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Update Alike

Run the installer again. It copies the latest runtime and updates the entries in each agent’s settings.
The @latest tag makes npx fetch the newest version instead of a copy in its cache. Restart your agents after you update.

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Add an agent that you installed later

Run the installer again. It finds the new agent and wires it. If you want transcripts from the new agent, answer yes to the capture question, or pass the full list with --capture=. See the warning in Install Alike.

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Set up only some agents

Use --harness= with a comma-separated list of agent IDs:
This run also turns off transcript capture for every agent that is not in the list. See the warning in Install Alike.

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Uninstall

The uninstaller does these things:
  • Removes Alike’s entries from the settings of every supported agent. It does not touch your own entries.
  • Removes the note in ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md.
  • Removes the local runtime in ~/.alike/runtime.
  • Deletes the machine’s credential, ~/.alike/credentials.json.
  • Removes the hourly sweep file on macOS, if you created one.
When it finishes, it prints:
It also prints a note that tells you to revoke the machine in Alike settings. You cannot do this in the web app yet. To cancel the credential, contact support@alike.work. npx @alikeai/setup --uninstall --dry-run prints a short summary and changes nothing. It does not list each file.

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What the uninstaller keeps

The uninstaller does not delete these items. Delete them yourself if you want a clean machine.

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What stays in your Alike account

The uninstaller changes only your machine. Sessions and other data that Alike already received stay in your account. See Delete your data. The machine’s credential also stays valid on Alike’s side. The uninstaller deletes the only copy on the machine. If you think someone copied the file, contact support@alike.work.

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Remove Alike from one agent only

The uninstaller removes Alike from every agent at the same time. To remove it from one agent:
  1. Open that agent’s settings file. Supported agents lists the files.
  2. Delete the MCP server entry named alike.
  3. Delete the hook entries whose command contains .alike/runtime.
  4. Restart the agent.
If you run the installer again later, it wires that agent again, unless you pass --harness= without it.