Addresses findings from a comprehensive CLI readiness audit:
Flag design (I2):
- Add hidden --no-verbose flag with overrides_with semantics, matching
the --no-quiet pattern already established for all other boolean flags.
Help text (I3):
- Add after_help examples to issues, mrs, search, sync, and timeline
subcommands. Each shows 3-4 concrete, runnable commands with comments.
Help headings (I4/P5):
- Move --mode and --fts-mode from "Output" heading to "Mode" heading
in the search subcommand. These control search strategy, not output
format — "Output" is reserved for --limit, --explain, --fields.
Exit codes (I5):
- Health check failure now exits 19 (was 1). Exit code 1 is reserved
for internal errors only. robot-docs updated to document code 19.
Deprecation visibility (P4):
- Deprecated commands (list, show, auth-test, sync-status) now emit
structured JSON warnings to stderr in robot mode:
{"warning":{"type":"DEPRECATED","message":"...","successor":"..."}}
Previously these were silently swallowed in robot mode.
Version string (P1):
- Cli struct uses env!("LORE_VERSION") from build.rs so --version shows
git hash (see previous commit).
Fields flag (P3):
- --fields help text updated to document the "minimal" preset.
Robot-docs (parallel work):
- response_schema added for every command, documenting the JSON shape
agents will receive. Agents can now introspect expected fields before
calling a command.
- error_format documents the new "actions" array.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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