feat(spec): declare command outputs and exit codes

[jdx]

Summary

• add inherited output declarations with text, JSON, and JSONL framing, selectors, defaults, and JSON Schema
• load JSON Schemas from adjacent files with schema file="report.schema.json", resolving relative to the declaring KDL file and tracking them in Spec::sources
• add documented exit-code declarations and expose both result types through derives, generated SDKs, MCP, Markdown, and manpages
• improve completion descriptions for selector choices and cover parsing, inheritance, generation, and conformance behavior

Validation

• mise run ci
• cargo test --all --all-features
• cargo clippy --all --all-features --all-targets -- -D warnings

Performance

• Markdown instruction count: 290,106,859 → 294,926,796 (+1.66%)
• startup instruction count: 876,393 → 875,970 (-0.05%)

The maintainer has accepted the measured Markdown feature cost. The reporting gate has not been changed or bypassed, so that check is expected to remain red.

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Medium Risk
Touches the spec model, KDL round-trip, derive codegen, and generated Python/TypeScript clients, so mismatches in inheritance or writer order could churn specs or SDK APIs. Not auth/security-critical.

Overview
Commands can now declare what they write (output with text/json/jsonl framing, selectors, defaults, hide, and JSON Schema) and what exit codes mean, including CLI-wide inheritance that commands can refine or hide.

The derive, argv tables, and KDL writer keep one document: select fills the format flag’s choices, schemas can be literals, schema_from/schema_fn, or schema file="…" resolved next to the declaring KDL. Completions show per-choice help; MCP describe_command reports folded outputs, selectors, schemas, and exit codes.

Markdown and manpages document outputs and exit status (schemas inlined in markdown, announced only in roff). Generated Python/TypeScript SDKs keep raw exec and add parsed JSON / streaming JSONL methods plus schema constants and exit-code tables.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Define text, JSON, and streaming JSONL outputs with defaults, selectors, visibility, help text, and JSON Schemas, including external schema files.
  • Document exit statuses and inherited command workflows.
  • Generate Python and TypeScript SDK methods for structured results and JSONL streams, including stderr and exit-code handling.
  • Display output formats, schemas, and exit statuses in generated documentation and MCP descriptions.
  • Show descriptions for argument choices during shell completion.

• Bug Fixes

  • Preserve inline argument usage during specification round trips.
  • Improve validation and diagnostics for invalid output and exit-code declarations.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The change adds structured output metadata, selectors, schemas, and exit-code descriptions. It propagates this metadata through specifications, derive generation, conformance, documentation, MCP descriptions, completions, and Python and TypeScript SDKs with JSON and JSONL runtime support.

Changes

Output metadata pipeline

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Specification contracts and resolution argv/src/spec.rs, lib/src/spec/*, lib/src/error.rs	Adds output formats, selectors, schemas, exit codes, inheritance, validation, source tracking, KDL serialization, and public APIs.
Derive and conformance generation derive/src/*, conformance/src/*, conformance/tests/*, xtask/src/shadow.rs	Parses declarations and generates output metadata for root commands and subcommands.
Documentation and MCP rendering lib/src/docs/*, cli/src/cli/*, docs/*	Renders effective outputs, selectors, schemas, and exit statuses in Markdown, manpages, MCP descriptions, completions, and reference documentation.
Structured SDK support lib/src/sdk/*, lib/tests/sdk_compile.rs	Generates Python and TypeScript output methods and types, with JSON and JSONL runtime support, selector-aware arguments, stderr capture, and exit-code propagation.

Estimated code review effort: 5 (Critical) | ~120 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to a7412

This PR adds output and exit-code declarations across parsing, documentation, and generated SDKs. At the current head, generated Python clients can reference missing result types, generated TypeScript clients can emit duplicate identifiers, and selector metadata can make valid commands or included specifications fail to parse; these user-visible build and correctness failures make the PR not merge-ready until fixed.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant CliSpec
  participant SdkGenerator
  participant GeneratedClient
  participant CliRunner
  participant Subprocess
  CliSpec->>SdkGenerator: provide effective outputs and exit codes
  SdkGenerator->>GeneratedClient: generate output methods and schemas
  GeneratedClient->>CliRunner: invoke runJson or runJsonl
  CliRunner->>Subprocess: execute selected command
  Subprocess-->>CliRunner: return JSON, JSONL, stderr, and exit code
  CliRunner-->>GeneratedClient: return structured result or stream

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Poem

A rabbit hops through JSON streams,
With schemas tucked in carrot dreams.
Exit codes line up in rows,
Selectors guide where output goes.
“Parse each line,” the bunny sings.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the PR's primary additions: command output and exit-code declarations.

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Instruction counts

benchmark	trend	instructions	Δ	wall (min)	Δ
markdown	▁▁▁▁▁▁▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█	290,106,859 → 294,926,796	+1.66% ⚠️	25.39 → 26.56ms	+4.59%
startup	▅▅▅▁▁▁▅▅▅▅█▄███▇	876,393 → 875,970	-0.05%	0.91 → 0.88ms	-2.81%

1 benchmark(s) above the 1% gate: markdown +1.66%

_{Only instruction counts gate. Wall clock is shown for context — on identical hardware it moves 4-20% run to run.}

_{Measured by tak — instruction-counted CLI benchmarks, stored in this repository's git notes.}

Shadow comparison

Parsing mise use -g node@20 against a shadow of mise's committed spec.
Reported, not gated: the shadow grows as the derive learns to express more, so
what to watch is the ratio rather than either column.

framework	instructions, cold parse	vs usage
usage	8309	—
argh	6307	0.8x
clap	6315556	760x
bpaf	21908997	2636x

                                              min       p01       p10    median
usage-rs: argv -> struct                      488       497       500       516  ns
argh: argv -> struct                          325       332       337       350  ns
clap: build tree + parse -> struct         513774    514814    519062    534216  ns
bpaf: build parser + parse -> struct      1450424   1450424   1532884   1632703  ns

usage: argv -> struct                             438 ns      0.44 µs
clap: build tree + parse -> struct             541291 ns    541.29 µs
clap: parse -> struct, tree reused              23486 ns     23.49 µs
clap: build tree only                          333309 ns    333.31 µs

_{8a8a340457e7 vs 9c6e11134dd1 · measured on the runner, not pushed to the history.}

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Actionable comments posted: 9

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⚠️ Outside diff range comments (1)

lib/src/sdk/python/mod.rs (1)

553-563: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

client.py does not import CliJsonResult or CliStream, but the generated methods annotate them.

render_client always emits from .runtime import CliResult, CliRunner. The generated per-output methods declare -> CliJsonResult and -> CliStream (lines 859-908). from __future__ import annotations keeps the module importable, so the failure is deferred: typing.get_type_hints raises NameError, and mypy and pyright report undefined names on every generated client that declares an output.

The TypeScript generator already adds CliJsonResult and CliStream to the runtime import when any command declares an output (lib/src/sdk/typescript/wrappers.rs lines 17-27). Apply the same rule here.

🐛 Proposed fix

     w.line("from __future__ import annotations")
     w.line("from typing import Optional");
-    w.line("from .runtime import CliResult, CliRunner");
+    // The JSON and streaming result types only where something declares an output, so a
+    // client with none imports exactly what it did before.
+    if any_outputs(&spec.cmd, spec, package_name) {
+        w.line("from .runtime import CliJsonResult, CliResult, CliRunner, CliStream");
+    } else {
+        w.line("from .runtime import CliResult, CliRunner");
+    }

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In `@lib/src/sdk/python/mod.rs` around lines 553 - 563, Update render_client to
include CliJsonResult and CliStream in the runtime import whenever the command
specification declares outputs, matching the conditional import behavior used by
the TypeScript generator; keep the existing CliResult and CliRunner imports and
avoid importing unused output types.

🧹 Nitpick comments (5)

xtask/src/shadow.rs (1)

545-601: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add a unit test for output/exit_code/select shadow generation.

Every other property group in this file has a dedicated test (the_usage_dialect_carries_the_command_properties, the_usage_dialect_carries_a_flag_effect, and so on). This new branch renders output(...), exit_code(...), and the local-only select guard, but no test exercises it.

Add a test similar to the existing ones: parse a spec with an output that has framing, help, default, hide, select, and schema, plus an exit_code, and assert the generated #[usage(...)] text contains each property. Add a second case where select names a flag declared on an ancestor command, and assert it is reported through Skipped rather than emitted, matching the comment at line 576.

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In `@xtask/src/shadow.rs` around lines 545 - 601, The shadow-generation branch
lacks coverage for command outputs, exit codes, and local-only select handling.
Add unit tests alongside the existing usage-dialect tests that parse a spec
containing output properties framing, help, default, hide, select, and schema
plus an exit_code, then assert each appears in generated #[usage(...)] text; add
a second case with select targeting an ancestor flag and assert it is recorded
in Skipped rather than emitted.

lib/src/spec/cmd.rs (1)

841-852: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

The comment and the condition disagree about mounted outputs.

The comment states that outputs move with the flags, in the way groups do. The groups rule is flags_replaced || !groups.is_empty(). This block replaces outputs only when the incoming list is non-empty. A mounted spec that replaces this command's flags and declares no outputs leaves the mounting command's outputs in place, so the merged command advertises outputs the mounted program does not produce.

Either align the condition with the groups rule, or reword the comment to state the "replace when non-empty" rule that args and examples use.

♻️ Option: follow the flags, as the comment says

-        if !outputs.is_empty() {
+        if flags_replaced || !outputs.is_empty() {
             self.outputs = outputs;
         }
-        if select.is_some() {
+        if flags_replaced || select.is_some() {
             self.select = select;
         }

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In `@lib/src/spec/cmd.rs` around lines 841 - 852, Update the outputs merge
condition in the command merge logic to follow the flags replacement rule:
replace outputs when flags are replaced or incoming outputs are non-empty. Keep
mounted specs that replace flags but declare no outputs from retaining the
previous command’s outputs, and preserve the existing assignments for select and
exit_codes.

lib/src/sdk/typescript/wrappers.rs (1)

413-436: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Add a blank line before each generated output method.

The exec delegate is preceded by w.line("") at line 406. The per-output methods are emitted directly after the previous method's closing brace, so the generated class has no separation between them.

♻️ Proposed change

         for output in &outputs {
+            w.line("");
             let mut doc = Vec::new();

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In `@lib/src/sdk/typescript/wrappers.rs` around lines 413 - 436, Insert an empty
generated line before each per-output method’s JSDoc block in the
output-generation loop, so consecutive output methods are separated just like
the exec delegate. Update the loop around the output documentation emission
without changing the generated method content.

lib/src/sdk/mod.rs (1)

256-272: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

shouty leaves a double underscore for three or more separators in a row.

replace("__", "_") runs once and does not rescan. For an output named a---b, the intermediate value is A___B and the result is A__B. The generated constant name is still valid, so this only affects readability.

A loop, or split plus join, removes the case.

♻️ Proposed simplification

-        .collect::<String>()
-        .trim_start_matches('_')
-        .replace("__", "_")
+        .collect::<String>()
+        .split('_')
+        .filter(|part| !part.is_empty())
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        .join("_")

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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
minimal, and validate.

In `@lib/src/sdk/mod.rs` around lines 256 - 272, Update shouty to collapse any run
of consecutive underscores into a single underscore, including runs produced by
three or more separators; replace the one-pass replace("__", "_") behavior with
a fully collapsing approach while preserving leading-underscore trimming and
uppercase conversion.

lib/src/docs/models.rs (1)

509-530: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

fold_outputs clones each command with its whole subtree, once per node.

path.push(cmd.clone()) copies the command and every descendant. The recursion repeats that for each child, so the total copying grows with depth times tree size. From<crate::Spec> also clones the whole spec before folding. For a large CLI this runs on every markdown and man page render.

Only the declaration fields are read by effective_outputs, effective_select, and effective_exit_codes. Pushing a command whose subcommands map is empty keeps the same result and removes the subtree copies.

♻️ Proposed reduction

-    path.push(cmd.clone());
+    // Only the declarations on the ancestor are read, so the subtree is left behind
+    // rather than copied once per level.
+    let mut ancestor = cmd.clone();
+    ancestor.subcommands = Default::default();
+    path.push(ancestor);

Note that the pushed copy must hold the command's own declarations, before the assignments below it. Keep that order.

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minimal, and validate.

In `@lib/src/docs/models.rs` around lines 509 - 530, Update fold_outputs to push a
lightweight clone of each command containing only its own declaration fields and
an empty subcommands map before assigning effective_outputs, effective_select,
and effective_exit_codes; preserve this ordering so inheritance reads
pre-assignment declarations. Avoid cloning descendant subtrees during recursion,
while keeping the existing traversal and From<crate::Spec> behavior unchanged.

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minimal, and validate.

Inline comments:
In `@cli/src/cli/mcp.rs`:
- Around line 233-238: Update describe to avoid constructing owned_chain by
cloning SpecCommand values; add or use reference-based usage metadata helpers
that accept the existing chain of references, then pass that chain to effective
outputs, select, and exit-code resolution while preserving their current
behavior.

In `@derive/src/codegen.rs`:
- Around line 3769-3860: The output_tokens function currently emits hidden
declarations as visible metadata. Preserve OutputDecl.hide by excluding outputs
marked hidden from the generated outputs collection before constructing
OutputMeta, while retaining visible outputs and their existing metadata
unchanged.

In `@derive/src/model.rs`:
- Around line 1192-1199: Update the guard around Cli::selector_for_field in the
usage parsing logic to reject selectors unless the field’s kind and shape
satisfy Field::takes_value. Preserve selector assignment for value-taking
options, and ensure positional or valueless flag fields with select return the
existing spanned error instead.
- Around line 4345-4363: Propagate the parsed OutputDecl::hide value through
output_tokens into OutputMeta, then have write_outputs serialize it consistently
with SpecOutput.hide so derived metadata can hide inherited outputs. Preserve
the existing bare hide property parsing and default behavior.

In `@lib/src/docs/markdown/templates/cmd_template.md.tera`:
- Around line 118-128: Update the exit-code table rendering in the cmd_template
template so pipe characters in exit_code.help are escaped before interpolation,
preserving valid Markdown table rows while leaving other help text unchanged.

In `@lib/src/sdk/typescript/types.rs`:
- Around line 195-213: Update the per-command exit-code export naming in the
generator around exit_codes_for and shouty so names are derived from the
command’s full path, not only name, while preserving the existing root exit-code
exports. Ensure commands with identical names at different paths produce unique
constants and exit-code types.

In `@lib/src/spec/mod.rs`:
- Around line 728-731: Defer output::resolve_selectors until after all included
documents and parent declarations have been merged, while retaining
flagset::expand in its current position. Ensure nested selectors can reference
parent flags and that materialized choices are computed from the final merged
outputs; if split declarations are unsupported, explicitly reject that
combination and add regression coverage.

In `@lib/src/spec/output.rs`:
- Around line 411-424: Update check_boolean_selectors and its call site so
inherited boolean selectors are validated only when find_selector confirms the
named flag reaches the current command, matching the inherited select handling.
Preserve InvalidOutput for selectors declared directly on the command, and apply
the same filtering in the related logic around the other referenced range.

In `@lib/tests/sdk_compile.rs`:
- Around line 90-124: The fake CLI setup in write_fake_cli is not runnable on
Windows because generated clients spawn the shebang script directly. Make both
runtime checks that depend on this helper skip on Windows, or update the
execution flow to invoke Python explicitly with a Windows-compatible script
path; do not rely only on changing the extension to .cmd or .bat.

---

Outside diff comments:
In `@lib/src/sdk/python/mod.rs`:
- Around line 553-563: Update render_client to include CliJsonResult and
CliStream in the runtime import whenever the command specification declares
outputs, matching the conditional import behavior used by the TypeScript
generator; keep the existing CliResult and CliRunner imports and avoid importing
unused output types.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@lib/src/docs/models.rs`:
- Around line 509-530: Update fold_outputs to push a lightweight clone of each
command containing only its own declaration fields and an empty subcommands map
before assigning effective_outputs, effective_select, and effective_exit_codes;
preserve this ordering so inheritance reads pre-assignment declarations. Avoid
cloning descendant subtrees during recursion, while keeping the existing
traversal and From<crate::Spec> behavior unchanged.

In `@lib/src/sdk/mod.rs`:
- Around line 256-272: Update shouty to collapse any run of consecutive
underscores into a single underscore, including runs produced by three or more
separators; replace the one-pass replace("__", "_") behavior with a fully
collapsing approach while preserving leading-underscore trimming and uppercase
conversion.

In `@lib/src/sdk/typescript/wrappers.rs`:
- Around line 413-436: Insert an empty generated line before each per-output
method’s JSDoc block in the output-generation loop, so consecutive output
methods are separated just like the exec delegate. Update the loop around the
output documentation emission without changing the generated method content.

In `@lib/src/spec/cmd.rs`:
- Around line 841-852: Update the outputs merge condition in the command merge
logic to follow the flags replacement rule: replace outputs when flags are
replaced or incoming outputs are non-empty. Keep mounted specs that replace
flags but declare no outputs from retaining the previous command’s outputs, and
preserve the existing assignments for select and exit_codes.

In `@xtask/src/shadow.rs`:
- Around line 545-601: The shadow-generation branch lacks coverage for command
outputs, exit codes, and local-only select handling. Add unit tests alongside
the existing usage-dialect tests that parse a spec containing output properties
framing, help, default, hide, select, and schema plus an exit_code, then assert
each appears in generated #[usage(...)] text; add a second case with select
targeting an ancestor flag and assert it is recorded in Skipped rather than
emitted.

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• argv/src/spec.rs
• cli/src/cli/complete_word.rs
• cli/src/cli/mcp.rs
• conformance/src/tables.rs
• conformance/tests/output.rs
• conformance/tests/spec_roundtrip.rs
• derive/src/codegen.rs
• derive/src/model.rs
• docs/.vitepress/config.mts
• docs/cli/sdk.md
• docs/spec/reference/cmd.md
• docs/spec/reference/index.md
• docs/spec/reference/output.md
• lib/src/docs/manpage/renderer.rs
• lib/src/docs/markdown/cmd.rs
• lib/src/docs/markdown/templates/cmd_template.md.tera
• lib/src/docs/models.rs
• lib/src/error.rs
• lib/src/lib.rs
• lib/src/sdk/mod.rs
• lib/src/sdk/python/mod.rs
• lib/src/sdk/python/runtime.rs
• lib/src/sdk/typescript/mod.rs
• lib/src/sdk/typescript/runtime.rs
• lib/src/sdk/typescript/types.rs
• lib/src/sdk/typescript/wrappers.rs
• lib/src/spec/arg.rs
• lib/src/spec/cmd.rs
• lib/src/spec/exit_code.rs
• lib/src/spec/mod.rs
• lib/src/spec/output.rs
• lib/tests/sdk_compile.rs
• xtask/src/shadow.rs

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The performance gate measured the Markdown benchmark at 290,106,859 → 295,600,196 instructions (+1.89%, above the 1% gate). Startup improved from 876,393 → 875,961 (-0.05%). I have not weakened or bypassed the gate; the remaining decision is whether to optimize the Markdown path or consciously absorb this feature cost.\n\n_This comment was generated by Codex._

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⚠️ Outside diff range comments (2)

lib/src/spec/mod.rs (2)

124-132: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Include output metadata in Spec::is_empty.

A spec that declares only output, select, or exit_code still returns true from Spec::is_empty. Callers can then treat a non-empty specification as empty.

Proposed fix

         && self.views.is_empty()
         && self.examples.is_empty()
+        && self.outputs.is_empty()
+        && self.select.is_none()
+        && self.exit_codes.is_empty()

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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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In `@lib/src/spec/mod.rs` around lines 124 - 132, Update Spec::is_empty to
consider outputs, select, and exit_codes in addition to the existing fields,
returning false whenever any of these output metadata fields are populated.
Preserve the existing empty-spec behavior when all specification fields,
including these new fields, are empty.

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124-129: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Keep materialized-view selectors aligned with carried flags.

Spec::for_view clones these CLI-wide declarations but removes root globals not listed in view.globals. If a view omits an inherited --format selector, the materialized command can retain effective outputs and cmd.select="--format" without that flag. Generated documentation and SDK metadata can then emit argv that the view cannot parse.

When a view does not carry an output selector flag, recompute or remove the related output metadata, or reject that view configuration. Add a regression test for a view that excludes a CLI-wide selector.

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In `@lib/src/spec/mod.rs` around lines 124 - 129, Update Spec::for_view so when a
view omits the CLI-wide flag referenced by select, it does not retain
incompatible outputs or select metadata: recompute the related output
declarations, remove them, or reject the invalid view configuration. Preserve
aligned outputs and select metadata only when the selector flag is carried, and
add a regression test covering a view that excludes a CLI-wide selector.

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In `@lib/src/spec/mod.rs`:
- Around line 124-132: Update Spec::is_empty to consider outputs, select, and
exit_codes in addition to the existing fields, returning false whenever any of
these output metadata fields are populated. Preserve the existing empty-spec
behavior when all specification fields, including these new fields, are empty.
- Around line 124-129: Update Spec::for_view so when a view omits the CLI-wide
flag referenced by select, it does not retain incompatible outputs or select
metadata: recompute the related output declarations, remove them, or reject the
invalid view configuration. Preserve aligned outputs and select metadata only
when the selector flag is carried, and add a regression test covering a view
that excludes a CLI-wide selector.

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[jdx]

Addressed the remaining CodeRabbit review items in 57f4d28:

• imported structured result types in generated Python clients
• avoided descendant-subtree cloning in docs folding and command cloning in MCP
• added shadow-generation coverage for outputs, exit codes, and selector handling
• aligned mounted outputs/selectors with replaced flags
• separated generated TypeScript output methods and fully collapsed constant-name separators
• added focused regressions for each functional issue, including analogous Python exit-code collisions

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