diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ingest.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/ingest.test.ts
index 52dcbc38..0099bf0e 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ingest.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ingest.test.ts
@@ -311,10 +311,12 @@ describe('runKtxIngest', () => {
 
     expect(runIo.stdout()).toBe('');
     expect(runIo.stderr()).toContain(
-      'ktx ingest requires llm.provider.backend: anthropic, vertex, or gateway, or an injected agentRunner.',
+      'ktx ingest requires llm.provider.backend: anthropic, vertex, gateway, or claude-code, or an injected agentRunner.',
     );
+    expect(runIo.stderr()).toContain('Configure a local Claude Code session or API-backed LLM, then rerun ingest:');
+    expect(runIo.stderr()).toContain(`ktx setup --project-dir ${projectDir} --llm-backend claude-code --no-input`);
     expect(runIo.stderr()).toContain(
-      `ktx setup --project-dir ${projectDir} --anthropic-api-key-env ANTHROPIC_API_KEY --anthropic-model claude-sonnet-4-6 --no-input`,
+      `ktx setup --project-dir ${projectDir} --llm-backend anthropic --anthropic-api-key-env ANTHROPIC_API_KEY --anthropic-model claude-sonnet-4-6 --no-input`,
     );
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/context/src/ingest/local-bundle-runtime.test.ts b/packages/context/src/ingest/local-bundle-runtime.test.ts
index 7c5ac4e7..71e08817 100644
--- a/packages/context/src/ingest/local-bundle-runtime.test.ts
+++ b/packages/context/src/ingest/local-bundle-runtime.test.ts
@@ -60,8 +60,9 @@ describe('createLocalBundleIngestRuntime', () => {
     ).toThrow(
       [
         'ktx ingest requires llm.provider.backend: anthropic, vertex, gateway, or claude-code, or an injected agentRunner.',
-        `Configure an Anthropic provider, then rerun ingest:`,
-        `  ktx setup --project-dir ${project.projectDir} --anthropic-api-key-env ANTHROPIC_API_KEY --anthropic-model claude-sonnet-4-6 --no-input`,
+        'Configure a local Claude Code session or API-backed LLM, then rerun ingest:',
+        `  ktx setup --project-dir ${project.projectDir} --llm-backend claude-code --no-input`,
+        `  ktx setup --project-dir ${project.projectDir} --llm-backend anthropic --anthropic-api-key-env ANTHROPIC_API_KEY --anthropic-model claude-sonnet-4-6 --no-input`,
       ].join('\n'),
     );
   });
diff --git a/packages/context/src/ingest/local-bundle-runtime.ts b/packages/context/src/ingest/local-bundle-runtime.ts
index e4909397..4f52684e 100644
--- a/packages/context/src/ingest/local-bundle-runtime.ts
+++ b/packages/context/src/ingest/local-bundle-runtime.ts
@@ -576,8 +576,9 @@ function nextLocalJobId(): string {
 function localIngestLlmProviderGuardMessage(projectDir: string): string {
   return [
     'ktx ingest requires llm.provider.backend: anthropic, vertex, gateway, or claude-code, or an injected agentRunner.',
-    'Configure an Anthropic provider, then rerun ingest:',
-    `  ktx setup --project-dir ${projectDir} --anthropic-api-key-env ANTHROPIC_API_KEY --anthropic-model claude-sonnet-4-6 --no-input`,
+    'Configure a local Claude Code session or API-backed LLM, then rerun ingest:',
+    `  ktx setup --project-dir ${projectDir} --llm-backend claude-code --no-input`,
+    `  ktx setup --project-dir ${projectDir} --llm-backend anthropic --anthropic-api-key-env ANTHROPIC_API_KEY --anthropic-model claude-sonnet-4-6 --no-input`,
   ].join('\n');
 }