diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 8145378..94fe2da 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { join } from 'node:path';
 import { Command } from 'commander';
 import JSON5 from 'json5';
 import kleur from 'kleur';
+import { resolveCliInvocation } from './lib/cli-args.js';
 import { resolveCredentials } from './lib/cookies.js';
 import { extractTweetId } from './lib/extract-tweet-id.js';
 import { SweetisticsClient } from './lib/sweetistics-client.js';
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ type BirdConfig = {
   sweetisticsBaseUrl?: string;
   allowChrome?: boolean;
   allowFirefox?: boolean;
+  timeoutMs?: number;
 };
 
 function readConfigFile(path: string): Partial<BirdConfig> {
@@ -78,6 +80,18 @@ function loadConfig(): BirdConfig {
 
 const config = loadConfig();
 
+const KNOWN_COMMANDS = new Set([
+  'tweet',
+  'reply',
+  'read',
+  'replies',
+  'thread',
+  'search',
+  'mentions',
+  'whoami',
+  'check',
+]);
+
 program.addHelpText(
   'beforeAll',
   () => `${colors.banner('bird CLI')} ${colors.subtitle('— fast X CLI for tweeting, replying, and reading')}`,
@@ -117,7 +131,8 @@ program
     '--engine <engine>',
     'Engine: graphql | sweetistics | auto',
     process.env.BIRD_ENGINE || config.engine || 'graphql',
-  );
+  )
+  .option('--timeout <ms>', 'Request timeout in milliseconds');
 
 type EngineMode = 'graphql' | 'sweetistics' | 'auto';
 
@@ -146,6 +161,19 @@ function shouldUseSweetistics(engine: EngineMode, hasApiKey: boolean): boolean {
   return hasApiKey; // auto
 }
 
+function resolveTimeoutMs(...values: Array<string | number | undefined | null>): number | undefined {
+  for (const value of values) {
+    if (value === undefined || value === null || value === '') continue;
+    const parsed = typeof value === 'number' ? value : Number(value);
+    if (Number.isFinite(parsed) && parsed > 0) return parsed;
+  }
+  return undefined;
+}
+
+function resolveTimeoutFromOptions(options: { timeout?: string | number }): number | undefined {
+  return resolveTimeoutMs(options.timeout, config.timeoutMs, process.env.BIRD_TIMEOUT_MS);
+}
+
 function detectMime(path: string): string | null {
   const ext = path.toLowerCase();
   if (ext.endsWith('.jpg') || ext.endsWith('.jpeg')) return 'image/jpeg';
@@ -208,6 +236,7 @@ program
   .argument('<text>', 'Tweet text')
   .action(async (text: string) => {
     const opts = program.opts();
+    const timeoutMs = resolveTimeoutFromOptions(opts);
     let media: MediaSpec[] = [];
     try {
       media = loadMedia({ media: opts.media ?? [], alts: opts.alt ?? [] });
@@ -231,6 +260,7 @@ program
         const client = new SweetisticsClient({
           baseUrl: sweetistics.baseUrl,
           apiKey: sweetistics.apiKey,
+          timeoutMs,
         });
         let mediaIds: string[] | undefined;
         if (media.length > 0) {
@@ -265,7 +295,9 @@ program
     }
 
     if (media.length > 0) {
-      console.error('❌ Media uploads are only supported via Sweetistics. Provide SWEETISTICS_API_KEY or --engine sweetistics.');
+      console.error(
+        '❌ Media uploads are only supported via Sweetistics. Provide SWEETISTICS_API_KEY or --engine sweetistics.',
+      );
       process.exit(1);
     }
 
@@ -291,7 +323,7 @@ program
       console.error(`📍 Using credentials from: ${cookies.source}`);
     }
 
-    const client = new TwitterClient({ cookies });
+    const client = new TwitterClient({ cookies, timeoutMs });
     const result = await client.tweet(text);
 
     if (result.success) {
@@ -302,6 +334,7 @@ program
       const fallback = await new SweetisticsClient({
         baseUrl: sweetistics.baseUrl,
         apiKey: sweetistics.apiKey,
+        timeoutMs,
       }).tweet(text);
       if (fallback.success) {
         console.log('✅ Tweet posted via Sweetistics (fallback)!');
@@ -326,6 +359,7 @@ program
   .argument('<text>', 'Reply text')
   .action(async (tweetIdOrUrl: string, text: string) => {
     const opts = program.opts();
+    const timeoutMs = resolveTimeoutFromOptions(opts);
     let media: MediaSpec[] = [];
     try {
       media = loadMedia({ media: opts.media ?? [], alts: opts.alt ?? [] });
@@ -350,6 +384,7 @@ program
         const client = new SweetisticsClient({
           baseUrl: sweetistics.baseUrl,
           apiKey: sweetistics.apiKey,
+          timeoutMs,
         });
         let mediaIds: string[] | undefined;
         if (media.length > 0) {
@@ -384,7 +419,9 @@ program
     }
 
     if (media.length > 0) {
-      console.error('❌ Media uploads are only supported via Sweetistics. Provide SWEETISTICS_API_KEY or --engine sweetistics.');
+      console.error(
+        '❌ Media uploads are only supported via Sweetistics. Provide SWEETISTICS_API_KEY or --engine sweetistics.',
+      );
       process.exit(1);
     }
 
@@ -412,7 +449,7 @@ program
 
     console.error(`📝 Replying to tweet: ${tweetId}`);
 
-    const client = new TwitterClient({ cookies });
+    const client = new TwitterClient({ cookies, timeoutMs });
     const result = await client.reply(text, tweetId);
 
     if (result.success) {
@@ -423,6 +460,7 @@ program
       const fallback = await new SweetisticsClient({
         baseUrl: sweetistics.baseUrl,
         apiKey: sweetistics.apiKey,
+        timeoutMs,
       }).tweet(text, tweetId);
       if (fallback.success) {
         console.log('✅ Reply posted via Sweetistics (fallback)!');
@@ -447,6 +485,7 @@ program
   .option('--json', 'Output as JSON')
   .action(async (tweetIdOrUrl: string, cmdOpts: { json?: boolean }) => {
     const opts = program.opts();
+    const timeoutMs = resolveTimeoutFromOptions(opts);
     const sweetistics = resolveSweetisticsConfig({
       sweetisticsApiKey: opts.sweetisticsApiKey || config.sweetisticsApiKey,
       sweetisticsBaseUrl: opts.sweetisticsBaseUrl || config.sweetisticsBaseUrl,
@@ -460,7 +499,11 @@ program
         console.error('❌ Sweetistics engine selected but no API key provided.');
         process.exit(1);
       }
-      const client = new SweetisticsClient({ baseUrl: sweetistics.baseUrl, apiKey: sweetistics.apiKey });
+      const client = new SweetisticsClient({
+        baseUrl: sweetistics.baseUrl,
+        apiKey: sweetistics.apiKey,
+        timeoutMs,
+      });
       const result = await client.read(tweetId);
       if (result.success && result.tweet) {
         if (cmdOpts.json) {
@@ -499,7 +542,7 @@ program
       process.exit(1);
     }
 
-    const client = new TwitterClient({ cookies });
+    const client = new TwitterClient({ cookies, timeoutMs });
     const result = await client.getTweet(tweetId);
 
     if (result.success && result.tweet) {
@@ -517,9 +560,11 @@ program
       }
     } else if (sweetistics.apiKey) {
       console.error(`⚠️ GraphQL read failed (${result.error}); trying Sweetistics fallback...`);
-      const fallback = await new SweetisticsClient({ baseUrl: sweetistics.baseUrl, apiKey: sweetistics.apiKey }).read(
-        tweetId,
-      );
+      const fallback = await new SweetisticsClient({
+        baseUrl: sweetistics.baseUrl,
+        apiKey: sweetistics.apiKey,
+        timeoutMs,
+      }).read(tweetId);
       if (fallback.success && fallback.tweet) {
         if (cmdOpts.json) {
           console.log(JSON.stringify(fallback.tweet, null, 2));
@@ -551,6 +596,7 @@ program
   .option('--json', 'Output as JSON')
   .action(async (tweetIdOrUrl: string, cmdOpts: { json?: boolean }) => {
     const opts = program.opts();
+    const timeoutMs = resolveTimeoutFromOptions(opts);
     const sweetistics = resolveSweetisticsConfig({
       sweetisticsApiKey: opts.sweetisticsApiKey || config.sweetisticsApiKey,
       sweetisticsBaseUrl: opts.sweetisticsBaseUrl || config.sweetisticsBaseUrl,
@@ -563,7 +609,11 @@ program
         console.error('❌ Sweetistics engine selected but no API key provided.');
         process.exit(1);
       }
-      const client = new SweetisticsClient({ baseUrl: sweetistics.baseUrl, apiKey: sweetistics.apiKey });
+      const client = new SweetisticsClient({
+        baseUrl: sweetistics.baseUrl,
+        apiKey: sweetistics.apiKey,
+        timeoutMs,
+      });
       const result = await client.replies(tweetId);
       if (result.success && result.tweets) {
         printTweets(result.tweets, { json: cmdOpts.json, emptyMessage: 'No replies found.' });
@@ -589,7 +639,7 @@ program
       process.exit(1);
     }
 
-    const client = new TwitterClient({ cookies });
+    const client = new TwitterClient({ cookies, timeoutMs });
     const result = await client.getReplies(tweetId);
 
     if (result.success && result.tweets) {
@@ -599,6 +649,7 @@ program
       const fallback = await new SweetisticsClient({
         baseUrl: sweetistics.baseUrl,
         apiKey: sweetistics.apiKey,
+        timeoutMs,
       }).replies(tweetId);
       if (fallback.success && fallback.tweets) {
         printTweets(fallback.tweets, { json: cmdOpts.json, emptyMessage: 'No replies found.' });
@@ -620,6 +671,7 @@ program
   .option('--json', 'Output as JSON')
   .action(async (tweetIdOrUrl: string, cmdOpts: { json?: boolean }) => {
     const opts = program.opts();
+    const timeoutMs = resolveTimeoutFromOptions(opts);
     const sweetistics = resolveSweetisticsConfig({
       sweetisticsApiKey: opts.sweetisticsApiKey || config.sweetisticsApiKey,
       sweetisticsBaseUrl: opts.sweetisticsBaseUrl || config.sweetisticsBaseUrl,
@@ -632,7 +684,11 @@ program
         console.error('❌ Sweetistics engine selected but no API key provided.');
         process.exit(1);
       }
-      const client = new SweetisticsClient({ baseUrl: sweetistics.baseUrl, apiKey: sweetistics.apiKey });
+      const client = new SweetisticsClient({
+        baseUrl: sweetistics.baseUrl,
+        apiKey: sweetistics.apiKey,
+        timeoutMs,
+      });
       const result = await client.thread(tweetId);
       if (result.success && result.tweets) {
         printTweets(result.tweets, { json: cmdOpts.json, emptyMessage: 'No thread tweets found.' });
@@ -658,16 +714,18 @@ program
       process.exit(1);
     }
 
-    const client = new TwitterClient({ cookies });
+    const client = new TwitterClient({ cookies, timeoutMs });
     const result = await client.getThread(tweetId);
 
     if (result.success && result.tweets) {
       printTweets(result.tweets, { json: cmdOpts.json, emptyMessage: 'No thread tweets found.' });
     } else if (sweetistics.apiKey) {
       console.error(`⚠️ GraphQL thread failed (${result.error}); trying Sweetistics fallback...`);
-      const fallback = await new SweetisticsClient({ baseUrl: sweetistics.baseUrl, apiKey: sweetistics.apiKey }).thread(
-        tweetId,
-      );
+      const fallback = await new SweetisticsClient({
+        baseUrl: sweetistics.baseUrl,
+        apiKey: sweetistics.apiKey,
+        timeoutMs,
+      }).thread(tweetId);
       if (fallback.success && fallback.tweets) {
         printTweets(fallback.tweets, { json: cmdOpts.json, emptyMessage: 'No thread tweets found.' });
       } else {
@@ -689,6 +747,7 @@ program
   .option('--json', 'Output as JSON')
   .action(async (query: string, cmdOpts: { count?: string; json?: boolean }) => {
     const opts = program.opts();
+    const timeoutMs = resolveTimeoutFromOptions(opts);
     const count = Number.parseInt(cmdOpts.count || '10', 10);
     const sweetistics = resolveSweetisticsConfig({
       sweetisticsApiKey: opts.sweetisticsApiKey || config.sweetisticsApiKey,
@@ -702,7 +761,11 @@ program
         console.error('❌ Sweetistics engine selected but no API key provided.');
         process.exit(1);
       }
-      const client = new SweetisticsClient({ baseUrl: sweetistics.baseUrl, apiKey: sweetistics.apiKey });
+      const client = new SweetisticsClient({
+        baseUrl: sweetistics.baseUrl,
+        apiKey: sweetistics.apiKey,
+        timeoutMs,
+      });
       const result = await client.search(query, count);
       if (result.success && result.tweets) {
         printTweets(result.tweets, { json: cmdOpts.json, emptyMessage: 'No tweets found.' });
@@ -728,17 +791,18 @@ program
       process.exit(1);
     }
 
-    const client = new TwitterClient({ cookies });
+    const client = new TwitterClient({ cookies, timeoutMs });
     const result = await client.search(query, count);
 
     if (result.success && result.tweets) {
       printTweets(result.tweets, { json: cmdOpts.json, emptyMessage: 'No tweets found.' });
     } else if (sweetistics.apiKey) {
       console.error(`⚠️ GraphQL search failed (${result.error}); trying Sweetistics fallback...`);
-      const fallback = await new SweetisticsClient({ baseUrl: sweetistics.baseUrl, apiKey: sweetistics.apiKey }).search(
-        query,
-        count,
-      );
+      const fallback = await new SweetisticsClient({
+        baseUrl: sweetistics.baseUrl,
+        apiKey: sweetistics.apiKey,
+        timeoutMs,
+      }).search(query, count);
       if (fallback.success && fallback.tweets) {
         printTweets(fallback.tweets, { json: cmdOpts.json, emptyMessage: 'No tweets found.' });
       } else {
@@ -759,6 +823,7 @@ program
   .option('--json', 'Output as JSON')
   .action(async (cmdOpts: { count?: string; json?: boolean }) => {
     const opts = program.opts();
+    const timeoutMs = resolveTimeoutFromOptions(opts);
     const count = Number.parseInt(cmdOpts.count || '10', 10);
     const sweetistics = resolveSweetisticsConfig(opts);
     const engine = resolveEngineMode(opts.engine);
@@ -769,7 +834,11 @@ program
         console.error('❌ Sweetistics engine selected but no API key provided.');
         process.exit(1);
       }
-      const client = new SweetisticsClient({ baseUrl: sweetistics.baseUrl, apiKey: sweetistics.apiKey });
+      const client = new SweetisticsClient({
+        baseUrl: sweetistics.baseUrl,
+        apiKey: sweetistics.apiKey,
+        timeoutMs,
+      });
       const result = await client.search('@clawdbot', count);
       if (result.success && result.tweets) {
         printTweets(result.tweets, { json: cmdOpts.json, emptyMessage: 'No mentions found.' });
@@ -794,17 +863,18 @@ program
       process.exit(1);
     }
 
-    const client = new TwitterClient({ cookies });
+    const client = new TwitterClient({ cookies, timeoutMs });
     const result = await client.search('@clawdbot', count);
 
     if (result.success && result.tweets) {
       printTweets(result.tweets, { json: cmdOpts.json, emptyMessage: 'No mentions found.' });
     } else if (sweetistics.apiKey) {
       console.error(`⚠️ GraphQL mentions failed (${result.error}); trying Sweetistics fallback...`);
-      const fallback = await new SweetisticsClient({ baseUrl: sweetistics.baseUrl, apiKey: sweetistics.apiKey }).search(
-        '@clawdbot',
-        count,
-      );
+      const fallback = await new SweetisticsClient({
+        baseUrl: sweetistics.baseUrl,
+        apiKey: sweetistics.apiKey,
+        timeoutMs,
+      }).search('@clawdbot', count);
       if (fallback.success && fallback.tweets) {
         printTweets(fallback.tweets, { json: cmdOpts.json, emptyMessage: 'No mentions found.' });
       } else {
@@ -823,6 +893,7 @@ program
   .description('Show which Twitter account the current credentials belong to')
   .action(async () => {
     const opts = program.opts();
+    const timeoutMs = resolveTimeoutFromOptions(opts);
     const sweetistics = resolveSweetisticsConfig({
       sweetisticsApiKey: opts.sweetisticsApiKey || config.sweetisticsApiKey,
       sweetisticsBaseUrl: opts.sweetisticsBaseUrl || config.sweetisticsBaseUrl,
@@ -836,7 +907,11 @@ program
         process.exit(1);
       }
 
-      const client = new SweetisticsClient({ baseUrl: sweetistics.baseUrl, apiKey: sweetistics.apiKey });
+      const client = new SweetisticsClient({
+        baseUrl: sweetistics.baseUrl,
+        apiKey: sweetistics.apiKey,
+        timeoutMs,
+      });
       const result = await client.getCurrentUser();
 
       if (result.success && result.user) {
@@ -878,7 +953,7 @@ program
       console.error(`📍 Using credentials from: ${cookies.source}`);
     }
 
-    const client = new TwitterClient({ cookies });
+    const client = new TwitterClient({ cookies, timeoutMs });
     const result = await client.getCurrentUser();
 
     const credentialSource = cookies.source ?? 'env/auto-detected cookies';
@@ -894,6 +969,7 @@ program
         const fallback = await new SweetisticsClient({
           baseUrl: sweetistics.baseUrl,
           apiKey: sweetistics.apiKey,
+          timeoutMs,
         }).getCurrentUser();
         if (fallback.success && fallback.user) {
           const handle = fallback.user.username ? `@${fallback.user.username}` : '(no handle)';
@@ -962,10 +1038,16 @@ program
     }
   });
 
-// Show help when invoked without any subcommand
-if (process.argv.length <= 2) {
+const rawArgs = process.argv.slice(2);
+const { argv, showHelp } = resolveCliInvocation(rawArgs, KNOWN_COMMANDS);
+
+if (showHelp) {
   program.outputHelp();
   process.exit(0);
 }
 
-program.parse();
+if (argv) {
+  program.parse(argv);
+} else {
+  program.parse();
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/cli-args.ts b/src/lib/cli-args.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b7c8ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/cli-args.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+export type CliInvocation = {
+  argv: string[] | null;
+  showHelp: boolean;
+};
+
+const TWEET_URL_REGEX = /^(?:https?:\/\/)?(?:www\.)?(?:twitter\.com|x\.com)\/[^/]+\/status\/\d+/i;
+const TWEET_ID_REGEX = /^\d{8,}$/;
+
+export function looksLikeTweetInput(value: string): boolean {
+  const trimmed = value.trim();
+  if (!trimmed) return false;
+  return TWEET_URL_REGEX.test(trimmed) || TWEET_ID_REGEX.test(trimmed);
+}
+
+export function resolveCliInvocation(rawArgs: string[], knownCommands: Set<string>): CliInvocation {
+  if (rawArgs.length === 0) {
+    return { argv: null, showHelp: true };
+  }
+
+  const hasKnownCommand = rawArgs.some((arg) => knownCommands.has(arg));
+
+  if (!hasKnownCommand) {
+    const tweetArgIndex = rawArgs.findIndex(looksLikeTweetInput);
+    if (tweetArgIndex >= 0) {
+      const rewrittenArgs = [...rawArgs];
+      rewrittenArgs.splice(tweetArgIndex, 0, 'read');
+      return { argv: ['node', 'bird', ...rewrittenArgs], showHelp: false };
+    }
+  }
+
+  return { argv: null, showHelp: false };
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/sweetistics-client.ts b/src/lib/sweetistics-client.ts
index 8170c8b..3d89fc9 100644
--- a/src/lib/sweetistics-client.ts
+++ b/src/lib/sweetistics-client.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ export interface SweetisticsClientOptions {
   baseUrl: string;
   apiKey: string;
   userAgent?: string;
+  timeoutMs?: number;
 }
 
 export interface SweetisticsTweetResult {
@@ -63,13 +64,15 @@ export class SweetisticsClient {
   private readonly baseUrl: string;
   private readonly apiKey: string;
   private readonly userAgent?: string;
+  private readonly timeoutMs: number;
   // Prevent hanging requests; keep Sweetistics calls snappy for CLI users.
-  private static readonly REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS = 15_000;
+  private static readonly DEFAULT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS = 15_000;
 
   constructor(options: SweetisticsClientOptions) {
     this.baseUrl = normalizeBaseUrl(options.baseUrl);
     this.apiKey = options.apiKey.trim();
     this.userAgent = options.userAgent;
+    this.timeoutMs = options.timeoutMs ?? SweetisticsClient.DEFAULT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS;
     if (!this.apiKey) {
       throw new Error('Sweetistics API key is required');
     }
@@ -310,7 +313,7 @@ export class SweetisticsClient {
           {
             method: 'GET',
             headers,
-          }
+          },
         );
       } catch (error) {
         return { success: false, error: this.normalizeError(error) };
@@ -466,7 +469,11 @@ export class SweetisticsClient {
     return { success: true, tweets };
   }
 
-  async uploadMedia(input: { data: string; mimeType: string; alt?: string }): Promise<{ success: boolean; mediaId?: string; error?: string }> {
+  async uploadMedia(input: {
+    data: string;
+    mimeType: string;
+    alt?: string;
+  }): Promise<{ success: boolean; mediaId?: string; error?: string }> {
     try {
       const response = await this.fetchWithTimeout(`${this.baseUrl}/api/actions/media/upload`, {
         method: 'POST',
@@ -504,8 +511,8 @@ export class SweetisticsClient {
   private async fetchWithTimeout(url: string, init?: RequestInit): Promise<Response> {
     const controller = new AbortController();
     const timeoutId = setTimeout(
-      () => controller.abort(new Error(`Request timed out after ${SweetisticsClient.REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS}ms`)),
-      SweetisticsClient.REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS,
+      () => controller.abort(new Error(`Request timed out after ${this.timeoutMs}ms`)),
+      this.timeoutMs,
     );
 
     try {
diff --git a/tests/cli-args.test.ts b/tests/cli-args.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52da447
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cli-args.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { looksLikeTweetInput, resolveCliInvocation } from '../src/lib/cli-args.js';
+
+describe('cli-args', () => {
+  const known = new Set(['tweet', 'reply', 'read', 'replies', 'thread', 'search', 'mentions', 'whoami', 'check']);
+
+  it('detects tweet URLs', () => {
+    expect(looksLikeTweetInput('https://x.com/user/status/1234567890')).toBe(true);
+    expect(looksLikeTweetInput('http://twitter.com/user/status/1234567890')).toBe(true);
+    expect(looksLikeTweetInput('x.com/user/status/1234567890')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('detects numeric tweet ids', () => {
+    expect(looksLikeTweetInput('1234567890')).toBe(true);
+    expect(looksLikeTweetInput('123')).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('returns help for empty args', () => {
+    const result = resolveCliInvocation([], known);
+    expect(result.showHelp).toBe(true);
+    expect(result.argv).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('rewrites bare tweet url to read command', () => {
+    const result = resolveCliInvocation(['https://x.com/user/status/1234567890'], known);
+    expect(result.showHelp).toBe(false);
+    expect(result.argv).toEqual(['node', 'bird', 'read', 'https://x.com/user/status/1234567890']);
+  });
+
+  it('rewrites bare tweet id to read command', () => {
+    const result = resolveCliInvocation(['1234567890123456789'], known);
+    expect(result.argv).toEqual(['node', 'bird', 'read', '1234567890123456789']);
+  });
+
+  it('preserves leading options before inferred read command', () => {
+    const result = resolveCliInvocation(['--engine', 'sweetistics', 'https://x.com/user/status/1234567890'], known);
+    expect(result.argv).toEqual([
+      'node',
+      'bird',
+      '--engine',
+      'sweetistics',
+      'read',
+      'https://x.com/user/status/1234567890',
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('does not rewrite when a known command is provided', () => {
+    const result = resolveCliInvocation(['read', 'https://x.com/user/status/1234567890'], known);
+    expect(result.argv).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('does not rewrite unknown commands', () => {
+    const result = resolveCliInvocation(['https://example.com'], known);
+    expect(result.argv).toBeNull();
+    expect(result.showHelp).toBe(false);
+  });
+});