@rse/specbook 0.9.5 → 0.9.6

package/README.md

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rse/specbook/master/etc/specbook-logo.svg" width="400" align="right" alt=""/>
+<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rse/specbook/master/etc/specbook-logo-blue-light.svg" width="400" align="right" alt=""/>
 
 SpecBook
 ========
@@ -13,22 +13,29 @@ About
 format* which can be configured for the specifications of particular
 contexts through a YAML-based *schema configuration*. SpecBook allows
 specifications to be *initialized*, *linted*, *exported* (JSON, JSON5,
-YAML, TOON, HTML, PDF, and normalized Markdown), *described* to LLMs,
-and LLM-assisted *imported* and *edited* -- through an API class with
-methods `<cmd>()`, a CLI with commands `specbook <cmd>`, and an MCP
-service with tools `specbook_<cmd>()`.
+YAML, TOON, HTML, PDF, and normalized Markdown), and *described* to
+LLMs.
+
+**SpecBook** ships with an API class with methods `<xxx>()`, a
+CLI with commands `specbook <xxx>`, and an MCP service with tools
+`specbook_<xxx>()`.
 
 **SpecBook** provides the following distinct features:
 
-- hierarchical object structure
-- strict Markdown-based input format
-- complex and concise object to Markdown mappings
-- Wiki-style hierarchy-aware object hyperlinks
-- canonical Markdown output format
-- AST-based JSON, JSON5, YAML, and TOON output formats
-- HTML output format for online reading
-- PDF output format for printing and archiving
-- CLI, MCP, and API interfaces
+- Hierarchical Object Model
+- Versatile Object to Markdown Mapping
+- Wiki-Style Object Linking
+- Strict Validation with Custom Schema
+- Object Model Diagram Visualisation
+- CLI, MCP, and API Interface
+- AST Exports for AI/LLMs
+- HTML Export for Developers
+- PDF Export for Customers
+
+Overview Poster
+---------------
+
+[![poster](etc/poster.png)](etc/poster.pdf)
 
 Rendering Example
 -----------------
@@ -45,308 +52,28 @@ Rendering Example
 
 ![screenshot-print](etc/screenshot-print.png)
 
-Specification Format
---------------------
-
-### Artifact Files
-
-A specification consists of Markdown *artifact* files, which are
-scanned recursively from a base directory. Every file has to start with
-a frontmatter block carrying the `Created:` and `Modified:` timestamps
-(format `yyyy-LL-dd HH:mm`):
-
-```
----
-Created:  2026-06-18 10:18
-Modified: 2026-06-18 10:18
----
-```
-
-Every level 1 heading opens a new *artifact*, so usually each file
-carries exactly one. Both ATX headings (`# <text/>`, `## <text/>`, ...)
-and Setext headings (`<text/>` underlined with `===` or `---`) are
-supported.
-
-### Object Model
-
-An artifact carries a tree of *objects*. Every object has a mandatory
-*kind* (e.g. `ENTITY`), a mandatory *name*, a unique anchor *id*
-(explicitly given or derived from the name), an optional *primary*
-marker, optional *properties* (key/value pairs), an optional
-*description* statement with an optional rationale, and optional *child*
-objects. Which kinds, properties, and nestings are allowed is defined by
-the schema configuration (see below); object kinds and property keys are
-case-sensitive and have to be written exactly as configured. Backquotes
-in names and property values are preserved as code markup for rendering,
-but are ignored when matching names, references, and constraints.
-
-Three concrete syntaxes exist:
-
-### Complex Format
-
-Usually used on object hierarchy levels 1-3 (`#`, `##`, `###`). A
-heading opens the object, an optional unordered list carries its
-properties, and the remaining content up to the next heading is its
-description:
-
-```
-#   <kind/>: <name/> (<id/>)
-
--   <key/>: <value/>
--   [...]
-
-<statement/>, BECAUSE <rationale/>.
-```
-
-The heading level directly reflects the nesting level: a `##` object
-becomes a child of the preceding `#` object, a `###` object a child of
-the preceding `##` object, etc. Skipping a level (a heading without a
-parent object on the level above) is an error.
-
-### Concise Format
-
-Usually used on level 4 and deeper. A single unordered list item carries
-the entire object as `;`-separated segments -- the `<kind/>: <name/>`
-head, the `<key/>: <value/>` properties, and the trailing description --
-and may wrap over multiple (indented) lines:
-
-```
--   <kind/>: <name/>; <key/>: <value/>; [...];
-    <statement/>, BECAUSE <rationale/>.
-```
-
-A list item is recognized as a Concise Format object (instead of a
-property of the enclosing object) by carrying at least one `;` on its
-first line. Every segment of the form `<key/>: <value/>` becomes a
-property (unless it contains a ` BECAUSE `), all remaining segments are
-joined into the description. Child objects nest as indented list items
-below their parent item, where key/value items become properties and
-concise items become child objects of that parent:
-
-```
--   <kind/>: <name/>; <key/>: <value/>;
-    <statement/>, BECAUSE <rationale/>.
-    -   <kind/>: <name/>; <key/>: <value/>;
-        <statement/>, BECAUSE <rationale/>.
-```
-
-### Grouped Format
-
-A heading carrying just a *kind* and no `<kind/>: <name/>` pair opens a
-*grouping container* instead of an object. The list items below it are
-Concise Format items whose kind comes from that heading, so they start
-with the (optionally backquoted) name directly:
-
-```
-### <kinds/>
-
--   `<name/>`; <key/>: <value/>; [...];
-    <statement/>, BECAUSE <rationale/>.
-```
-
-The heading kind is singularized by stripping one trailing `S`, so both
-`### STATES` and `### STATE` group objects of kind `STATE`. The grouped
-objects become children of the object the heading is nested under. An
-unquoted name must not contain a `:` (else the item would look like a
-key/value pair) -- backquote it in this case.
-
-When **SpecBook** itself generates specification Markdown, it emits
-the Complex Format on levels 1-3 and the Concise Format from level 4
-upwards. When **SpecBook** edits existing files, it mirrors the format
-each existing object already uses.
-
-### Names, Anchors, and Ids
-
-In all formats, the `<name/>` may carry trailing decorations, in any
-order:
-
--   `{{<id/>}}`: the explicit Wiki-style anchor, setting the object id
-    (e.g. `## ENTITY: Attendee Browser {{attendee}}`).
-
--   `(*)`: the *primary* marker, flagging the object as primary (e.g.
-    the primary attributes of an entity).
-
--   `(<token/>)`: a parenthesized token with three possible roles: on
-    level 1 it becomes the artifact id (e.g. `# SPEC: Data Model (DM)`);
-    on deeper levels it is either accepted as the value of a still
-    missing configured property whose constraint it matches (e.g.
-    `### SCENARIO: Successful Token Login (Main)` satisfying an
-    `enum(Main,Alternative,Exceptional)` property), or else acts as the
-    implicit anchor id.
-
--   `<a id="<id/>"></a>`: an HTML anchor at the very end of a heading,
-    as an alternative to `{{<id/>}}` (emitted by **SpecBook** itself
-    when exporting normalized Markdown).
-
-When no explicit id is given, the id is derived by slugifying the name
-(lowercased, with non-alphanumeric character runs dashed). An explicit
-`{{<id/>}}` anchor always takes precedence over a `(<token/>)` id. When
-the schema configures a fixed `id` for an object, it has to be
-explicitly written in the input, via either `{{<id/>}}` or `(<id/>)`.
-
-### Properties
-
-In the Complex Format, each property is an unordered list item of the
-form `<key/>: <value/>`, whose value may continue on the following
-indented lines of the item (joined with spaces). In the Concise Format,
-each property is a `<key/>: <value/>` segment. A property key may carry
-a trailing parenthesized annotation (e.g. `WHEN (Context)`), which is
-kept for rendering but ignored when matching the key against the schema.
-
-A multi-token convenience exists for pattern-constrained properties:
-when a property value fails its (regex or enum) constraint as a whole,
-but consists of multiple whitespace-separated tokens of which one
-matches the property's own constraint, that token is kept as the value
-and the remaining tokens are distributed (case-insensitively) across the
-other still unset pattern-constrained properties of the object. Tokens
-assignable to no property are reported as errors.
-
-### Descriptions and Rationales
-
-The description of a Complex Format object is all block content below
-its heading (up to the next heading) except the property list:
-paragraphs, blockquotes, ordered lists (e.g. scenario steps), and
-fenced code blocks. A fenced code block
-of language `gradia` is skipped, as it is the derived diagram which
-**SpecBook** itself emits into exported Markdown and which must not
-become authored content on a re-parse. In the Concise Format, the
-description is formed by the non-property segments of the item.
-
-A description is split into its *statement* and *rationale* at the first
-`, BECAUSE ` (or `, **BECAUSE** `) occurrence:
-
-```
-The event is created and configured but not visible to attendees,
-BECAUSE an event needs a private setup phase.
-```
-
-### Wiki-Style References
-
-A `[[<reference/>]]` anywhere in a name, property value, description, or
-rationale is a Wiki-style reference to another object, which is checked
-for unique resolvability and rendered as a hyperlink in the HTML/PDF
-exports. A reference is a `.`-separated path of segments, where each
-segment matches a single object as:
-
--   `<id/>`: the object id or explicit anchor (e.g. `[[attendee]]`)
--   `<name/>`: the object name (e.g. `[[Attendee Browser]]`)
--   `<kind/>:<name-or-id/>`: kind-qualified (e.g. `[[ENTITY:Event]]`)
--   `<kind/>:*` or `*`: wildcards (for match sets, see below)
-
-Each part can be double-quoted to allow spaces, dots, and colons inside
-it (e.g. `[["Vue.js"]]`, whose dot would otherwise be taken as a path
-separator). A multi-segment path matches object chains connected by
-direct parent-to-child steps, where the leading segments up to the root
-may be omitted (e.g. `[[FV.relay]]` matches the object `relay` directly
-below the artifact with id `FV`).
-
-A reference has to resolve to exactly one object: a single-segment
-reference tries the variants (1) id/anchor, (2) name, and (3)
-`<kind/>:<name-or-id/>` in order, where the first variant yielding any
-matches decides; several matches are an ambiguity and zero matches an
-unresolvable reference, both reported by the linter. Wildcard references
-resolve into match *sets* and are used in the schema configuration to
-constrain reference-valued properties (e.g. `[[PERSONA:*]]` or
-`[[DM.ENTITY:*]]`).
-
-### Image Embeddings
-
-A Markdown image `![<alt/>](<file/>)` inside a description or property
-value embeds a local image file, resolved relative to the artifact file:
-SVG files are inlined as-is; PNG/JPEG files are embedded as base64
-`data:` URLs. URLs and other file types are left untouched.
-
-### Normalization
-
-The semantic phase validates the parsed objects against the schema
-configuration (unknown kinds and properties, missing required properties
-and child kinds, and violated value constraints are reported with
-file/line-precise diagnostics) and then normalizes the specification:
-artifacts, child objects, and properties are stably reordered along the
-schema definition, so the exports always present them in their
-configured canonical order.
-
-Schema Configuration
---------------------
-
-The YAML schema configuration (see
-[`ase.specbook.yaml`](smp/ase.specbook.yaml) for a comprehensive
-example) defines which domain-specific objects are allowed: the artifact
-kinds with their `file` mapping on the first level, the object kinds of
-the deeper levels, and their properties with optional value constraints:
-regular expressions `/xxx/`, object references `[[xxx]]`, enumerations
-`enum(xxx,yyy)`, tag sets `tags(xxx,yyy)`, and lists `list(xxx[, ...])`
-of such alternatives. The `file` field is only allowed on the first
-(artifact) level.
-
-An object kind can additionally carry a `diagram` field, which derives a
-[Gradia](https://github.com/rse/gradia) diagram for every object of that
-kind. Its `type` selects the diagram shape (`graph`, `hub`, or `grid`),
-`nodes` and `edges` select the participating objects through
-comma-separated `[[xxx]]` reference patterns (`nodes` defaults to the
-object itself plus all objects below it), `center` names the object a
-`hub` is projected onto (default: `self`), `onlyConnected` drops the
-edge-less nodes of a `graph`, `collapse` (default: `true`) omits a
-degenerated diagram consisting of a single node only, `qualified` labels
-every node with its object kind, `properties` lists the property names
-whose values are attached to the nodes as key/value annotations (with
-every `[[xxx]]` reference stripped to its target object name), and
-`config` passes arbitrary Gradia rendering options (e.g.
-`grid-columns-max: 5`) through to the diagram.
-
-The edges are derived from the `[[xxx]]` references of the node objects
--- from their property values only, or, with `links: all`, from their
-descriptions as well. As the *nesting* of the objects carries no such
-reference, `hierarchy: true` additionally derives a containment edge
-from every node object to each of its child objects which is part of the
-node set. This is what turns a parent object into the hub of its own
-children, as the `TIER` objects of the sample schema configuration
-demonstrate:
-
-```yaml
--   kind: TIER
-    diagram:
-        type: hub
-        center: self
-        hierarchy: true
-```
-
-A `grid` is edge-less by definition and hence accepts neither `edges`
-nor `hierarchy`.
-
-An object kind can furthermore carry a `format` field, which controls
-how the HTML/PDF export renders the child objects of every object of
-that kind. Its `type` selects the rendering: `complex` (nested
-sections), `concise` (compact per-kind tables), or the default `auto`,
-which collapses only the deepest level into tables. Below a `concise`
-object, unconfigured children implicitly stay `concise` and render as
-sub-tables inside the description cells, while an explicitly configured
-`type` is always honored, even a `complex` rendering pressed into a
-cell. `maxTableColumns` (default: `4`) bounds the columns of the compact
-tables below the object (wider groups chunk their properties into
-embedded per-object tables), and `withUnusedProps` (default: `false`)
-unconditionally renders the defined but unused properties of that kind,
-as empty property table lines or table columns. Objects collapsed into
-tables carry no headings and hence leave the table of contents and the
-PDF outline.
-
 Usage
 -----
 
 ### CLI
 
 ```
-$ specbook init     [-v] [-c <yaml-file>] [-b <basedir>]
-$ specbook lint     [-v] [-c <yaml-file>] [-b <basedir>]
-$ specbook export   [-v] [-c <yaml-file>] [-b <basedir>] [-o [<format>:]<output-file>] [...]
-$ specbook describe [-v] [-c <yaml-file>] [-o <markdown-file>]
-$ specbook import   [-v] [-c <yaml-file>] [-b <basedir>] <input-files...>
-$ specbook edit     [-v] [-c <yaml-file>] [-b <basedir>] <query>
+$ specbook init     [-v] -c <yaml-file> [-b <basedir>]
+$ specbook lint     [-v] -c <yaml-file> [-b <basedir>]
+$ specbook export   [-v] -c <yaml-file> [-b <basedir>] [-o [<format>:]<output-file>] [...]
+$ specbook describe [-v] [-c <yaml-file>] [-b <basedir>] [-e] [-o <markdown-file>]
 $ specbook mcp      [-v]
 ```
 
-The base directory `-b`/`--basedir` (default: `.`) is scanned
-recursively for the specification Markdown files, and generated
+The YAML schema configuration `-c`/`--config` is mandatory for `init`,
+`lint`, and `export`, as it determines the specification: exactly the
+artifact files its `file` fields reference are loaded and parsed, all
+other Markdown files below the base directory are ignored. A referenced
+file which is absent is reported, unless all of its artifacts are
+`optional`.
+
+The base directory `-b`/`--basedir` (default: `.`) is the directory the
+referenced artifact files are resolved against, and generated
 specification Markdown files are placed inside it, too.
 
 The export output option `-o`/`--output` (default: `-` for stdout) can
@@ -355,41 +82,44 @@ occur multiple times. The format (`json`, `json5`, `yaml`, `toon`,
 it is explicitly given as a `<format>:` prefix, and plain `-` (stdout)
 defaults to JSON.
 
+The `describe` command outputs the description of the SpecBook models
+and formats. If the configuration file `-c`/`--config` or the base
+directory `-b`/`--basedir` is given, it additionally appends a *SpecBook
+Project Instantiation* section which points to these artifacts of the
+particular project. With `-e`/`--embed` the YAML schema configuration is
+embedded verbatim instead of just being referenced, so the resulting
+document describes the specification format of the project entirely on
+its own.
+
 The default value of every CLI option `--xxx` can be overridden by a
 corresponding `SPECBOOK_XXX` environment variable (e.g.
 `SPECBOOK_BASEDIR`, `SPECBOOK_CONFIG`, `SPECBOOK_OUTPUT`,
-`SPECBOOK_VERBOSE`), while an explicitly supplied option always wins.
+`SPECBOOK_VERBOSE`), while an explicitly supplied option always wins. A
+`SPECBOOK_CONFIG` value also satisfies the otherwise mandatory
+`-c`/`--config` option.
 
 ### API
 
 ```ts
-import { SpecBook } from "@rse/specbook"
+import { SpecBook, renderVerbose } from "@rse/specbook"
 
-const specbook = new SpecBook({ verbose: (msg) => console.error(msg) })
-const result   = await specbook.lint({ config: "smp/ase.specbook.yaml", basedir: "smp/broadcast" })
+const specbook = new SpecBook({
+    verbose: (cmd, msg) => console.error(`specbook: ${cmd}: ${renderVerbose(msg)}`)
+})
+const result = await specbook.lint({
+    config:  "smp/ase.specbook.yaml",
+    basedir: "smp/broadcast"
+})
 ```
 
 ### MCP
 
-Run `specbook mcp` to serve the tools `specbook_init`,
-`specbook_lint`, `specbook_export`, `specbook_describe`,
-`specbook_import`, and `specbook_edit` over stdio.
-
-### AI Configuration
-
-The commands `import` and `edit` use an LLM. The environment variables
-`SPECBOOK_AI_PROVIDER` (`anthropic`, `openai`, `openrouter`, or
-`ollama`) and
-`SPECBOOK_AI_MODEL` provide the defaults, which the CLI options
-`--provider`/`--model` (respectively the MCP/API parameters `provider`/
-`model`) override. The provider API keys come from the standard
-environment variables (`ANTHROPIC_API_KEY`, `OPENAI_API_KEY`,
-`OPENROUTER_API_KEY`), while `ollama` needs no key and uses the local
-Ollama service.
+Run `specbook mcp` to serve the tools `specbook_init`, `specbook_lint`,
+`specbook_export`, and `specbook_describe` over stdio.
 
 License
 -------
 
-Copyright &copy; 2026 Dr. Ralf S. Engelschall (http://engelschall.com/)<br/>
-Licensed under Apache 2.0 (https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0)
+Copyright &copy; 2026 [Dr. Ralf S. Engelschall](http://engelschall.com/)<br/>
+Licensed under [Apache 2.0](https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0)
 

package/dst/specbook-api.d.ts

@@ -1,47 +1,40 @@
 import { renderDiagnostic, renderDiagnosticVerbose, type Diagnostic } from "./specbook-diagnostic.js";
 import { type LintResult } from "./specbook-cmd-lint.js";
 import { parseOutputSpec, formats, type ExportFormat } from "./specbook-cmd-export.js";
+import { literal, renderVerbose } from "./specbook-verbose.js";
+export { literal, renderVerbose };
 export { formats, parseOutputSpec, type ExportFormat };
 export { renderDiagnostic, renderDiagnosticVerbose, type Diagnostic };
 export { type LintResult };
-export type { Specification, Artifact, Object, Description, Property } from "./specbook-struct-spec.js";
-export type { SchemaSpecification, SchemaObject, SchemaProperty } from "./specbook-struct-schema.js";
+export type { Spec, SpecArtifact, SpecObject, SpecDescription, SpecProperty } from "./specbook-format-spec.js";
+export type { Schema, SchemaObject, SchemaProperty } from "./specbook-format-schema.js";
 export declare const version: string;
+export type VerboseSink = (cmd: string, msg: string) => void;
 export interface SpecBookOptions {
-    verbose?: (msg: string) => void;
+    verbose?: VerboseSink;
 }
 export declare class SpecBook {
     private verbose;
     constructor(options?: SpecBookOptions);
+    private verboseOf;
+    private requireConfigFile;
     private requireConfig;
     init(options: {
-        config?: string;
+        config: string;
         basedir?: string;
     }): Promise<string[]>;
     lint(options: {
-        config?: string;
+        config: string;
         basedir?: string;
     }): Promise<LintResult>;
     export(options: {
-        config?: string;
+        config: string;
         basedir?: string;
         formats?: ExportFormat[];
     }): Promise<Buffer[]>;
     describe(options: {
         config?: string;
-    }): Promise<string>;
-    import(options: {
-        config?: string;
         basedir?: string;
-        inputs: string[];
-        provider?: string;
-        model?: string;
-    }): Promise<string[]>;
-    edit(options: {
-        config?: string;
-        basedir?: string;
-        query: string;
-        provider?: string;
-        model?: string;
-    }): Promise<string[]>;
+        embed?: boolean;
+    }): Promise<string>;
 }

package/dst/specbook-api.js

@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ import { renderDiagnostic, renderDiagnosticVerbose } from "./specbook-diagnostic
 import { initSpecification } from "./specbook-cmd-init.js";
 import { lint } from "./specbook-cmd-lint.js";
 import { exportSpecification, parseOutputSpec, formats } from "./specbook-cmd-export.js";
-import { describeConfiguration } from "./specbook-cmd-describe.js";
-import { importSpecification } from "./specbook-cmd-import.js";
-import { editSpecification } from "./specbook-cmd-edit.js";
+import { describeFormat } from "./specbook-cmd-describe.js";
+import { literal, renderVerbose } from "./specbook-verbose.js";
 /*  re-export the central types for API consumers  */
+export { literal, renderVerbose };
 export { formats, parseOutputSpec };
 export { renderDiagnostic, renderDiagnosticVerbose };
 /*  the own version, taken from the package manifest, which resides one
@@ -29,11 +29,20 @@ export class SpecBook {
     constructor(options = {}) {
         this.verbose = options.verbose ?? (() => { });
     }
-    /*  load a mandatory YAML schema configuration, failing on any problem  */
-    requireConfig(file) {
+    /*  bind the verbose sink to a particular command  */
+    verboseOf(cmd) {
+        return (msg) => this.verbose(cmd, msg);
+    }
+    /*  require the file of the mandatory YAML schema configuration  */
+    requireConfigFile(file) {
         if (file === undefined)
             throw new Error("YAML schema configuration required");
-        this.verbose(`loading configuration "${file}"`);
+        return file;
+    }
+    /*  load a mandatory YAML schema configuration, failing on any problem  */
+    requireConfig(file, verbose) {
+        file = this.requireConfigFile(file);
+        verbose(`loading configuration "${literal(file)}"`);
         const { config, diagnostics } = loadConfig(file);
         if (config === null)
             throw new Error("invalid configuration:\n" +
@@ -43,12 +52,14 @@ export class SpecBook {
     /*  initialize the configured specification artifact files
         below the base directory  */
     async init(options) {
+        const verbose = this.verboseOf("init");
         return initSpecification({ ...options,
-            config: this.requireConfig(options.config), verbose: this.verbose });
+            config: this.requireConfig(options.config, verbose), verbose });
     }
     /*  lint the specification Markdown files below the base directory  */
     async lint(options) {
-        return lint({ config: options.config, basedir: options.basedir ?? ".", verbose: this.verbose });
+        return lint({ config: this.requireConfigFile(options.config),
+            basedir: options.basedir ?? ".", verbose: this.verboseOf("lint") });
     }
     /*  export the specification Markdown files below the base directory
         as JSON, JSON5, YAML, TOON, HTML, PDF, or normalized Markdown,
@@ -56,31 +67,23 @@ export class SpecBook {
         requested format (best-effort: diagnostics do not prevent the
         export, as validation is the concern of lint)  */
     async export(options) {
-        const result = lint({ config: options.config, basedir: options.basedir ?? ".", verbose: this.verbose });
+        const verbose = this.verboseOf("export");
+        const result = lint({ config: this.requireConfigFile(options.config),
+            basedir: options.basedir ?? ".", verbose });
         for (const diagnostic of result.diagnostics)
-            this.verbose(`diagnostic: ${renderDiagnostic(diagnostic)}`);
+            verbose(`diagnostic: ${renderDiagnostic(diagnostic)}`);
         if (result.specification.artifacts.length === 0)
             throw new Error("unexportable specification:\n" +
                 result.diagnostics.map(renderDiagnostic).join("\n"));
         const buffers = new Array();
         for (const format of options.formats ?? ["json"])
-            buffers.push(await exportSpecification(result.specification, format, this.verbose, result.config));
+            buffers.push(await exportSpecification(result.specification, format, verbose, result.config));
         return buffers;
     }
-    /*  describe the configured specification format as Markdown  */
+    /*  describe the generic SpecBook models and formats as Markdown,
+        optionally pointing to the artifacts of the particular project  */
     async describe(options) {
-        return describeConfiguration(this.requireConfig(options.config));
-    }
-    /*  import foreign sources into the specification artifact files
-        below the base directory  */
-    async import(options) {
-        return importSpecification({ ...options,
-            config: this.requireConfig(options.config), verbose: this.verbose });
-    }
-    /*  apply an edit request to the specification artifact files
-        below the base directory  */
-    async edit(options) {
-        return editSpecification({ ...options,
-            config: this.requireConfig(options.config), verbose: this.verbose });
+        this.verboseOf("describe")("describing the SpecBook models and formats");
+        return describeFormat(options);
     }
 }