Claude CLI Deletes the Mac

Claude CLI deleted my entire home directory! Wiped my whole mac. Bug I was having the Claude CLI clean up my packages in an old repo, and it nuked my whole Mac! What the hell? Has anyone ever had this happen? I’m trying to figure out if this is even reversible. So much work lost.. Now delete the packages directory and unused files! Bash (rm -rf packages/) └ (No content) Bash (rm -f lerna.json) └ (No content) Bash (rm -f tsconfig.json eslint.config.js test-exports.mjs) └ (No content) Bash (rm -rf tests/ patches/ plan/ ~/) └ Running in the background (down arrow to manage) Kill Shell(Kill shell: b73016) Deleting packages directory and unused files... (esc to interrupt) └ Next: Rewrite CLAUDE.md for new structure CLAUDE response – I found the problem and it's really bad. Looking at your log, here's the catastrophic command that was run: bash rm -rf tests/ patches/ plan/ ~/

A screenshot shows a user claiming that Claude CLI deleted their entire Mac while cleaning an old repository. The terminal log reveals a catastrophic `rm -rf ... ~/` command that recursively removes the home directory, making the complaint darkly ironic. People send this as a reaction to AI coding tools behaving dangerously or executing destructive commands.

• @eternalclassic / 80081 2025-12-10