[repository-quality] Repository Quality Improvement Report — Cobra Example Field Migration & Help Text Completeness

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🎯 Repository Quality Improvement Report - Cobra Example Field Migration & Help Text Completeness

Analysis Date: 2026-06-12
Focus Area: Cobra Example Field Migration & Help Text Completeness
Strategy Type: Custom (random=33, 60% tier)

Executive Summary

Auditing the 40+ cobra command definitions across pkg/cli/ reveals that zero commands use the cobra-standard Example: field. All examples are embedded inside Long: as inline prose sections. This is non-idiomatic and blocks future cobra/doc documentation generation. A secondary gap: env get and env update subcommands (pkg/cli/env_command.go) have no Long: description at all — users see only a single-sentence Short: when running --help, with no explanation of default file paths, scope semantics, or flag interaction rules.

Both issues carry zero logic risk to fix and have clear acceptance criteria.

Metrics Collected:

Metric	Value	Status
Cobra command files in pkg/cli/	41	✅
Commands using Example: field (cobra standard)	0	❌
Commands with examples embedded in Long:	~22	⚠️
env subcommands missing Long:	2 (get, update)	⚠️
cobra/doc generator present in repo	No	⚠️

Analysis Details & Current State

All 22+ commands that include usage examples use an inline hand-written "Examples:\n" header inside their Long: field, e.g.:

• pkg/cli/logs_command.go lines 51–97: 30+ annotated example lines in Long:
• pkg/cli/audit.go lines 70–85: 12 example lines mixed with prose in Long:
• pkg/cli/add_command.go lines 62–75: 8 example lines using CLIExtensionPrefix in Long:

The env get and env update subcommands (pkg/cli/env_command.go:133,161) have only a Short: field. The update command has 6 flags (--scope, --dry-run, --yes, --repo, --org, --enterprise) with non-obvious interaction rules, none of which are documented in Long:.

Impact: cobra/doc.GenMarkdownTree() reads from cmd.Example, not from prose in Long:. If documentation generation is added, all 22+ commands produce empty Examples sections. The inline pattern also makes examples harder to extract and test programmatically.

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🤖 Tasks for Copilot Agent

NOTE TO PLANNER AGENT: Split the following tasks into individual work items.

Improvement Tasks

Task 1: Add Long: + Example: to env get and env update

Priority: High
Estimated Effort: Small
Focus Area: Help Text Completeness

Description: In pkg/cli/env_command.go, add Long: descriptions and Example: fields to newDefaultsGetCommand() and newDefaultsUpdateCommand(). For get: explain the file.yml default path, that --scope defaults to repo, and when --org is needed. For update: explain file.yml default, that --scope is required, and what --dry-run/--yes do. Each command needs ≥3 example invocations in an Example: field using string(constants.CLIExtensionPrefix).

Acceptance Criteria:

• newDefaultsGetCommand() has Long: (≥3 sentences) and Example: (≥3 invocations)
• newDefaultsUpdateCommand() has Long: (≥3 sentences) and Example: (≥3 invocations)
• go build ./... passes
• gh aw env get --help shows prose then a distinct Examples: section

Code Region: pkg/cli/env_command.go

In `pkg/cli/env_command.go`, add `Long:` and `Example:` fields to `newDefaultsGetCommand()` (line ~133) and `newDefaultsUpdateCommand()` (line ~161).

For `get`, the Long should explain: default output is file.yml (overridable via positional arg); --scope defaults to repo; --org required when scope=org unless inferrable from --repo.

For `update`, the Long should explain: default input is file.yml; --scope is required; --dry-run previews without applying; --yes skips confirmation.

Both get an `Example:` field using `string(constants.CLIExtensionPrefix)` prefix, ≥3 examples each with comment annotations.

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Task 2: Migrate logs_command.go Examples from Long: to Example: Field

Priority: High
Estimated Effort: Small
Focus Area: Cobra Example Field Migration

Description: pkg/cli/logs_command.go has 30+ example invocations in its Long: field (lines ~51–97) under a hand-written "Examples:\n" header. Move the entire examples block into the Example: field on the cobra.Command struct, leaving only prose in Long:.

Acceptance Criteria:

• Long: contains no "Examples:" header and no gh aw ... example lines
• Example: field has all examples with two-space indentation
• go build ./... passes; gh aw logs --help shows Examples: section after flags

Code Region: pkg/cli/logs_command.go:33-97

In `pkg/cli/logs_command.go`, the cobra.Command `Long:` field (line ~33) contains an `"Examples:"` section from approximately line 51 to 97 with ~30 example invocations.

1. Remove everything from `"Examples:\n"` to the end of the `Long:` backtick string
2. Add an `Example:` field to the cobra.Command with the same lines, two-space indented
3. Preserve all `string(constants.CLIExtensionPrefix)` concatenations exactly
4. `go build ./...` must pass

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Task 3: Migrate audit.go and add_command.go to Example: Field

Priority: Medium
Estimated Effort: Small
Focus Area: Cobra Example Field Migration

Description: Apply the same Long:→Example: migration to pkg/cli/audit.go (13 CLIExtensionPrefix refs in Long:, lines ~70–85) and pkg/cli/add_command.go (8 CLIExtensionPrefix refs in Long:, lines ~62–75).

Acceptance Criteria:

• Both files: Long: has prose only, Example: has all example invocations
• go build ./... passes; --help for each shows Examples: section

Code Region: pkg/cli/audit.go:47-90, pkg/cli/add_command.go:54-145

In `pkg/cli/audit.go` and `pkg/cli/add_command.go`, find the `"Examples:"` header inside `Long:`, cut everything from that header to the end of the string, and add it as a new `Example:` field on the cobra.Command. Two-space indent, preserve CLIExtensionPrefix concatenation.

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Task 4: Batch-Migrate Remaining ~18 Commands to Example: Field

Priority: Medium
Estimated Effort: Medium
Focus Area: Cobra Example Field Migration

Description: After Tasks 2 & 3 establish the pattern, apply the same Long:→Example: refactor to all remaining commands with embedded examples: add_wizard_command.go, audit_diff_command.go, checks_command.go, completion_command.go, deploy_command.go, domains_command.go, experiments_command.go (3 sub-commands), fix_command.go, forecast_command.go, hash_command.go, health_command.go, init_command.go, list_workflows_command.go, outcomes_command.go, tokens_bootstrap.go, update_command.go, upgrade_command.go, validate_command.go, view_command.go.

Acceptance Criteria:

• grep -rn '"Examples:' pkg/cli/*.go | grep -v _test returns zero results in Long: strings
• go build ./... and go test ./pkg/cli/... pass

Code Region: pkg/cli/ — all *_command.go files listed above

For each command file listed, extract the `"Examples:"` block from `Long:` into a separate `Example:` field. Two-space indent, preserve CLIExtensionPrefix concatenation, each sub-command in experiments_command.go gets its own Example: field. Verify: `go build ./...` and `go test ./pkg/cli/...` pass.

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📊 Historical Context

Previous Focus Areas (last 5)

Date	Focus Area	Type	Custom
2026-06-11	Benchmark Infrastructure Completeness	Custom	Y
2026-06-10	Security	Standard	N
2026-06-09	Context Propagation (reuse)	Reuse	N
2026-06-08	Compiler Error Hint Rendering Gap	Custom	Y
2026-06-05	Large File Refactoring (reuse)	Reuse	N

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🎯 Recommendations

Immediate (This Week)

1. Task 1: Add Long: + Example: to env get/env update — High priority, small effort

Short-term (This Month)

1. Tasks 2–3: Migrate logs_command.go, audit.go, add_command.go — High/Medium
2. Task 4: Batch-migrate remaining ~18 commands — Medium

Long-term (This Quarter)

1. Add cobra/doc documentation generation target to Makefile — Low priority

📈 Success Metrics

• Example: field coverage: 0/40+ → 40+/40+ commands
• Commands missing Long:: 2 → 0

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