Installed Node.js LTS and Claude Code CLI on DavidsLaptop, logged into paid Claude Pro/Max (confirmed free, no separate API billing). Connected Claude Code CLI as Pinegrows AI assistant provider (Mr. Pine Cone). Testing revealed the integration consistently returns garbled internal system text (leaked command tags, [object ArrayBuffer] placeholders) instead of real answers on every request, small or large. Isolation-tested by running claude standalone in Command Prompt outside Pinegrow -- confirmed Claude Code itself works correctly, so the bug is confirmed to live in Pinegrows own BETA integration layer, not in the install/login/config on our end.