
Address review on AgentWrapper#2495: - Link real stable release assets (darwin zip, win32 exe, linux AppImage) via releases/latest/download, matching what `ao start` fetches. No .dmg asset exists yet. - Desktop build installs no CLI, so the primary flow is 'open the app' (the app owns the daemon), not 'run ao start'. ao start stays documented as the legacy npm-side bridge that fetches and opens the app. - Make installation.mdx internally consistent: reframe the intro callout, gate 'ao --version' behind the CLI path, and give the start step a desktop-app branch. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@aoagents/aonpm package is frozen and no longer receives updates. This makes the GitHub Releases desktop build the primary, recommended install path and demotes npm to a still-works-but-not-recommended fallback.Changes
README.md— lead the Install section with the desktop download table +ao start; move the npm block into a collapsed<details>noting the package is frozen.installation.mdx— lead "Install AO" with the releases download table and awarnCallout that npm is no longer recommended; keep the npm/pnpm/yarn/from-source tabs below for anyone who still wants the CLI.ComposioHQ/agent-orchestrator→AgentWrapper/agent-orchestrator.Notes
Three pre-existing doc issues were left out of this PR (separate from the npm-vs-releases change) and can be addressed follow-up:
ao doctor --fixis documented but no--fixflag exists in the CLI (doctor.goonly has--json).ao dashboard --rebuildis documented but there is nodashboardcommand.pnpm buildsteps are still incorrect for this Go + npm repo.🤖 Generated with Claude Code