diff --git a/configuration.nix b/configuration.nix
index 4ecfe22..ea8ea7f 100644
--- a/configuration.nix
+++ b/configuration.nix
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@
     SBCL_HOME = "/run/current-system/sw/lib/sbcl";
   };
 
+  # Put ~/.local/bin on PATH system-wide (via /etc/set-environment), not just
+  # in ~/.zshrc. Non-interactive shells (e.g. `ssh host cmd`) and daemons they
+  # spawn otherwise never see user-installed tools like claude code, which is
+  # how the herdr server ended up reporting claude as "not found".
+  environment.localBinInPath = true;
+
   services.cron.enable = true;
 
   programs.zsh.enable = true;