docs(cli): teach the discovery loop on the root help screen - #2128
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The generator treated the last help line starting with two spaces and 'asc ' as the usage pattern, so any sample invocation rendered after USAGE would silently replace the documented usage pattern in docs/COMMANDS.md. Bind the capture to the USAGE section instead.
asc --help opened straight into 60+ command groups with no sample invocation and no signal that asc search is the CLI's own command discovery tool. Add a GETTING STARTED block between USAGE and the command groups with four copy-paste-valid invocations, and guard them with a test that resolves every advertised command path and flag against the live command tree.
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| const rootGettingStartedSamples = ` asc search "upload a build" # find the right command (JSON, with examples) |
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When this sample is pasted into an interactive terminal, BindOutputFlags selects the TTY-aware table default, whose search renderer omits the Examples field, so the annotation promising “JSON, with examples” is false in the primary onboarding context. Add --output json to make the advertised output deterministic and expose the runnable examples.
AGENTS.md reference: AGENTS.md:L23-L24
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Confirmed and fixed in 5172489. asc search binds shared.BindOutputFlags, which resolves to table on a TTY, and the table renderer emits only score/command/summary/matched — no examples column. The sample now reads asc search "upload a build" --output json, so the annotation holds in the interactive case too.
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71-71: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 TrivialRegenerate the checked-in command reference after changing root help.
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- Around line 47-71: Update the usage parser around the in_usage state so any
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End the USAGE section at any unindented heading, not only at the two headings the parser models, so a sample invocation under an unmodelled heading can never become the documented usage pattern. Cover parse_help with unit tests wired into check-command-docs.
asc search binds a TTY-aware output default, so a bare invocation pasted into a terminal renders the table form, whose renderer omits the examples field. The annotation promised examples that would not appear. Pin the sample to --output json so the first screen is honest in the interactive case as well.
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asc --helpopened straight into 60+ commands across eleven category headings. There was no sample invocation anywhere on the first screen, and no signal thatasc search— the CLI's own command-discovery tool, which returns JSON with runnable examples — even exists. It sat unremarked at position three of UTILITY COMMANDS, near the bottom.An agent's first screen should teach the loop, not just enumerate the surface.
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A short GETTING STARTED block in the root LongHelp, rendered between USAGE and the command groups:
Four invocations that chain into an actual loop: discover a command, verify credentials, find your app, inspect it. Trailing
#comments keep every line paste-safe in a shell. The search sample pins--output jsonbecauseasc searchbinds a TTY-aware output default, and the table renderer omits theexamplesfield the annotation promises. Placeholders are bare uppercase (APP_ID) rather than angle-bracketed, since<and>are shell redirection operators.Every other section of the root help is byte-identical — diffing help output before and after shows a pure eight-line insertion.
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scripts/generate-command-docs.pytook the last help line starting with two spaces andascas the usage pattern. Any sample invocation rendered after USAGE therefore replaced the documented usage pattern indocs/COMMANDS.md; without the fix, the "Usage Pattern" block regenerated asasc status --app APP_ID # one-screen release overview for one app. The capture is now bound to the USAGE section.docs/COMMANDS.mdregenerates byte-identical, so no doc churn ships here.Committed first so every commit on the branch is independently green. The USAGE section now also ends at any unindented heading, not just the two headings the parser models, so a sample under an unmodelled heading cannot slip through either.
scripts/test_generate_command_docs.pycoversparse_helpand runs as part ofcheck-command-docs; it fails against both the original parser and the first, narrower fix.Tests
cmd/root_getting_started_test.go:TestRootHelpRendersGettingStartedBlock— pins the block's presence, its position (after USAGE, before the command groups), and each advertised invocation.TestRootHelpGettingStartedUsesBarePlaceholders— fails if<or>reappear in the block.TestRootHelpGettingStartedInvocationsResolve— parses the invocations back out of the rendered help and mechanically walks each one against the live command tree: every bare path segment must resolve to a real subcommand, the leaf must be runnable (Exec != nil), and every--flagmust exist on the resolved command's FlagSet or the root FlagSet.The resolution guard was verified non-vacuous: seeding
asc auth doktorand--appzmakes it fail withreferences unknown command "asc auth doktor"anduses unknown flag --appz for "status". Because it reads the rendered help rather than a hardcoded list, it also covers any invocation a future edit adds to the block.Verification
make build,make format,make check-docs,make lint,ASC_BYPASS_KEYCHAIN=1 make test— all green (103 packages, no failures, no flakes hit).asc search "upload a build" --output jsonandasc auth doctorexecuted against the built binary; both exit 0.asc apps list --output tableandasc status --app APP_IDexecuted against an empty config so they fail at credential resolution rather than parsing — confirming flag acceptance with no live API call.Follow-up owned elsewhere
asc searchresults carry a verbosematchedarray (18 entries for a two-word query, largelyquery:/command:/summary:restatements of the same token). Trimming it would tighten the payload an agent reads right after the first screen. Deliberately not touched here —internal/cli/search/is under active work in #2107.Summary by CodeRabbit
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