feat(cli): improve error recovery with alias-aware suggestions and error tolerance manifest

Two related improvements to agent ergonomics in main.rs:

1. suggest_similar_command now matches against aliases (issue->issues,
   mr->mrs, find->search, stat->stats, note->notes, etc.) and provides
   contextual usage examples via a new command_example() helper, so
   agents get actionable recovery hints like "Did you mean 'lore mrs'?
   Example: lore --robot mrs -n 10" instead of just the command name.

2. robot-docs now includes an error_tolerance section documenting every
   auto-correction the CLI performs: types (single_dash_long_flag,
   case_normalization, flag_prefix, fuzzy_flag, subcommand_alias,
   value_normalization, value_fuzzy, prefix_matching), examples, and
   mode behavior (threshold differences). Also expands the aliases
   section with command_aliases and pre_clap_aliases maps for complete
   agent self-discovery.

Together these ensure agents can programmatically discover and recover
from any CLI input error without human intervention.
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teernisse
2026-02-13 17:27:39 -05:00
parent a34751bd47
commit e0041ed4d9

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@@ -651,27 +651,37 @@ fn extract_invalid_value_context(e: &clap::Error) -> (Option<String>, Option<Vec
/// Phase 4: Suggest similar command using fuzzy matching
fn suggest_similar_command(invalid: &str) -> String {
const VALID_COMMANDS: &[&str] = &[
"issues",
"mrs",
"search",
"sync",
"ingest",
"count",
"status",
"auth",
"doctor",
"version",
"init",
"stats",
"generate-docs",
"embed",
"migrate",
"health",
"robot-docs",
"completions",
"timeline",
"who",
// Primary commands + common aliases for fuzzy matching
const VALID_COMMANDS: &[(&str, &str)] = &[
("issues", "issues"),
("issue", "issues"),
("mrs", "mrs"),
("mr", "mrs"),
("merge-requests", "mrs"),
("search", "search"),
("find", "search"),
("query", "search"),
("sync", "sync"),
("ingest", "ingest"),
("count", "count"),
("status", "status"),
("auth", "auth"),
("doctor", "doctor"),
("version", "version"),
("init", "init"),
("stats", "stats"),
("stat", "stats"),
("generate-docs", "generate-docs"),
("embed", "embed"),
("migrate", "migrate"),
("health", "health"),
("robot-docs", "robot-docs"),
("completions", "completions"),
("timeline", "timeline"),
("who", "who"),
("notes", "notes"),
("note", "notes"),
("drift", "drift"),
];
let invalid_lower = invalid.to_lowercase();
@@ -679,19 +689,43 @@ fn suggest_similar_command(invalid: &str) -> String {
// Find the best match using Jaro-Winkler similarity
let best_match = VALID_COMMANDS
.iter()
.map(|cmd| (*cmd, jaro_winkler(&invalid_lower, cmd)))
.map(|(alias, canonical)| (*canonical, jaro_winkler(&invalid_lower, alias)))
.max_by(|a, b| a.1.partial_cmp(&b.1).unwrap_or(std::cmp::Ordering::Equal));
if let Some((cmd, score)) = best_match
&& score > 0.7
{
let example = command_example(cmd);
return format!(
"Did you mean 'lore {}'? Run 'lore robot-docs' for all commands",
cmd
"Did you mean 'lore {cmd}'? Example: {example}. Run 'lore robot-docs' for all commands"
);
}
"Run 'lore robot-docs' for valid commands".to_string()
"Run 'lore robot-docs' for valid commands. Common: issues, mrs, search, sync, timeline, who"
.to_string()
}
/// Return a contextual usage example for a command.
fn command_example(cmd: &str) -> &'static str {
match cmd {
"issues" => "lore --robot issues -n 10",
"mrs" => "lore --robot mrs -n 10",
"search" => "lore --robot search \"auth bug\"",
"sync" => "lore --robot sync",
"ingest" => "lore --robot ingest issues",
"notes" => "lore --robot notes --for-issue 123",
"count" => "lore --robot count issues",
"status" => "lore --robot status",
"stats" => "lore --robot stats",
"timeline" => "lore --robot timeline \"auth flow\"",
"who" => "lore --robot who --path src/",
"health" => "lore --robot health",
"generate-docs" => "lore --robot generate-docs",
"embed" => "lore --robot embed",
"robot-docs" => "lore robot-docs",
"init" => "lore init",
_ => "lore --robot <command>",
}
}
fn handle_issues(
@@ -2135,6 +2169,8 @@ struct RobotDocsData {
commands: serde_json::Value,
/// Deprecated command aliases (old -> new)
aliases: serde_json::Value,
/// Pre-clap error tolerance: what the CLI auto-corrects
error_tolerance: serde_json::Value,
exit_codes: serde_json::Value,
/// Error codes emitted by clap parse failures
clap_error_codes: serde_json::Value,
@@ -2489,12 +2525,54 @@ fn handle_robot_docs(robot_mode: bool, brief: bool) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::e
// Phase 3: Deprecated command aliases
let aliases = serde_json::json!({
"list issues": "issues",
"list mrs": "mrs",
"show issue <IID>": "issues <IID>",
"show mr <IID>": "mrs <IID>",
"auth-test": "auth",
"sync-status": "status"
"deprecated_commands": {
"list issues": "issues",
"list mrs": "mrs",
"show issue <IID>": "issues <IID>",
"show mr <IID>": "mrs <IID>",
"auth-test": "auth",
"sync-status": "status"
},
"command_aliases": {
"issue": "issues",
"mr": "mrs",
"merge-requests": "mrs",
"merge-request": "mrs",
"note": "notes",
"find": "search",
"query": "search",
"stat": "stats",
"st": "status"
},
"pre_clap_aliases": {
"note": "Underscore/no-separator forms auto-corrected before parsing",
"merge_requests": "mrs",
"merge_request": "mrs",
"mergerequests": "mrs",
"mergerequest": "mrs",
"generate_docs": "generate-docs",
"generatedocs": "generate-docs",
"gendocs": "generate-docs",
"gen-docs": "generate-docs",
"robot_docs": "robot-docs",
"robotdocs": "robot-docs"
},
"prefix_matching": "Enabled via infer_subcommands. Unambiguous prefixes work: 'iss' -> issues, 'time' -> timeline, 'sea' -> search"
});
let error_tolerance = serde_json::json!({
"note": "The CLI auto-corrects common mistakes before parsing. Corrections are applied silently with a teaching note on stderr.",
"auto_corrections": [
{"type": "single_dash_long_flag", "example": "-robot -> --robot", "mode": "all"},
{"type": "case_normalization", "example": "--Robot -> --robot, --State -> --state", "mode": "all"},
{"type": "flag_prefix", "example": "--proj -> --project (when unambiguous)", "mode": "all"},
{"type": "fuzzy_flag", "example": "--projct -> --project", "mode": "all (threshold 0.9 in robot, 0.8 in human)"},
{"type": "subcommand_alias", "example": "merge_requests -> mrs, robotdocs -> robot-docs", "mode": "all"},
{"type": "value_normalization", "example": "--state Opened -> --state opened", "mode": "all"},
{"type": "value_fuzzy", "example": "--state opend -> --state opened", "mode": "all"},
{"type": "prefix_matching", "example": "lore iss -> lore issues, lore time -> lore timeline", "mode": "all (via clap infer_subcommands)"}
],
"teaching_notes": "Auto-corrections emit a JSON warning on stderr: {\"warning\":{\"type\":\"ARG_CORRECTED\",\"corrections\":[...],\"teaching\":[...]}}"
});
// Phase 3: Clap error codes (emitted by handle_clap_error)
@@ -2533,6 +2611,7 @@ fn handle_robot_docs(robot_mode: bool, brief: bool) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::e
quick_start,
commands,
aliases,
error_tolerance,
exit_codes,
clap_error_codes,
error_format: "stderr JSON: {\"error\":{\"code\":\"...\",\"message\":\"...\",\"suggestion\":\"...\",\"actions\":[\"...\"]}}".to_string(),