fix(help): improve help output

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Peter Steinberger
2026-01-01 16:34:41 +01:00
parent 12c9e4fe88
commit 6a238ed063
3 changed files with 120 additions and 90 deletions
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"build:dist": "tsc && node scripts/copy-dist-assets.js",
"build:binary": "BIRD_VERSION=$(node -p \"require('./package.json').version\") BIRD_GIT_SHA=$(git rev-parse --short=8 HEAD 2>/dev/null || true) bun build --compile --minify --env=BIRD_* src/cli.ts --outfile bird",
"dev": "tsx src/index.ts",
"bird": "pnpm run build:dist && node dist/index.js",
"bird": "pnpm run build:dist && node dist/cli.js",
"test": "vitest run",
"test:watch": "vitest",
"lint": "pnpm run lint:biome && pnpm run lint:oxlint",
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#!/usr/bin/env node
/**
* bird - CLI tool for posting tweets and replies
*
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* bird read <tweet-id-or-url>
*/
import { Command } from 'commander';
import { collectCookieSource, createCliContext } from './cli/shared.js';
import { registerBookmarksCommand } from './commands/bookmarks.js';
import { registerCheckCommand } from './commands/check.js';
import { registerHelpCommand } from './commands/help.js';
import { registerPostCommands } from './commands/post.js';
import { registerQueryIdsCommand } from './commands/query-ids.js';
import { registerReadCommands } from './commands/read.js';
import { registerSearchCommands } from './commands/search.js';
import { registerUserCommands } from './commands/users.js';
import { createProgram, KNOWN_COMMANDS } from './cli/program.js';
import { createCliContext } from './cli/shared.js';
import { resolveCliInvocation } from './lib/cli-args.js';
import { getCliVersion } from './lib/version.js';
const program: Command = new Command();
const rawArgs: string[] = process.argv.slice(2);
const normalizedArgs: string[] = rawArgs[0] === '--' ? rawArgs.slice(1) : rawArgs;
const ctx = createCliContext(normalizedArgs);
const collect = (value: string, previous: string[] = []): string[] => {
previous.push(value);
return previous;
};
const KNOWN_COMMANDS = new Set([
'tweet',
'reply',
'query-ids',
'read',
'replies',
'thread',
'search',
'mentions',
'bookmarks',
'following',
'followers',
'likes',
'help',
'whoami',
'check',
]);
program.addHelpText(
'beforeAll',
() => `${ctx.colors.banner('bird CLI')} ${ctx.colors.subtitle('— fast X CLI for tweeting, replying, and reading')}`,
);
program.name('bird').description('Post tweets and replies via Twitter/X GraphQL API').version(getCliVersion());
const formatExample = (command: string, description: string): string =>
`${ctx.colors.command(` ${command}`)}\n${ctx.colors.muted(` ${description}`)}`;
program.addHelpText(
'afterAll',
() =>
`\n${ctx.colors.section('Examples')}\n${[
formatExample('bird whoami', 'Show the logged-in account via GraphQL cookies'),
formatExample('bird --firefox-profile default-release whoami', 'Use Firefox profile cookies'),
formatExample('bird tweet "hello from bird"', 'Send a tweet'),
formatExample('bird replies https://x.com/user/status/1234567890123456789', 'Check replies to a tweet'),
].join('\n\n')}`,
);
program
.option('--auth-token <token>', 'Twitter auth_token cookie')
.option('--ct0 <token>', 'Twitter ct0 cookie')
.option('--chrome-profile <name>', 'Chrome profile name for cookie extraction', ctx.config.chromeProfile)
.option('--firefox-profile <name>', 'Firefox profile name for cookie extraction', ctx.config.firefoxProfile)
.option('--cookie-timeout <ms>', 'Cookie extraction timeout in milliseconds (keychain/OS helpers)')
.option(
'--cookie-source <source>',
'Cookie source for browser cookie extraction (repeatable)',
collectCookieSource,
[],
)
.option('--media <path>', 'Attach media file (repeatable, up to 4 images or 1 video)', collect, [])
.option('--alt <text>', 'Alt text for the corresponding --media (repeatable)', collect, [])
.option('--timeout <ms>', 'Request timeout in milliseconds')
.option('--quote-depth <depth>', 'Max quoted tweet depth (default: 1; 0 disables)')
.option('--plain', 'Plain output (stable, no emoji, no color)')
.option('--no-emoji', 'Disable emoji output')
.option('--no-color', 'Disable ANSI colors (or set NO_COLOR)');
program.hook('preAction', (_thisCommand, actionCommand) => {
ctx.applyOutputFromCommand(actionCommand);
});
registerHelpCommand(program, ctx);
registerQueryIdsCommand(program, ctx);
registerPostCommands(program, ctx);
registerReadCommands(program, ctx);
registerSearchCommands(program, ctx);
registerBookmarksCommand(program, ctx);
registerUserCommands(program, ctx);
registerCheckCommand(program, ctx);
const program = createProgram(ctx);
const { argv, showHelp } = resolveCliInvocation(normalizedArgs, KNOWN_COMMANDS);
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import { Command } from 'commander';
import { registerBookmarksCommand } from '../commands/bookmarks.js';
import { registerCheckCommand } from '../commands/check.js';
import { registerHelpCommand } from '../commands/help.js';
import { registerPostCommands } from '../commands/post.js';
import { registerQueryIdsCommand } from '../commands/query-ids.js';
import { registerReadCommands } from '../commands/read.js';
import { registerSearchCommands } from '../commands/search.js';
import { registerUserCommands } from '../commands/users.js';
import { getCliVersion } from '../lib/version.js';
import { type CliContext, collectCookieSource } from './shared.js';
export const KNOWN_COMMANDS = new Set([
'tweet',
'reply',
'query-ids',
'read',
'replies',
'thread',
'search',
'mentions',
'bookmarks',
'following',
'followers',
'likes',
'help',
'whoami',
'check',
]);
export function createProgram(ctx: CliContext): Command {
const program: Command = new Command();
program.configureHelp({
showGlobalOptions: true,
});
const collect = (value: string, previous: string[] = []): string[] => {
previous.push(value);
return previous;
};
program.addHelpText(
'beforeAll',
() =>
`${ctx.colors.banner('bird')} ${ctx.colors.muted(getCliVersion())} ${ctx.colors.subtitle(
'— fast X CLI for tweeting, replying, and reading',
)}`,
);
program.name('bird').description('Post tweets and replies via Twitter/X GraphQL API').version(getCliVersion());
const formatExample = (command: string, description: string): string =>
`${ctx.colors.command(` ${command}`)}\n${ctx.colors.muted(` ${description}`)}`;
program.addHelpText(
'afterAll',
() =>
`\n${ctx.colors.section('Examples')}\n${[
formatExample('bird whoami', 'Show the logged-in account via GraphQL cookies'),
formatExample('bird --firefox-profile default-release whoami', 'Use Firefox profile cookies'),
formatExample('bird tweet "hello from bird"', 'Send a tweet'),
formatExample(
'bird 1234567890123456789 --json',
'Read a tweet (ID or URL shorthand for `read`) and print JSON',
),
].join('\n\n')}\n\n${ctx.colors.section('Shortcuts')}\n${[
formatExample('bird <tweet-id-or-url> [--json]', 'Shorthand for `bird read <tweet-id-or-url>`'),
].join('\n\n')}\n\n${ctx.colors.section('JSON Output')}\n${ctx.colors.muted(
` Add ${ctx.colors.option('--json')} to: read, replies, thread, search, mentions, bookmarks, likes, following, followers, query-ids`,
)}\n${ctx.colors.muted(` (Run ${ctx.colors.command('bird <command> --help')} to see per-command flags.)`)}`,
);
program.addHelpText(
'afterAll',
() =>
`\n\n${ctx.colors.section('Config')}\n${ctx.colors.muted(
` Reads ${ctx.colors.argument('~/.config/bird/config.json5')} and ${ctx.colors.argument('./.birdrc.json5')} (JSON5)`,
)}\n${ctx.colors.muted(
` Supports: chromeProfile, firefoxProfile, cookieSource, cookieTimeoutMs, timeoutMs, quoteDepth`,
)}\n\n${ctx.colors.section('Env')}\n${ctx.colors.muted(
` ${ctx.colors.option('NO_COLOR')}, ${ctx.colors.option('BIRD_TIMEOUT_MS')}, ${ctx.colors.option('BIRD_COOKIE_TIMEOUT_MS')}, ${ctx.colors.option('BIRD_QUOTE_DEPTH')}`,
)}`,
);
program
.option('--auth-token <token>', 'Twitter auth_token cookie')
.option('--ct0 <token>', 'Twitter ct0 cookie')
.option('--chrome-profile <name>', 'Chrome profile name for cookie extraction', ctx.config.chromeProfile)
.option('--firefox-profile <name>', 'Firefox profile name for cookie extraction', ctx.config.firefoxProfile)
.option('--cookie-timeout <ms>', 'Cookie extraction timeout in milliseconds (keychain/OS helpers)')
.option('--cookie-source <source>', 'Cookie source for browser cookie extraction (repeatable)', collectCookieSource)
.option('--media <path>', 'Attach media file (repeatable, up to 4 images or 1 video)', collect)
.option('--alt <text>', 'Alt text for the corresponding --media (repeatable)', collect)
.option('--timeout <ms>', 'Request timeout in milliseconds')
.option('--quote-depth <depth>', 'Max quoted tweet depth (default: 1; 0 disables)')
.option('--plain', 'Plain output (stable, no emoji, no color)')
.option('--no-emoji', 'Disable emoji output')
.option('--no-color', 'Disable ANSI colors (or set NO_COLOR)');
program.hook('preAction', (_thisCommand, actionCommand) => {
ctx.applyOutputFromCommand(actionCommand);
});
registerHelpCommand(program, ctx);
registerQueryIdsCommand(program, ctx);
registerPostCommands(program, ctx);
registerReadCommands(program, ctx);
registerSearchCommands(program, ctx);
registerBookmarksCommand(program, ctx);
registerUserCommands(program, ctx);
registerCheckCommand(program, ctx);
return program;
}