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codemod-cli-tui

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Use when changing Codemod CLI commands, terminal UI, workflow command behavior, auth/login, publish/search/unpublish, init templates, report server, npm CLI wrapper, quiet-mode output, terminal dependencies, or command tests.

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Codemod CLI And TUI

Key Areas

  • Commands: crates/cli/src/commands
  • TUI: crates/cli/src/tui
  • Templates: crates/cli/src/templates
  • CLI helpers: crates/cli/src/utils
  • npm wrapper: crates/cli/npm
  • Report UI: crates/cli/report-ui

Rules

  • The CLI owns all user-facing terminal output for the repo. Other crates and packages must expose structured data, errors, events, reports, or logs for CLI routing.
  • Preserve non-interactive behavior; CI-facing commands must not prompt unexpectedly.
  • Keep command-specific logic in command modules and shared behavior in utils only when reused.
  • TUI/quiet mode must not write workflow logs, prompts, agent output, spinners, or progress directly to stdout/stderr while WorkflowOutputSettings.quiet is true.
  • Direct writes outside CLI-owned output paths can leak to stdout while the TUI is shown or bypass JSONL formatting.
  • Route quiet-mode interaction through workflow/TUI events and task logs.
  • Template changes should update generated package files and user-facing template docs together.
  • npm wrapper changes need wrapper tests because users install through the package, not only the Rust binary.

Validation

  • Rust CLI: cargo test -p codemod
  • npm wrapper: pnpm --filter codemod test
  • Terminal dependency graph: bash ./scripts/check-single-crossterm.sh
  • Report UI build: pnpm --filter codemod-report-ui build