feat(cli): add an audience flag to hide unreleased commands by saddlepaddle · Pull Request #7776 · ParadevAI/Paradev

saddlepaddle · 2026-09-23T19:59:15Z

Summary

CLI commands and groups can be marked audience: "internal"; they only exist when SUPERSET_CLI_AUDIENCE=internal is set.
Marks plugins, mcp, skills and environments internal. Those features are flag-gated to staff or an allowlist in the app, but the CLI showed them to everyone.

Why / Context

The CLI had no way to ship a command without advertising it. Options could be .hidden(), but commands couldn't. This follows the Docker CLI's experimental gate: a label on the command, one check at the root, and an env var to opt in.

This controls what we show and support, not access. Anyone can set the env var, so anything sensitive stays gated on the server.

How It Works

audience?: "internal" | "public" on CommandConfig and group meta.ts, defaulting to public. If any node in a path — group or command — is internal, everything from that node down is internal; a public tag below it cannot re-expose anything. A group left with no visible commands is dropped.
defineConfig({ audiences }) returns the enabled set. The framework doesn't know the env var; packages/cli/cli.config.ts maps SUPERSET_CLI_AUDIENCE=internal to ["internal", "public"].
filterByAudience prunes the command list before buildTree, so help, interactive help, routing and "Did you mean" all read one filtered tree. Hidden commands fail with Unknown command and are never suggested.

Manual QA Checklist

cli-framework dev --help without the env var: plugins/mcp/skills/environments absent
cli-framework dev plugins list without the env var: Error: Unknown command: plugins
SUPERSET_CLI_AUDIENCE=internal cli-framework dev plugins --help works
Group-level tag hides the whole subtree (checked with a temporary tag on feedback, reverted)
A command tagged public inside the internal plugins group stays hidden: plugins list → Unknown command: plugins (temporary tag, reverted)

Testing

bun test packages/cli-framework packages/cli: 310 pass, including the new router.test.ts
tsc --noEmit for cli-framework and cli; biome on the desktop change
biome check on changed files

Known Limitations

The desktop's Plugins page (flag-gated to @superset.sh) shells out to superset plugins install|uninstall|enable|disable, so it runs those with SUPERSET_CLI_AUDIENCE=internal (apps/desktop/src/main/lib/plugin-installs.ts). Without that, staff who haven't set the variable would get installs that report success but never provision skills. It's a stopgap: SUPER-2435 moves the logic in-process and deletes the shell-out along with this override.
Options can't be tagged; .hidden() remains for those. ws create --cloud stays visible, and the server still gates it.
apps/docs/content/docs/cli/cli-reference.mdx still documents plugins, mcp and environments. We'll update docs as part of each launch.

Rollback

Revert the PR. Nothing is persisted.

Summary by cubic

Adds an audience flag so CLI commands and groups can be hidden unless SUPERSET_CLI_AUDIENCE=internal is set, and marks plugins, mcp, skills, and environments as internal.

Any internal group or command in a path hides everything below it; groups left with no visible commands are dropped.
Controls visibility only, not access: anyone can set the env var, so sensitive behavior stays gated server-side.
Hidden commands are pruned before help, routing, and "Did you mean" suggestions, making them appear not to exist.
The desktop's Plugins page shells out to superset plugins …, so it runs those calls with SUPERSET_CLI_AUDIENCE=internal; otherwise staff without the variable would get installs that report success but never provision skills. Stopgap until SUPER-2435 moves the logic in-process and removes the shell-out.

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New Features
- CLI commands can be shown or hidden by audience. Public runs display public commands by default, while internal runs can include internal commands.
- Internal-only commands are now marked as such, including environment, MCP, plugin, and skill commands.
- Commands nested under internal groups or commands remain hidden in public runs, even if individually marked public.

Commands and groups take `audience: "internal" | "public"` (default public); a group's audience covers everything under it. The app config decides which audiences are enabled — the superset CLI enables internal when SUPERSET_CLI_AUDIENCE=internal. Disabled commands are pruned from the tree before help, interactive help, routing and suggestions read it, so they behave as if they don't exist rather than advertising themselves in errors. This is about what we show and support, not access control: anyone can set the env var, so anything sensitive stays gated server-side. plugins, mcp and skills (behind the @superset.sh-only plugins flag) and environments (cloud allowlist) are marked internal. The desktop's boot-time `superset plugins sync` sets the env var itself so skill provisioning keeps working for everyone.

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The CLI framework adds audience metadata to commands and groups, selects audiences from configuration, and filters commands and groups before building the routing tree. The CLI config selects internal and public audiences based on SUPERSET_CLI_AUDIENCE. Desktop plugin CLI calls set that variable to internal.

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CLI Audience Filtering

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Audience metadata and command filtering `packages/cli-framework/src/command.ts`, `packages/cli-framework/src/router.ts`, `packages/cli-framework/src/router.test.ts`, `packages/cli-framework/src/index.ts`	Adds audience types and group metadata. Filters commands when their own or any ancestor path is hidden for the requested audiences. Retains groups that prefix-match surviving commands. Tests cover public and combined audience selections, including commands nested under internal groups and commands.
Runner integration `packages/cli-framework/src/runner.ts`	Adds an optional audience list to run options. Filters loaded groups and commands before building the command tree, using `["public"]` when no list is provided.
Audience selection and propagation `packages/cli-framework/src/config.ts`, `packages/cli/cli.config.ts`, `packages/cli/src/commands/*/meta.ts`, `packages/cli-framework/src/build.ts`, `packages/cli-framework/src/dev.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/main/lib/plugin-installs.ts`	Adds an optional audience callback to CLI config. The CLI selects audiences from `SUPERSET_CLI_AUDIENCE`, and build and development entry points pass configured audiences to the runner. Four command metadata objects declare the internal audience. Desktop plugin CLI calls set `SUPERSET_CLI_AUDIENCE` to `internal`.

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Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant cliConfig as cli.config.ts
  participant runBuild
  participant runDev
  participant execute
  participant filterByAudience
  participant commandTree as Command tree
  cliConfig->>runBuild: Provides configured audiences
  cliConfig->>runDev: Provides configured audiences
  runBuild->>execute: Passes config.audiences?.()
  runDev->>execute: Passes config.audiences?.()
  execute->>filterByAudience: Passes groups, commands, and audiences
  filterByAudience->>commandTree: Supplies filtered groups and commands

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The nearest tag wins: a command's own audience, else its nearest tagged group's, else public. Groups still set the default for a whole feature, so new commands under an internal group start hidden, but a group can now mix public and internal commands in either direction.

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The desktop's plugin install/uninstall/enable/disable calls are reached only from the flag-gated Plugins page, and the desktop already inherits the user's shell env, so staff with SUPERSET_CLI_AUDIENCE set are unaffected. Forcing the audience from the app was a bypass of the visibility gate rather than a fix; the real fix is to stop shelling out to the CLI for this.

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In `@packages/cli-framework/src/router.ts`:
- Around line 33-35: Update the command filtering and routeCommand flow so
disabled child names remain identifiable and are rejected as unknown commands
before positional-argument fallback can run a public parent. Preserve audience
filtering for commands that are enabled.

In `@packages/cli/src/commands/plugins/meta.ts`:
- Line 2: Update runPluginCli’s bundled CLI invocation to set
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coderabbitai · 2026-09-23T20:24:19Z

+	const visibleCommands = commands.filter((c) =>
+		audiences.includes(audienceOf(c)),
+	);


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Reject a disabled child before running its parent.

If a public command has only an internal child, this filter removes the child. The parent then has no children in the routing tree. When a user invokes the internal child, routeCommand treats its name as a positional argument and can run the public parent instead of returning Unknown command. Preserve enough information to reject a disabled path before positional-argument fallback.

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Replaces nearest-tag-wins: if any group or command in a path is internal, that path is internal, and a public tag further down can't re-expose it. Commands count as nodes too, so an internal command hides commands nested under it rather than letting their names fall through to the parent as arguments.

The Plugins page installs, uninstalls, enables and disables plugins by shelling out to the bundled CLI, and `plugins` is now internal. Staff without SUPERSET_CLI_AUDIENCE in their shell would get installs that report success but never provision skills. Stopgap until SUPER-2435 moves this logic in-process and removes the shell-out.

* docs: weekly update for PRs merged 2026-09-23 to 2026-09-30 Source of truth: live Notion SOP "Weekly Docs Update (automation SOP)". Window: merged:>=2026-09-23 (139 PRs). PRs through the morning of 09-23 were covered by #7771. Changes - Pages: no auto-open on publish (#7790); page links and URL links split into their own settings (#7916, #7962, #7946); Listening agents menu with per-row stop and Add listening agent (#7724, #7820, #7919); globe on the Share button (#7766); Report on public pages (#7886); agents offer a page (#7759). Files: pages.mdx, cli/cli-reference.mdx. - Settings moves: Links replaced by Browser and Files & Editor (#7916, #7962). Files: editor.mdx, terminal-integration.mdx, customization.mdx. - Editor: inline rename and drag to move (#7692), Auto Save (#7693, #7916), open and save files outside the workspace (#7897, #7982), Copy as Markdown (#7591), per-pane error screen (#7983). File: editor.mdx. - Terminal copy follows Ghostty's whitespace rules (#7868). File: terminal-integration.mdx. - Agents: UFO (#7898); GPT-6 Astra, Sonnet 5.5, retiring GPT-5.5, retired GPT-5.4/5.3 Codex (#7783, #7894, #7935). Files: agent-integration.mdx, cli/cli-reference.mdx. - Host: superset start --daemon --auto-update and update-lock permission errors (#7735, #7952). Files: cli/host-server.mdx, cli/cli-reference.mdx. - Removed the mcp CLI section and the Connected Service Plugins section: #7776 made plugins/mcp internal, the Plugins page is staff-flagged, and apps/docs/AGENTS.md keeps internal commands out. Files: skills.mdx, cli/cli-reference.mdx. - Slack page unfurls and details panel (#7817, #7821, #7914, #7957). File: use-with-slack.mdx. - Workspaces: instant creation with background naming (#7518); recoverable project deletion (#7896). File: workspaces.mdx. - Shortcuts: prev/next workspace includes Pinned and wraps (#7851); ⌘B collapses the sidebar to a rail (#7964). File: keyboard-shortcuts.mdx. - Ship controls and open-in button moved to the right sidebar strip (#7958). Files: diff-viewer.mdx, use-with-ide.mdx. Deliberately skipped - Cloud workspaces/environments/sandboxes (flag-gated, AGENTS.md rule): #7784 #7795 #7824 #7840 #7844 #7845 #7847 #7849 #7850 #7858 #7861 #7863 #7874 #7911 #7913 #7918 #7922 #7931 #7932 #7937 #7956 #7961 #7969 #7981 #7637 #7794 #7789 #7838 (its CLI docs already shipped in the PR). - Staff-only plugins: #7912 Sentry plugin, #7716, #7727, #7955. - Already documented in their own PRs: #7917, #7921. - Removed feature never documented: #7796 Google Calendar triggers. - Agents chip remove/revert/default-off, never documented: #7870 #7871 #7872. - Billing/backend policy with no docs surface: #7947, #7812, #7786, #7792, #7798, #7761, #7948, #7949, #7951, #7827. - Reverted security trio: #7828 #7829 #7830 (reverted by #7834). - Fixes restoring expected behavior: #7683 #7696 #7707 #7743 #7751 #7756 #7764 #7765 #7781 #7788 #7791 #7823 #7825 #7833 #7837 #7852 #7857 #7860 #7864 #7865 #7869 #7873 #7897-covered #7903 #7938 #7980 #7943 #7964-chrome. - Mobile (no docs page): #7746 #7747 #7748 #7749 #7750 #7782 #7793 #7810 #7814 #7816 #7889 #7968. - Marketing, internal docs, CI, version bumps: #7651 #7744 #7752 #7771 #7774 #7776-infra #7777 #7785 #7811 #7818 #7822 #7826 #7834 #7884 #7885 #7895 #7909 #7933 #7934 #7942 #7944 #7965 #7966. Validation: bun run --cwd apps/docs typecheck, bun run lint:fix, bun run lint (exit 0), Vale on 13 changed files (0 errors, 0 warnings), git diff --check. * chore: log weekly docs update follow-ups * docs: tighten review findings in the weekly update Only the page creator can stop or add listening agents. On focus change also saves on window blur, and Auto Save pauses on conflicts. Taken-down pages do not unfurl. Model picker coverage matches agent-models.ts.

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