diff --git a/chromadb/agent-harness/cli_anything/chromadb/tests/TEST.md b/chromadb/agent-harness/cli_anything/chromadb/tests/TEST.md
index cee86908b..7eb502663 100644
--- a/chromadb/agent-harness/cli_anything/chromadb/tests/TEST.md
+++ b/chromadb/agent-harness/cli_anything/chromadb/tests/TEST.md
@@ -63,11 +63,7 @@ Skipped:
 ## Running Tests
 
 ```bash
-# Activate the CLI-Anything venv
-source /Users/whitenoise-oc/projects/CLI-Anything/.venv/bin/activate
-
-# Install the package in dev mode
-cd /Users/whitenoise-oc/projects/cli-anything-chromadb/agent-harness
+cd agent-harness
 pip install -e .
 
 # Run all tests
diff --git a/pm2/agent-harness/cli_anything/pm2/tests/TEST.md b/pm2/agent-harness/cli_anything/pm2/tests/TEST.md
index d48801f8f..d15a49d95 100644
--- a/pm2/agent-harness/cli_anything/pm2/tests/TEST.md
+++ b/pm2/agent-harness/cli_anything/pm2/tests/TEST.md
@@ -12,9 +12,8 @@ Test suites for the PM2 CLI-Anything harness.
 ## Running Tests
 
 ```bash
-# Activate the CLI-Anything venv
-source /Users/whitenoise-oc/projects/CLI-Anything/.venv/bin/activate
-cd /Users/whitenoise-oc/projects/cli-anything-pm2/agent-harness
+cd agent-harness
+pip install -e .
 
 # All tests
 python -m pytest cli_anything/pm2/tests/ -v
diff --git a/pm2/agent-harness/cli_anything/pm2/utils/pm2_backend.py b/pm2/agent-harness/cli_anything/pm2/utils/pm2_backend.py
index 0529b8a5b..2e0e8df03 100644
--- a/pm2/agent-harness/cli_anything/pm2/utils/pm2_backend.py
+++ b/pm2/agent-harness/cli_anything/pm2/utils/pm2_backend.py
@@ -10,6 +10,18 @@ import shutil
 import subprocess
 from typing import Any
 
+# Common directories where pm2 may be installed (Homebrew, global npm, system).
+_EXTRA_PATH_DIRS = ["/opt/homebrew/bin", "/usr/local/bin", "/usr/bin"]
+
+
+def _augmented_path(base_path: str | None = None) -> str:
+    """Return PATH string with _EXTRA_PATH_DIRS prepended if missing."""
+    path = base_path if base_path is not None else os.environ.get("PATH", "")
+    for p in _EXTRA_PATH_DIRS:
+        if p not in path:
+            path = f"{p}:{path}"
+    return path
+
 
 def _find_pm2() -> str:
     """Locate the pm2 binary on the system.
@@ -22,13 +34,7 @@ def _find_pm2() -> str:
     Raises:
         RuntimeError: If pm2 is not found.
     """
-    extra_paths = ["/opt/homebrew/bin", "/usr/local/bin", "/usr/bin"]
-    env_path = os.environ.get("PATH", "")
-    for p in extra_paths:
-        if p not in env_path:
-            env_path = f"{p}:{env_path}"
-
-    pm2_path = shutil.which("pm2", path=env_path)
+    pm2_path = shutil.which("pm2", path=_augmented_path())
     if pm2_path is None:
         raise RuntimeError(
             "pm2 not found on this system. "
@@ -52,9 +58,7 @@ def _get_pm2() -> str:
 def _build_env() -> dict[str, str]:
     """Build environment dict with proper PATH for subprocess."""
     env = os.environ.copy()
-    extra = "/opt/homebrew/bin:/usr/local/bin"
-    if extra not in env.get("PATH", ""):
-        env["PATH"] = f"{extra}:{env.get('PATH', '')}"
+    env["PATH"] = _augmented_path(env.get("PATH", ""))
     return env
 
 
diff --git a/registry.json b/registry.json
index 68c40d207..9634d193d 100644
--- a/registry.json
+++ b/registry.json
@@ -538,4 +538,4 @@
       "contributor_url": "https://github.com/omerarslan0"
     }
   ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/seaclip/agent-harness/SEACLIP.md b/seaclip/agent-harness/SEACLIP.md
index 5b84e0664..4e6ddf552 100644
--- a/seaclip/agent-harness/SEACLIP.md
+++ b/seaclip/agent-harness/SEACLIP.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ or undo/redo stack.
 ## Backend
 
 - **FastAPI** at `http://127.0.0.1:5200`
-- **SQLite** at `/Users/whitenoise-oc/shrirama/seaclip-lite/seaclip.db`
+- **SQLite** at the path specified by the `SEACLIP_DB` environment variable
 
 ## Install
 
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ cli-anything-seaclip
 
 ```bash
 cd agent-harness
-source /Users/whitenoise-oc/projects/CLI-Anything/.venv/bin/activate
+pip install -e .
 python -m pytest cli_anything/seaclip/tests/ -v
 ```
 
diff --git a/seaclip/agent-harness/cli_anything/seaclip/tests/TEST.md b/seaclip/agent-harness/cli_anything/seaclip/tests/TEST.md
index 3ae958e1b..21e87ad96 100644
--- a/seaclip/agent-harness/cli_anything/seaclip/tests/TEST.md
+++ b/seaclip/agent-harness/cli_anything/seaclip/tests/TEST.md
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ Tests requiring the live backend are skipped gracefully if localhost:5200 is unr
 ```
 ============================= test session starts ==============================
 platform darwin -- Python 3.14.3, pytest-9.0.2, pluggy-1.6.0
-rootdir: /Users/whitenoise-oc/projects/cli-anything-seaclip/agent-harness
 
 test_core.py     25 passed
 test_full_e2e.py 10 passed
diff --git a/seaclip/agent-harness/cli_anything/seaclip/utils/seaclip_backend.py b/seaclip/agent-harness/cli_anything/seaclip/utils/seaclip_backend.py
index f31d050dd..a7bf82de4 100644
--- a/seaclip/agent-harness/cli_anything/seaclip/utils/seaclip_backend.py
+++ b/seaclip/agent-harness/cli_anything/seaclip/utils/seaclip_backend.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class SeaClipBackend:
                 "SEACLIP_DB environment variable is required for direct database queries. "
                 "Set it to the path of your SeaClip-Lite seaclip.db file."
             )
-        conn = sqlite3.connect(self.db_path)
+        conn = sqlite3.connect(f"file:{self.db_path}?mode=ro", uri=True)
         conn.row_factory = sqlite3.Row
         try:
             rows = conn.execute(sql, params).fetchall()