Generate a comprehensive CLI specification covering commands, arguments, flags, and UX.
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This Skill helps teams design a consistent CLI surface, capturing commands, arguments, flags, help text, usage syntax, error handling, and configuration rules so automation and humans interact with predictable, well-documented interfaces.
Draft a CLI spec for a hypothetical tool named backupctl. Define a top-level command with subcommands (e.g., create, list, restore), global flags (e.g., --config, --verbose, --dry-run), and example invocations. Include a usable USAGE synopsis, an options table, and at least two concrete examples showing JSON and plain-text outputs.
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To design a CLI interface, generate a comprehensive specification capturing the command tree, arguments, flags, and help text. This ensures consistent semantics, predictable scripting interactions, and well-documented usage syntax for both new tools and refactoring projects.
A CLI specification should include a structured USAGE section, an explicit options table, environment and configuration precedence guidance, practical invocation examples, and robust error and exit-code mappings to ensure predictable scripting behavior.
Standardize help text and output formats by defining UX guidelines within your CLI spec, specifying default behaviors, and detailing machine-friendly outputs like JSON or plain text to ensure automation and humans interact predictably.
Prevent destructive or ambiguous actions in a CLI by specifying configuration precedence, defining validation rules, and establishing prompt guidelines within the specification to enforce safety before execution.
Yes, this CLI design approach targets both new CLI design and refactoring projects. It captures existing commands, arguments, and flags into a structured specification to standardize interfaces and improve automation predictability.
The best way to document environment variables and configuration precedence is to include explicit guidance within the CLI specification, ensuring users understand how global flags and config files interact during command execution.
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