How-to

Create an environment and open Claude

Choose between activating your shell and launching a one-shot Claude process.

Create the environment.
```
cvm create work
```
Option A — activate the shell (needs cvm init).
```
cvm use work
claude
```
Prompt shows (work); PATH prefers ~/.cvm/envs/work/bin.
Option B — open without activating.
```
cvm open work
# or
cvm create work --open
```
Only the Claude child receives CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR / CVM_ENV.

Combine flags: cvm create work --inherit --open.