@tikoci/centrs 0.1.3 → 0.1.4

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,6 +8,45 @@ documenting cross-cutting shifts that affect contributors and consumers.
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## 0.1.4 — 2026-08-31
+
+Preview release. `@tikoci/centrs@0.1.4` on npm's `next` tag.
+
+### Added
+
+- **Offline `explain` is now a real CLI and library surface.** It analyzes
+  RouterOS commands and scripts without a router, CDB, or network connection,
+  returning canonical structure, diagnostics, write-shape and transport
+  classification, optional `curl` rendering, symbols, value-shape hints, and a
+  gapless token partition. Try it with
+  `bunx @tikoci/centrs@next explain '/ip/address print' --json`.
+- **Generated RouterOS structure evidence.** Pinned inspect trees and
+  MikroTik's published CLI Reference now help distinguish known menus from
+  commands while preserving the fail-closed rule: missing catalog entries never
+  become rejections, schema claims, or runtime-acceptance claims.
+- **Named quickchr targets.** Router-facing commands can resolve an ephemeral
+  quickchr instance with `--quickchr <name>` through the shared target-provider
+  path.
+
+### Changed
+
+- **Offline analysis is substantially more precise and robust.** Grounded
+  handling now covers RouterOS comments, escapes, operators, arrays, value
+  shapes, path context, and flow-sensitive symbol-to-value references; bounded
+  traversal and shared statement indexes keep large inputs near-linear.
+- **Release and QA coverage is broader.** Recency-aware RouterOS channel
+  selection, long-term-version expectations, generated-artifact drift checks,
+  corpus gates, and faster local Git gates make the published preview easier to
+  reproduce and audit.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **Validation now reads RouterOS `:parse` results instead of accepting the
+  transport round-trip alone**, and retrieve errors retain the rejected
+  parameter. Parser, catalog, cross-platform QA, and MAC-Telnet edge cases were
+  also hardened.
+- **The npm package now carries the MIT license text.**
+
 ## 0.1.3 — 2026-07-06
 
 Patch release. `@tikoci/centrs@0.1.3`.

package/GLOSSARY.txt

@@ -93,9 +93,12 @@ cwd
 datagram
 davidanson
 DDNS
+dialable # an endpoint a client can actually connect to (advertised AND reachable)
 defconf
 demux
 demuxes
+desync # a highlight stream whose token count != input length, so classes line up against the wrong characters
+desynced
 dogtail
 donny
 dotenv
@@ -125,6 +128,8 @@ keystream
 KSA
 KVM
 LDTP
+LFS # Git Large File Storage. The pinned corpus blob is NOT stored through it,
+    # which is why a plain raw.githubusercontent GET returns the real bytes.
 librouteros # <https://github.com/haakonnessjoen/librouteros-api>
 LLDP
 lsp-routeros-ts
@@ -163,6 +168,7 @@ rosetta
 routeros
 routeros-skills
 rsc # RouterOS script / export file extension (.rsc)
+rstp # Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol; a RouterOS `protocol-mode=` value on /interface/bridge
 SARIF # Static Analysis Results Interchange Format; CodeQL's code-scanning analysis download format
 scp
 scriptability
@@ -206,6 +212,7 @@ webproxy
 WinAppDriver
 winbox
 Wireshark
+workstream
 workstreams
 XCUI
 XDG
@@ -269,6 +276,9 @@ choco
 coderabbit
 coderabbitai
 
+# GitHub account Codex review threads are authored under (see pr-review-bots).
+mobileskyfi
+
 # centrs domain vocabulary
 # %identity: the device /system/identity; a centrs CDB comment *lookup key*
 #   (`identity=`) used to resolve `<router>`. Human handle, deliberately may
@@ -370,6 +380,10 @@ CSI
 SIGWINCH
 # evl: RouterOS :parse renders a parsed command as "(evl ...)" on the console.
 evl
+# putmessage/globalname: RouterOS :parse IL statement heads — ":put x" echoes back
+# as "(evl /putmessage=x)", ":global n v" as "(evl /globalname=$n;value=v)" (GH#230).
+putmessage
+globalname
 # unconfigured: a freshly-flashed RouterOS device with no IP — the mac-telnet use case.
 unconfigured
 unwired
@@ -397,6 +411,7 @@ Weierstrass
 # ndjson: newline-delimited JSON; the stream / btest output contract (one envelope per line).
 ndjson
 # allocate-udp-ports-from: /tool/bandwidth-server base of the UDP data-port range.
+allocate-udp-ports-from
 # srp5: the "5" suffix of EC-SRP5 (the MikroTik EC-SRP variant).
 srp5
 # SRV: the server-endpoint test variable in commands/btest/examples.md.
@@ -505,3 +520,201 @@ sfo
 ele
 GPX
 Geolocation
+unparseable
+Unparseable
+versionless
+
+# explain canonicalizer (phase-0 lab #185, commands/explain) vocabulary.
+#   SUT: "system under test" — the phase-0 lab's throwaway parser, scored
+#   against a `:parse` IL / highlight oracle; the ratified behavior is what the
+#   production modules under src/explain promote. CJK: the Chinese/Japanese/
+#   Korean Unicode range, used as a non-ASCII coordinate/segmentation fixture.
+#   pathresolve / blocktree: the Q3-Q4 / Q2 lab probe names, carried into the
+#   src/explain module + fixture names. klass: `class` is reserved, so the
+#   resolution feature-class field is `klass`. tostr / tostrvalue: the RouterOS
+#   `:tostr` directive and its IL-lowered form `/tostrvalue`. eworm: a corpus
+#   script author (eworm/*.rsc) cited as grounding for scope-name findings.
+#   rextended: another corpus script author, cited for the Q14 nested-bracket
+#   ambient-context case (a user function establishes no menu). ppp: the RouterOS
+#   /ppp menu, in the Q14 corner proving a `$` inside a `~` FILTER argument does
+#   not make the menu unreadable. strfind: a corpus user function in that corner.
+#   verbsplit: the Q6 verb/menu-boundary lab probe name, carried into the
+#   src/explain module + fixture names. myvar: the RouterOS example variable in
+#   the Q6 `:global myvar` collision corner (a positional operand indistinguishable
+#   from a sub-menu offline).
+#   failclosed: the ratified Q16 navigation arm name (the two arms that priced it
+#   stayed in the lab). notadirective: the Q16 fixture's deliberately unseen root
+#   directive, pinning that an unknown directive abstains rather than reading as
+#   harmless control flow.
+#   RouterOS root cmds (scripting directives) enumerated from /console/inspect and
+#   frozen in src/explain/write.ts as the closed ROOT_CMDS vocabulary — jobname,
+#   rndnum, rndstr, tobool, tocrlf, toid, toip, tolf, tonsec, tonum, totime.
+#   lte: the RouterOS /interface lte menu, cited in the Q16 long-tail-verb corner.
+#   dyn: the `$dyn` variable in the Q14 cascade corners — a dynamic-headed
+#   statement, which is context-NEUTRAL and must not poison the menu context.
+#   symbols (Q13): cls — the resolved variable-class field on a symbol occurrence
+#   (`class` is reserved, same reason as klass). sigilled: written with the `$`
+#   sigil, the schema-free tell that separates a variable from a directive or a
+#   menu-path segment. ERRVAR: the `:onerror NAME` error-variable slot (S18).
+#   unmodeled / distinguisher: the closure-scope finding — the lab left the rule
+#   unmodeled because a depth counter has no scope identity, and the statement
+#   head is the only distinguisher between a function `do={}` and a control-flow
+#   one. Corner variable names quoted from the device probes and corpus scripts:
+#   vlanid, vlanbytes, ipprefix, octive (the `$octive-1` name-vs-operator case),
+#   lppp (the device documentation's own `variable-undefined` example).
+#   lookback: the backward scan that decides whether a `{` follows `do=`; it must
+#   accept exactly the escapes the forward walker does, or the two disagree about
+#   where the argument name ends and a function body stops being a closure.
+#   tangentsoft: the maintainer/site (tangentsoft.com/mikrotik) behind the third
+#   corpus collection — 35 genuine `/export show-sensitive terse` device captures
+#   imported for the #203 genre census, and the corpus's only wholly-terse
+#   export stratum.
+SUT
+CJK
+parseil # lsp-routeros-ts corpus table of captured `:parse` IL, per script per RouterOS version
+pathresolve
+blocktree
+klass
+tostr
+tostrvalue
+eworm
+rextended
+tangentsoft
+ppp
+strfind
+verbsplit
+myvar
+failclosed
+notadirective
+jobname
+rndnum
+rndstr
+tobool
+tocrlf
+toid
+toip
+tolf
+tonsec
+tonum
+totime
+lte
+dyn
+cls
+sigilled
+ERRVAR
+unmodeled
+distinguisher
+vlanid
+vlanbytes
+ipprefix
+octive
+lppp
+lookback
+
+# RouterOS menu vocabulary reached by the explain menu table (#207).
+# The generated table itself (src/explain/menus.ts) is cspell-ignored; these are
+# the terms that also appear in hand-written prose and tests.
+# %cliref: docs-derived RouterOS command reference in rosetta
+#   (experiments/cliref.db). A second opinion on node types, NOT a source for
+#   the menu table: its paths interleave the docs slug with the CLI path.
+cliref
+hotspot
+igmp
+ipfix
+keymat
+pmp
+pptp
+sstp
+wlan
+zerotier
+cuu # `/terminal cuu` (cursor up) — a RouterOS command that reads as a bare menu path, so the table refuses it (#210)
+
+# Hardware-gated RouterOS surfaces named when explaining why a published path is
+# absent from a CHR-derived inspect tree (#228). No CHR carries these.
+FDB # forwarding database — `/interface/ethernet/switch/{unicast,multicast,reserved}-fdb`, switch-chip only
+MSRP # Stream Reservation Protocol (TSN) — `/interface/bridge/msrp`, gated by `conditions: MSRP_ENABLE`
+PTP # Precision Time Protocol — `/system/ptp`, gated by `syscap: ptp`
+syscap # a CLI-Reference applicability gate naming the hardware/system capability a path requires (`poe`, `lcd`, `multiswitch`, `nochr`)
+
+# explain ANALYSIS/ORACLE vocabulary — not RouterOS menu names. These name the
+# lab's measurement machinery and the properties it measures, and belong apart
+# from the menu block above even though both arrived with the explain work.
+importability # whether a document RouterOS emitted can be re-imported (#203 oracle level L2)
+menuctx # the IL (`:parse`) statement type for menu navigation, as against `cmd` — the native nav-vs-command oracle (#210)
+
+# #202c-1 argument-lexer vocabulary: one analysis term, plus the RouterOS names
+# that appear verbatim in the corpus lines `test/unit/explain-args.test.ts`
+# fixtures. The corpus lines are real forum scripts and are quoted rather than
+# paraphrased, so their spellings are data, not prose.
+renderable # of a statement: covered by a tested REST mapping rule, so `--curl` may render it (#202c-2)
+wifiwave # `/interface wifiwave2` — the pre-7.13 RouterOS wifi menu, renamed `wifi` (drift the corpus carries)
+nomaster # from a corpus line where two arguments ran together (`disabled=nomaster-interface=wifi1`); pinned as the first-`=`-splits case
+CAINFO # `AT#CAINFO?` — an LTE modem AT command in a corpus `/interface/lte/at-chat` line
+vzwinternet # Verizon LTE APN name, from a corpus `/interface lte apn add` line
+rtr # short device name in an explain test input
+
+
+# #228 path-catalog vocabulary: the CLI-Reference definition-module segments the
+# alias allowlist maps away, the published gate values, and the prose terms used
+# to describe the union. The generated table itself is cspell-ignored.
+chancfg # caps-man definition module for `/caps-man/channel` — a doc spelling, not a CLI path
+dpathcfg # caps-man definition module for `/caps-man/datapath`
+ifaceactual # caps-man definition module for `/caps-man/actual-interface-configuration`
+ratescfg # caps-man definition module for `/caps-man/rates`
+remoteap # caps-man definition module for `/caps-man/remote-cap`
+seccfg # caps-man definition module for `/caps-man/security`
+ifaces # CLI-Reference definition module for `/tool/graphing/interface`
+datapath # `/caps-man/datapath` — the real CLI menu behind `dpathcfg`
+easymesh # `/interface/wifi/easymesh` — the doc spelling of `/interface/wifi/wps-push-button`
+wps # Wi-Fi Protected Setup — `/interface/wifi/wps-push-button`
+qos # switch-chip quality of service — `/interface/ethernet/switch/qos`, a real menu segment R1 must never drop
+qca # Qualcomm Atheros — the `wireless-qca` package gate
+multiswitch # syscap gate: more than one switch chip
+oldswitch # syscap gate: the pre-Prestera switch-chip menu shape
+smips # RouterOS architecture (single-core MIPS), named in `conditions:` gates
+mmips # RouterOS architecture (multi-core MIPS), named in `conditions:` gates
+CRS # MikroTik Cloud Router Switch — carries the switch-chip menus no CHR has
+CCR # MikroTik Cloud Core Router
+superlinear # growth faster than linear, used for resolveDocument wall-clock on separator-free input (#248)
+stmts # `explainCommand` corpus measurement: statement count (shorthand for `statements`)
+argCandidates # `explainCommand` corpus measurement: arg-bearing candidates
+argReadable # `explainCommand` corpus measurement: readable statements
+ungated # of a published path: carrying no package/conditions/syscap that would explain its absence from a tree
+unioned # of the two sources: merged with per-entry provenance rather than flattened
+unioning # the act of the above
+greppable # of a generated table: one entry per line, so `grep` finds a path
+apos # the `&apos;` XML entity, decoded by the CLI-Reference parser
+
+# #285 CLI-Reference reshape vocabulary: the second published inventory, and the
+# gate values on the paths that publish twice.
+llms # `llms.txt` — MikroTik's published page inventory; the only one listing the `<dir>/<basename>` leaf a branching menu's own entry lives on, so discovery is the union of it and the sitemap
+musicswitch # syscap gate: the Marvell-era switch-chip menu shape — one half of the `/interface/ethernet/switch` pair published under two gates
+rbswitch # syscap gate: the RouterBOARD switch-chip menu shape — the other half of that pair
+prestera # Marvell Prestera switch chip — named in the `crs_prestera` syscap gate on `/interface/ethernet/switch/qos`
+xfrm # `/interface/xfrm` — the IPsec transform interface, and the one published path with no gate anywhere in its ancestry to explain its absence from a CHR tree
+btrfs # the Linux B-tree filesystem, a `/disk/btrfs/...` menu on RouterOS 7.20+
+
+# #255 operator-axis vocabulary: the device-grounded operator surface.
+arities # plural of arity — the operand counts an operator accepted, which is what separates `(> 1)` (deferred expression) from `(2 > 1)` (comparison)
+typeofvalue # RouterOS IL renders `[:typeof $x]` as `/typeofvalue=$x` — the directive and its argument name run together with no separator
+juxt # short for juxtaposition — the unnamed ` (  a b)` node RouterOS builds for space-separated paren contents; used in ids like `any-juxt`
+punct # short for punctuation — the shape class for a candidate spelling made of symbol bytes, as opposed to a word; used in the `bogus-punct` control id
+gapless # of a token partition: every byte in [0, input.bytes) belongs to exactly one token, sorted by start, no gaps (#289 B1)
+SCIP # Source Code Intelligence Protocol — the symbol-identity axis for `data.tokens[]`'s later vocabulary (#264 B5)
+unclassified # the provisional token class for a byte no analyzer claims; a first-class answer in the gapless partition (#289 B1)
+
+# #290 B2 operator-fill test vocabulary
+xand
+andx
+alnum
+wpa # `security.authentication-types=wpa2-psk` — a wifi argument name whose interior dot the operator fill must not read as concatenation
+psk # pre-shared key — the value half of the same grounded `wpa2-psk` example
+
+# #293 B2 arg-fill vocabulary
+retag # B5 may retag the `=` separator from the provisional `arg` class without moving byte coverage
+
+# #239 S2 flow-sensitive symbol→value
+occ # short for occurrence — local variable in symbol-values flow analysis
+vid # short for valueId — result-local value occurrence identifier (v0, v1)
+idx # short for index — loop/event index in flow merging
+mis # prefix in mis-linking — hyphenated in comments for symbol-values guard

package/LICENSE

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2026 TIKOCI GitHub Organization
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.

package/README.md

@@ -4,12 +4,21 @@
 CLI (with MCP, TUI, and HTTP proxy frontends planned) for talking to MikroTik
 RouterOS devices through a regularized, validated interface.
 
-Preview builds are published on npm. To inspect the CLI without installing it:
+Preview builds are published on npm. To try the current offline analyzer without
+installing centrs or connecting to a router:
 
 ```bash
-bunx @tikoci/centrs --help
+bunx @tikoci/centrs@next explain '/ip/address print' --json
 ```
 
+Use `bunx @tikoci/centrs@next --help` to inspect the full preview CLI. The
+explicit `@next` matters: `0.1.x` preview releases do not move npm's `latest`
+tag.
+
+The full flag reference for every command is generated from the CLI metadata
+into [`docs/CLI.md`](docs/CLI.md); per-command behavior lives in
+`commands/<name>/README.md`.
+
 It is a **friendly conduit**, not a high-level configuration abstraction. It
 helps humans and agents reach RouterOS over the right protocol, with the right
 credentials and ports, and validates RouterOS-shaped commands before running
@@ -17,9 +26,12 @@ them. It does **not** hide RouterOS behind helpers like `createVlanOnBridge()`
 — you still speak RouterOS. Validation and structured diagnostics are the
 product; without them this would just be a worse `curl`.
 
-> **Status:** early npm preview, active development. `@tikoci/centrs` is
-> published on npm, but command flags and envelopes may still change before a
-> stable release. Check current dist-tags with
+> **Status:** early npm preview under active development. It is not
+> production-ready: expect bugs and breaking changes before 1.0, and exercise
+> router-writing workflows on lab or disposable targets first. Offline
+> `explain` does not contact a router, but its analysis is intentionally
+> conservative and never proves that RouterOS will accept a command at runtime.
+> Check current dist-tags with
 > `npm view @tikoci/centrs dist-tags --json`. The library, device registry, and
 > first MCP server phases are CHR-verified; the CLI is wired (`coded`);
 > encrypted-CDB writes are still blocked, and the TUI/proxy frontends are planned.
@@ -35,8 +47,10 @@ product; without them this would just be a worse `curl`.
   SSH / MAC-Telnet / RoMON / WinBox Terminal for interactive and L2 execute;
   MNDP for discovery. centrs picks the protocol for you (and lets you pin one
   with `via=` or `--via`).
-- **Commands:** every command resolves a *target* — a router you name on the
-  CLI — to a real address, credentials, and a protocol, then runs.
+- **Commands:** every router-facing command resolves a *target* — a router you
+  name on the CLI — to a real address, credentials, and a protocol, then runs.
+  (Local commands — `devices`, `settings`, `discover`, and `explain`'s offline
+  mode — need no router.)
 
 | Command    | Purpose |
 | ---------- | ------- |
@@ -45,6 +59,7 @@ product; without them this would just be a worse `curl`.
 | `api`      | Structured RouterOS API passthrough (gh-api style): one command per operation, structured in/out, can write, over REST or native API. Open-ended follow is `api … --stream` (native API; NDJSON). |
 | `terminal` | Open an interactive console, primarily SSH or MAC-Telnet. |
 | `check`    | Probe reachability and management protocol availability. |
+| `explain`  | Analyze a RouterOS command before running it: canonical form, syntax diagnostics, and what is valid at a path. Offline analysis runs today; the live-device probes are designed. |
 | `devices`  | View and maintain the CDB-backed device registry (the only writer). |
 | `discover` | Discover MNDP neighbors and optionally save them into the CDB. |
 | `settings` | Manage centrs's own settings (`centrs.env`, `__default__`) and run first-time setup. |
@@ -184,7 +199,7 @@ roadmap.
 
 Requirements:
 
-- Bun 1.3.11 or newer (CI pinned to 1.3.13; Bun 2.x not yet validated).
+- Bun 1.3.11 or newer (CI pinned to 1.3.14; Bun 2.x not yet validated).
 - Git.
 - For integration tests: QEMU plus `@tikoci/quickchr` (handles CHR image
   download and boot).
@@ -204,6 +219,19 @@ Generated API docs through TypeDoc:
 bun run build:doc:api
 ```
 
+The `explain` censuses measure a RouterOS script corpus that lives in
+[`tikoci/lsp-routeros-ts`](https://github.com/tikoci/lsp-routeros-ts), not in
+this repo. `scripts/corpus-pin.json` records which snapshot centrs measures
+against — a commit plus the blob's sha256 — and `corpus:fetch` downloads and
+verifies it. A sibling `lsp-routeros-ts` checkout is used when present, and the
+censuses print the source and hash they used:
+
+```bash
+bun run corpus:fetch          # download the pinned snapshot, verify its sha256
+bun run explain:corpus-census # genre census (#203)
+bun run explain:value-census  # value-surface census (#225)
+```
+
 ## Done definition (short version)
 
 A feature is done when every line in `commands/<name>/examples.md` is green on

package/commands/AGENTS.md

@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ Each `commands/<name>/` holds the **executable spec** for one command:
   the matching `test/integration/<name>.test.ts`; example N ↔ assertion N. This
   is what `CHR-passed` is measured against.
 
+**Implemented** flags are generated from `CliCommandMetadata` into
+`docs/CLI.md` (`bun run docs:cli`; drift-gated in CI) — a command README keeps
+behavior prose plus a "Designed, not implemented" table for spec-only flags,
+never a duplicate table of implemented flags.
+
 Do not restate the constitution here or in a command README — link to
 `docs/CONSTITUTION.md` for envelope, errors, settings precedence, target
 selection, and protocol selection. The identity/CDB **resolution depth** (lookup
@@ -19,7 +24,8 @@ README's "Status" line must agree with it.
 ## Verb vocabulary
 
 Commands are centrs **verbs** (`retrieve`, `execute`, `api`, `devices`,
-`discover`, `check`, `terminal`, `settings`), never one tool per RouterOS command. Open-ended follow
+`discover`, `check`, `explain`, `terminal`, `settings`), never one tool per
+RouterOS command. Open-ended follow
 is folded into `api --stream` (no separate `stream` verb). Sub-verbs and their
 aliases are canonical across CLI / API / MCP:
 

package/commands/api/README.md

@@ -57,24 +57,25 @@ when a bare-collection `POST` carries create-looking fields.
 
 ## Flags
 
-| Flag | Behavior |
-| ---- | -------- |
-| `-X` / `--method <verb>` | HTTP method, default `GET`, case-insensitive. |
-| `-f <key=value>` | String field, repeatable; assembled into the JSON body. Values pass through verbatim (no type-guessing). |
-| `-d` / `--data <json>` | Raw JSON request body. Collides with `-f` → `usage/conflicting-flags`. |
-| `--input <file\|->` | Read the raw JSON body from a file or stdin (`-`). |
-| `--query` / `--filter <expr>` | RouterOS-side row filter, AND-combined, repeatable. `name=value` (eq), `name!=value` (ne), `name>value`/`name<value` (cmp), `name` (has-property). Maps to REST `.query` words / native `?` words. |
-| `--raw-query <word>` | Verbatim RouterOS query word (repeatable) for OR / absence / stack expressions — e.g. `--raw-query type=ether --raw-query type=vlan --raw-query '#\|'` (OR). Emitted as-is; the caller owns the stack. |
-| `--attribute` / `--proplist <a,b>` | Property projection → `.proplist`. |
-| `--raw` | Strip the envelope; emit bare RouterOS JSON. Implies `--validate=false`; does **not** imply `--yes`. |
-| `--yes` | Confirm a mutating (non-read) request in non-interactive runs. |
-| `--stream` (alias `--listen`) | Native-api-only open-ended follow → NDJSON stream of envelopes, ending with a summary envelope. Inferred from a `/listen` endpoint. `--via rest-api --stream` errors `transport/capability-unsupported` (REST's 60 s cap cannot follow). |
-| `--duration <dur>` / `--count <n>` | Bound a `--stream`: stop after a wall-clock window / after N frames. |
-| `--validate[=false]` | Default `true`. Gate is `/console/inspect` (see Validation). |
-| `--via <protocol>` | `rest-api` (default) or `native-api`. No silent downgrade. |
-| `--format <json\|yaml\|text>` | Output format. Defaults to `json` for `api` (machine-first); `CENTRS_FORMAT` overrides. Under `--stream`, `json`/`yaml` emit one compact envelope per line (NDJSON); `text` emits a concise row per frame. |
-| `--group <name>` / `--where <attr>=<value>` / `--near <lat>,<lon>,<radius>` / `--bbox <south>,<west>,<north>,<east>` / `--all` / `--default` / `--concurrency <n>` | Multi-target fan-out (see below). Repeatable `--group`/`--where`; `--near`/`--bbox` select by device GPS (lat-first; see constitution: target selection). The union de-dupes by CDB record index. |
-| target/auth | `--host`, `--port`, `--username`/`--user`/`-u`, `--password`, `--insecure`, `--timeout`, `--cdb-file`, `--cdb-password`, `--resolve <none\|arp>` — same single-target resolver as `retrieve`/`execute`. |
+Implemented flags are generated from the CLI metadata into
+[`docs/CLI.md` → api](../../docs/CLI.md#api); this file does not duplicate
+that table, and `api` has no designed-but-unimplemented flags. Behavior notes
+the generated reference cannot carry:
+
+- `-f` values pass through verbatim (no type-guessing); `-d`/`--input`
+  collide with `-f` → `usage/conflicting-flags`.
+- `--query`/`--filter` map to REST `.query` words / native `?` words.
+- `--raw-query` is emitted as-is; the caller owns the stack — e.g.
+  `--raw-query type=ether --raw-query type=vlan --raw-query '#|'` (OR).
+- `--via rest-api --stream` errors `transport/capability-unsupported`
+  (REST's 60 s cap cannot follow).
+- Under `--stream`, `--format json`/`yaml` emit one compact envelope per
+  line (NDJSON); `text` emits a concise row per frame.
+- The target/auth flags (`--host`, `--port`, `--username`, `--password`,
+  `--insecure`, `--timeout`, `--cdb-file`, `--cdb-password`, `--resolve`)
+  use the same single-target resolver as `retrieve`/`execute`; `--quickchr`
+  resolves host/port/auth from the live `@tikoci/quickchr` descriptor
+  instead (constitution: resolution providers).
 
 ## Fan-out (multi-target)
 

package/commands/api/examples.md

@@ -426,3 +426,18 @@ The reserved record is a credential fallback, not a connectable router, so its o
 target fails deterministically: inner `ok:false` with
 `error.code=target/unresolved` (never a `transport/dns` attempt on `"__default__"`).
 `data.summary = { total: 1, ok: 0, failed: 1 }`. Exit code 1 (every target failed).
+
+## quickchr targets (#134)
+
+`$NAME` is the machine name of a running quickchr-managed CHR. Host/port/auth
+come from the live descriptor (see `commands/retrieve/examples.md` Q-series).
+Covered by `test/integration/quickchr-target.test.ts`.
+
+### Q1. GET against a quickchr target
+
+```bash
+centrs api --quickchr $NAME system/resource --json
+```
+
+Envelope: `ok: true`, `data` is the resource object,
+`meta.target.source.kind=provider`.

package/commands/btest/README.md

@@ -80,38 +80,27 @@ centrs btest server [--authenticate[=false]] [--user U] [--password P] \
 
 ## Flags
 
-### `btest client <router>`
-
-| Flag | RouterOS analog / default | Notes |
-| ---- | ------------------------- | ----- |
-| `--protocol <udp\|tcp>` | `protocol`, default `udp` | UDP measures raw throughput + loss; TCP measures goodput. |
-| `--direction <receive\|transmit\|both>` | `direction`, default `receive` | `receive` = download (server→client), `transmit` = upload. |
-| `--duration <dur>` | `duration` | Bounds the run; reuses `parseDuration`. Omit for open-ended (Ctrl-C). |
-| `--interval <dur>` | `interval`, default `1s` | Report cadence (`20ms`..`5s`). One report frame per interval. |
-| `--connection-count <n>` | `connection-count` (1..255) | **TCP only.** Parallel TCP data connections. centrs opens the negotiated extra connections (join format grounded against RouterOS 7.23.1) so throughput aggregates across streams. **Authenticated (EC-SRP5) sessions stay single-stream** — the post-auth token is not captured — and emit a `routeros/btest-connection-count-single-stream` warning. |
-| `--local-udp-tx-size <n>` | `local-udp-tx-size` (28..64000) | **UDP only.** Client→server packet size. |
-| `--remote-udp-tx-size <n>` | `remote-udp-tx-size` (28..64000) | **UDP only.** Server→client packet size. |
-| `--local-tx-speed <bps>` | `local-tx-speed` | Cap on client→server rate (bits/sec). |
-| `--remote-tx-speed <bps>` | `remote-tx-speed` | Cap on server→client rate (bits/sec). |
-| `--random-data` | `random-data`, default off | Incompressible payload (defeats link compression; CPU-heavier). |
-| `--user` / `--password` | `user` / `password` | Fall back to CDB / `CENTRS_*`. Required when the server has `authenticate=yes`. |
-| `--port <n>` | — (default `2000`) | Control port override. |
-| `--format <text\|csv\|json\|yaml>` | — (default `text`) | `text` = live human reports; `csv` = streaming CSV records; `json`/`yaml` = final summary envelope. |
-| `--csv` | — | Shortcut for `--format csv`. |
-
-### `btest server`
-
-| Flag | RouterOS analog / default | Notes |
-| ---- | ------------------------- | ----- |
-| `--authenticate[=false]` | `authenticate`, **default `true`** | Require EC-SRP5 auth; `--authenticate=false` accepts anonymous clients. |
-| `--user` / `--password` | — | The accepted credential when `authenticate=true` (v1: one user). Falls back to `CENTRS_*`. |
-| `--bind <addr>` | **centrs-only** | Listen address; **default `127.0.0.1`**. Use `0.0.0.0` to expose on the LAN. |
-| `--port <n>` | — (default `2000`) | Control-connection port. |
-| `--allocate-udp-ports-from <n>` | `allocate-udp-ports-from` | Base of the UDP data-port range; default `2001` (just above the TCP/2000 control port). |
-| `--max-sessions <n>` | `max-sessions` (1..1000), default `100` | Concurrent test cap; further clients get `routeros/btest-too-many-sessions`. |
-| `--duration <dur>` | — | Optional auto-stop; otherwise runs until Ctrl-C. |
-| `--format <text\|csv\|json\|yaml>` | — (default `text`) | `text` = human session log; `csv` = streaming CSV records; `json`/`yaml` = final summary envelope. |
-| `--csv` | — | Shortcut for `--format csv`. |
+Implemented flags are generated from the CLI metadata into
+[`docs/CLI.md` → btest](../../docs/CLI.md#btest) — one table for both
+subcommands, with `(client)`/`(server)` markers scoping each flag; "did you
+mean?" hints are scoped to the active mode. This file does not duplicate that
+table. Behavior notes the generated reference cannot carry:
+
+- Flag names mirror the RouterOS analogs verbatim (`protocol`, `direction`,
+  `local-udp-tx-size`, `connection-count`, `authenticate`,
+  `allocate-udp-ports-from`, …); centrs-only additions are `--bind`, `--port`,
+  the shared `--format`/`--csv`, and the CDB credential flags.
+- `--direction receive` = download (server→client), `transmit` = upload.
+- `--connection-count` is TCP-only; **authenticated (EC-SRP5) sessions stay
+  single-stream** — the post-auth token is not captured — and emit a
+  `routeros/btest-connection-count-single-stream` warning (see Open
+  questions).
+- `--user`/`--password` fall back to CDB / `CENTRS_*`; required when the
+  server has `authenticate=yes`. On the server they are the accepted
+  credential (v1: one user).
+- Option ranges (`28..64000` UDP sizes, `1..255` connections, `20ms..5s`
+  interval, `1..1000` sessions) are validated before any socket opens (see
+  Errors).
 
 ## How it works
 

package/commands/check/README.md

@@ -197,6 +197,11 @@ triggered/enrichment checks; `--fast` suppresses progressive triggers.
 
 ## Flags
 
+The whole command is spec-tier (`designed` — nothing is implemented yet), so
+this table is the design, not a reference; once `check` lands, its
+implemented flags will be generated into `docs/CLI.md` like every other
+command's.
+
 | Flag | Behavior |
 | ---- | -------- |
 | `--preset <name>` | `reach` / `health` (default) / `exposure` / `full`. |
@@ -243,7 +248,7 @@ RouterOS commands vary by version and arch, so a check must not blow up on a
 device that lacks the path it reads. `resource` runs first and yields the **live**
 version / arch / board; the orchestrator pre-flights each remaining check's
 `requires` paths against that live value (falling back to the stored
-`routeros_version` derived fact, or one batched `/console/inspect` when neither is
+`version` derived fact, or one batched `/console/inspect` when neither is
 conclusive), and marks an unsupported check `ran:false` with
 `skipReason:"unsupported-on-<version>"` — a graceful skip, not a raw protocol
 error. Grounding is offline-first against restraml's historic `inspect.json`

package/commands/discover/README.md

@@ -53,17 +53,11 @@ tested without a router (crafted packet fixtures + a loopback socket).
 
 ## Flags and defaults
 
-| Flag             | Default       | Meaning                                              |
-| ---------------- | ------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
-| `--timeout`      | `15s`         | Listen window before results are returned. First refresh is sent immediately. |
-| `--save`         | off           | Persist discovered neighbors into the CDB.           |
-| `--group`        | `discovered`  | First-class CDB group assigned to saved entries.     |
-| `--port`         | `5678`        | UDP port to bind for MNDP.                            |
-| `--cdb-file`     | resolved CDB  | CDB path override for `--save`.                      |
-| `--cdb-password` | env/none      | Decrypt an encrypted CDB; also used to re-encrypt on `--save`. |
-| `--format`       | `text`        | `text`, `json`, or `yaml`; renders the same envelope. |
-
-`--save` without `--timeout` uses the default 15s window.
+Implemented flags (with their defaults) are generated from the CLI metadata
+into [`docs/CLI.md` → discover](../../docs/CLI.md#discover); this file does
+not duplicate that table. The first refresh is sent immediately, so the
+`--timeout` listen window (default 15s) bounds the wait, and `--save` without
+`--timeout` uses the same default window.
 
 Bare `centrs discover` is **read-only** — it returns the envelope and never
 writes the (WinBox-shared) CDB; `--save` is the explicit opt-in. When it finds