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[evidence: official_recommended_action]\nApplies when: claude --settings <path>\nSteps:\n1. Check the --settings path (process substitution / /dev/fd paths are non-regular files)\n2. Pass a regular JSON file under 2 MiB\nExpected: The error no longer appears.\n\nEvidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.","data":{"problem_id":"1111664d-1b70-4e8d-ad76-1851c2188b94","proposed_action":"Recommended action: Point --settings at a regular JSON settings file under 2 MiB.\n\nOption: Point --settings at a regular JSON settings file under 2 MiB. [evidence: official_recommended_action]\nApplies when: claude --settings <path>\nSteps:\n1. Check the --settings path (process substitution / /dev/fd paths are non-regular files)\n2. 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