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Provide system alias mapping for Search CLI. Invoke this skill when user mentions "Search CLI", "search_cli", or tries to execute search_cli commands.

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Search CLI Alias Mapping

When to Use

Invoke this skill when the user refers to the CLI tool as "Search CLI" or "search_cli", to ensure the correct underlying binary (vs) is executed.

Preconditions

  • The agent is about to execute a CLI command based on the user's "Search CLI" intent.

Commands

  • No specific commands are required; this is a conceptual mapping.

Workflow

  • Intercept the intent to run search_cli.
  • Translate the intent to use the vs binary (or its absolute path).
  • Execute the mapped command.

Customer Environment Principle

  • In customer environments, assume repository source code is unavailable.
  • Execute tasks using only the installed skills, the packaged vs CLI surface (--help, command output, and observed runtime behavior), and explicit user-provided information.
  • Do not rely on reading local repository source files, generated repo snapshots, or implementation details to decide runtime actions.
  • If the installed CLI behavior conflicts with a skill, trust the installed CLI behavior first.
  • If the skills and the packaged CLI still do not provide enough information to proceed safely, stop and ask the user instead of searching source code.

Constraints

  • Before executing any mapped concrete vs ... command, first consult vs-product-qa to verify the current command surface, required flags, payload fields, input format, and allowed values. Only after that check may you finalize parameters and run the command.
  • Never execute a command literally named search_cli.
  • Always use the vs prefix and VIKING_ environment variables.
  • If alias resolution or mapped CLI execution fails and the user asks a product concept, capability, API field, console UI path, purchase, billing, or general troubleshooting question outside alias mapping, temporarily hand off to vs-product-qa; return to this workflow only after the grounded product answer is complete.

Examples

  • When user says: "Use search_cli to auth login"

  • You should execute: vs auth login (or the absolute path like /path/to/vs-macos-arm64 auth login)

  • When user says: "Check search_cli doctor"

  • You should execute: vs doctor

Always keep this mapping in mind when interacting with the CLI tool in this workspace.