text-to-cad (earthtojake)MCADConfidence: Medium

Running cad setup from the Claude desktop app on Windows writes state into the MSIX package container. "Inside the Claude app everything looks fine... Outside it (Codex, Windows Terminal, IDEs), %LOCALAPPDATA%\cad-state doesn't exist." Saved settings, telemetry choice included, only exist in that container. Workaround is to install from a normal terminal.

Impact Analysis

Persona

Mechanical Designer

Team Size Impact

5x Multiplier

Prototype Delay

3 Days

Est. Annual Cost

$30,000

1 user · 1 month240 min
Rest of team960 min
Rest of year13,200 min

monthly_minutes × 12 × team_multiplier ÷ 60 × $75/hr = $30k/yr

$75/hr assumed rate.

Annual team-minutes decomposed from the reported monthly inputs.

Evidence & Sources

1 Sources

earthtojake/text-to-cad Issue #759: Windows: `cad setup` run from the Claude desktop app (MSIX) writes `cad-state` into the app's package container, so Codex and normal terminals can't see the installation

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Analyst Notes

From the Grok pain-radar digests, Nov 2 2026 (Nov 2 8:41 AM ET through Nov 2 10:41 PM ET digests plus the Haitch editions). Verified live 2026-11-03: issue/PR read; title and state confirmed.