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docs: --set/--del are not available on every create/update

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
73/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
go
Domain
cli, documentation

Research direction

Read docs/claude-skill.md, cmd/harness/noargs.txt, and docs/mutation.md, then compare their create/update guidance with harness update pipeline --help. Scope --set/--del to nouns that support them and state when to use -f; done when the documentation matches the available command options.

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Description

docs/claude-skill.md (lines 23-24, 85) and the root help (cmd/harness/noargs.txt) say create takes -f or --set key=value, and update takes --set/--del or -f. That only holds for nouns that declare mutable fields.

harness update pipeline --help   # only -f/--file, no --set/--del

Fix: scope the --set/--del statement to nouns that support it (check harness update <noun> --help; see docs/mutation.md) and fall back to -f. Alternatively, add --set to update pipeline.

Split out of #369 (item 5).

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