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[cli-consistency] CLI Consistency Issues - 2026-10-08

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
78/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
go
Domain
cli, documentation

Research direction

Start with docs/src/content/docs/setup/cli.md and the gh aw work-queue help output referenced in the issue; compare nearby utility-command entries and shared flag conventions. Document the experimental command, its listed subcommands and flags, and align the flag definitions or explain any intentional differences. Done when the CLI docs cover work-queue and its options, and the flags match the stated conventions or their exception is documented.

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Description

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Summary

Inspected ~45 top-level commands (plus subcommands, 510 help files) from /tmp/gh-aw/agent/all-help.txt. Found 2 issues: 0 high, 1 medium, 1 low.

Documentation gaps

1. work-queue is not documented in docs/src/content/docs/setup/cli.md (medium)

  • Affected: gh aw work-queue and subcommands cancel-claim, cancel-work, claim, compact, finish, replay, stats, submit-work.
  • CLI output: work-queue Experimental: inspect and update a Git-backed work queue (listed under "Utilities").
  • Actual: every other top-level command has a gh aw <cmd> entry in cli.md; work-queue has none (neither its flags --branch, --claim-id, --work-id, --attempt-id, --run-id, --file).
  • Suggested fix: add a section (marked experimental) under "Utility Commands" covering the subcommands and flags.
Flag-naming inconsistencies

2. work-queue uses non-standard --repo / --json flags (low)

  • Quoted output: 
    --json            Output JSON
--repo string     GitHub repository owner/repo
  • Elsewhere (164 and 116 occurrences respectively): -j, --json Output results in JSON format and -r, --repo string Target repository ([HOST/]owner/repo format). Defaults to current repository.
  • Expected: short flags -j/-r and the standard description wording (or a documented reason for omitting GHES host support).
  • Suggested fix: align work-queue flag definitions with the shared helpers used by other commands.
Inspection metadata
  • Date: 2026-10-08; method: scripted comparison of all flags in per-command help files against cli.md, plus review of flag/description patterns (--engine, --repo, --json, --output).

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