altalandi 0.1.1 → 0.3.0

package/README.md

@@ -6,14 +6,18 @@ native wrote it—from your terminal or application. This package provides the
 [Altalandi API](https://altalandi.is) (Node ≥ 18).
 
 ```bash
-# Mint once at https://altalandi.is/portal, then enter it without shell history:
-read -rsp "Altalandi API key: " ALTALANDI_API_KEY; echo
-export ALTALANDI_API_KEY
+npx altalandi login        # once: opens altalandi.is, you sign in or sign up and click "Tengja"
 npx altalandi "Make sure to reach out to us today."
 #  → Hafðu samband við okkur í dag.
 ```
 
-PowerShell 7: `$env:ALTALANDI_API_KEY = Read-Host "Altalandi API key" -MaskInput`.
+`login` stores the key in your config directory (`%APPDATA%ltalandi` on
+Windows, `~/.config/altalandi` elsewhere) and installs the Claude Code skill, so
+afterwards you can just tell Claude *"write this in proper Icelandic with
+Altalandi"*. `altalandi whoami` shows the account and credit; `altalandi logout`
+forgets the key. On servers and in CI, set `ALTALANDI_API_KEY` instead; it takes
+precedence over the stored login. For agents, `--file draft.txt` avoids shell
+quoting entirely.
 
 `stdout` is the refined text (pipe it anywhere); `stderr` carries the 0–100
 nativeness score, the meaning verdict, every API warning, and the diff.
@@ -31,6 +35,27 @@ For an application dependency, install locally and import the package root:
 npm i altalandi
 ```
 
+## Updating
+
+```bash
+altalandi update          # check, then ask before updating
+altalandi update --check  # only report; change nothing
+altalandi --version
+```
+
+`altalandi update` checks npm for a newer version and asks before installing
+it. It works out how you installed the CLI (global, project dependency or `npx`)
+and runs the matching command. If you use Claude Code, it then offers to install
+or refresh the `/altalandi` skill that ships with each version. A skill you have
+edited is backed up before it is replaced.
+
+Nothing changes without your answer. Without a terminal to ask in (agents, CI,
+pipes) it only reports what is available; pass `--yes` when a script already has
+your consent.
+
+Exit codes: `0` up to date or updated · `10` an update is available but was not
+applied · `1` the check or the update failed.
+
 ## JavaScript / TypeScript client
 
 `refineVerified` requests the meaning gate and throws unless the API returns
@@ -114,8 +139,8 @@ the explicit verification opt-out and exits 0 after a successful API response.
 | `ALTALANDI_API_KEY` | — | your key (Bearer). Mint at https://altalandi.is/portal |
 | `ALTALANDI_BASE_URL` | `https://altalandi.is/api` | API base (override for self-hosting) |
 
-MIT licensed. Portal keys share a daily account-level billable-word budget;
-operator-issued keys remain per-key, and key rotation does not reset account
-usage. The request's text and glossary fields are charged at the effective billing-tier
+MIT licensed. Calls are paid from the account's prepaid credit (a 500 kr trial,
+then credit bought in the portal); a call the credit cannot cover exits with the
+server's `402 insufficient_balance` message. The request's text and glossary fields are charged at the effective billing-tier
 weight. Each whitespace-delimited token is at least one unit; an unbroken token
 uses one unit per 20 characters, rounded up.

package/altalandi.mjs

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // altalandi — turn English or stiff/AI Icelandic into native Icelandic from
 // your terminal. Zero dependencies (Node >= 18 has global fetch).
 //
-//   export ALTALANDI_API_KEY=...        # get one at https://altalandi.is
+//   npx altalandi login                 # once: connects this computer to your account
 //   altalandi "Make sure to reach out to us today."
 //   echo "some text" | altalandi --domain marketing
 //
@@ -10,8 +10,67 @@
 // meaning verdict, API warnings, and the diff.
 
 import { refine } from "./client.mjs";
+import { readCredentials, resolveKey, runLogin, runLogout, runWhoami } from "./auth.mjs";
 
 const args = process.argv.slice(2);
+
+// Subcommands and meta flags are handled before anything that needs an API key
+// or input text. `altalandi update` checks for a newer CLI and skill and asks
+// before changing anything.
+let handled = false;
+if (args[0] === "update") {
+  handled = true;
+  const { runUpdate } = await import("./update.mjs");
+  const rest = args.slice(1);
+  if (rest.includes("-h") || rest.includes("--help")) { updateHelp(); process.exit(0); }
+  // exitCode, never process.exit(): the registry request can leave a socket
+  // mid-close, and exiting then aborts Node on Windows with a libuv assertion
+  // (UV_HANDLE_CLOSING). The refine path below exits the same way for the
+  // same reason.
+  process.exitCode = await runUpdate({
+    check: rest.includes("--check"),
+    yes: rest.includes("--yes") || rest.includes("-y"),
+    skillOnly: rest.includes("--skill-only"),
+  });
+}
+if (!handled && ["login", "setup", "logout", "whoami"].includes(args[0])) {
+  handled = true;
+  const rest = args.slice(1);
+  const flag = (name) => { const i = rest.indexOf(name); return i >= 0 ? rest[i + 1] : undefined; };
+  if (args[0] === "login" || args[0] === "setup") {
+    process.exitCode = await runLogin({
+      noBrowser: rest.includes("--no-browser"),
+      noSkill: rest.includes("--no-skill"),
+      baseUrl: flag("--base-url"),
+    });
+  } else if (args[0] === "logout") {
+    process.exitCode = await runLogout();
+  } else {
+    process.exitCode = await runWhoami({ json: rest.includes("--json"), baseUrl: flag("--base-url") });
+  }
+}
+if (!handled && (args.includes("-v") || args.includes("--version"))) {
+  const { currentVersion } = await import("./update.mjs");
+  console.log(await currentVersion());
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+
+function updateHelp() {
+  console.log(`altalandi update — check for a newer version and update if you agree
+
+Usage:
+  altalandi update            check, then ask before updating the CLI and the /altalandi skill
+  altalandi update --check    only report; never change anything
+  altalandi update --yes      update without asking (for scripts that already have consent)
+
+Nothing changes without consent. Without a terminal to ask in (agents, CI,
+pipes) and without --yes, it only reports what is available.
+
+Exit codes: 0 up to date or updated · 10 an update is available but was not
+applied · 1 the check or the update failed.`);
+}
+
+if (!handled) {
 const opts = { domain: "general", register: "neutral", json: false, fast: false };
 const positional = [];
 for (let i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
@@ -23,6 +82,7 @@ for (let i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
   else if (a === "--register") opts.register = args[++i];
   else if (a === "--base-url") opts.baseUrl = args[++i];
   else if (a === "--key") opts.key = args[++i];
+  else if (a === "--file") opts.file = args[++i];
   else positional.push(a);
 }
 
@@ -30,16 +90,27 @@ function help() {
   console.log(`altalandi — native Icelandic from your terminal
 
 Usage:
+  altalandi login                       connect this computer to your account (once)
   altalandi "text to refine"
+  altalandi --file draft.txt            read the text from a file (best for agents)
   echo "text" | altalandi
   altalandi --domain marketing --register warm "text"
 
+Commands:
+  altalandi login      open altalandi.is, sign in or sign up, approve; stores the key
+                       and installs the Claude Code skill (--no-skill, --no-browser)
+  altalandi whoami     show the account and balance behind the stored key
+  altalandi logout     forget the stored key on this computer
+  altalandi update     check for a newer version and update if you agree
+  altalandi --version  print the installed version
+
 Options:
   --domain     general | marketing | data-analysis | childrens-fiction  (default general)
   --register   formal | neutral | warm  (default neutral)
   --fast       no polish, no nativeness score, no meaning gate — normally one writer call
                (structured input can still add a structure-preserving retry)
   --json       print the full JSON response
+  --file       read the text from a UTF-8 file instead of an argument
   --base-url   API base  (default $ALTALANDI_BASE_URL or https://altalandi.is/api)
 
 stdout = refined text; stderr = nativeness / meaning / warnings / diff.
@@ -56,16 +127,23 @@ function readStdin() {
   });
 }
 
-const baseUrl = (opts.baseUrl || process.env.ALTALANDI_BASE_URL || "https://altalandi.is/api").replace(/\/$/, "");
-const key = opts.key || process.env.ALTALANDI_API_KEY || process.env.ALTALANDI_KEY;
+const stored = readCredentials();
+const baseUrl = (opts.baseUrl || process.env.ALTALANDI_BASE_URL || stored?.baseUrl || "https://altalandi.is/api").replace(/\/$/, "");
+const { key } = resolveKey({ flag: opts.key });
 
 if (opts.key) {
   console.error("⚠ --key is deprecated because command arguments can leak through shell history/process listings; load ALTALANDI_API_KEY instead.");
 }
 
-const text = (positional.join(" ").trim()) || (await readStdin()).trim();
+let text = positional.join(" ").trim();
+if (opts.file) {
+  const { readFile } = await import("node:fs/promises");
+  try { text = (await readFile(opts.file, "utf8")).replace(/^/, "").trim(); }
+  catch (e) { console.error(`Could not read ${opts.file}: ${e.message}`); process.exit(2); }
+}
+if (!text) text = (await readStdin()).trim();
 if (!text) { console.error("No input. Pass text as an argument or pipe via stdin.  (altalandi --help)"); process.exit(2); }
-if (!key) { console.error("No API key. Load ALTALANDI_API_KEY securely (masked setup: https://altalandi.is/portal)."); process.exit(2); }
+if (!key) { console.error("Not logged in. Run once:  npx altalandi login   (or set ALTALANDI_API_KEY)"); process.exit(2); }
 
 const requestOptions = {
   apiKey: key,
@@ -118,5 +196,8 @@ try {
   if (verificationFailed) process.exitCode = 3;
 } catch (e) {
   console.error("Request failed:", e.message);
-  process.exit(1);
+  if (e.status === 402) console.error("→ Add credit at https://altalandi.is/portal (automatic top-up is available there).");
+  if (e.status === 401) console.error("→ The key is invalid or revoked. Run:  npx altalandi login");
+  process.exit(e.status === 402 ? 4 : 1);
+}
 }

package/auth.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,215 @@
+// `altalandi login` — connect this computer to an Altalandi account once.
+//
+// Device login, the same pattern as `gh auth login`: the CLI asks the API for a
+// short code, the user opens altalandi.is/tengja, signs in or creates an
+// account, and approves. The CLI then receives a key for that account exactly
+// once and stores it in the user's config directory. The key never passes
+// through a chat, a prompt, the clipboard or shell history.
+//
+// Afterwards every `altalandi` call finds the key on its own, so an agent (the
+// Claude Code skill, a script) needs no environment variable at all.
+//
+// Zero dependencies, like the rest of the CLI.
+
+import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
+import { chmod, mkdir, readFile, rm, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { existsSync, readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { homedir, hostname } from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
+
+import { skillStatus, skillTarget, writeSkill } from "./update.mjs";
+
+export const DEFAULT_BASE_URL = "https://altalandi.is/api";
+
+/** Where the key is stored. ALTALANDI_CONFIG_DIR overrides (tests, CI). */
+export function configDir({ env = process.env, home = homedir(), platform = process.platform } = {}) {
+  if (env.ALTALANDI_CONFIG_DIR) return env.ALTALANDI_CONFIG_DIR;
+  if (platform === "win32") return path.join(env.APPDATA || path.join(home, "AppData", "Roaming"), "altalandi");
+  return path.join(env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME || path.join(home, ".config"), "altalandi");
+}
+
+export function credentialsFile(opts) {
+  return path.join(configDir(opts), "credentials.json");
+}
+
+/** The stored credentials, or null. Never throws. */
+export function readCredentials(opts) {
+  try {
+    const data = JSON.parse(readFileSync(credentialsFile(opts), "utf8"));
+    return data && typeof data.apiKey === "string" && data.apiKey ? data : null;
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+/** Key resolution order: explicit flag, ALTALANDI_API_KEY, stored login. */
+export function resolveKey({ flag, env = process.env, ...opts } = {}) {
+  if (flag) return { key: flag, source: "flag" };
+  const fromEnv = env.ALTALANDI_API_KEY || env.ALTALANDI_KEY;
+  if (fromEnv) return { key: fromEnv, source: "env" };
+  const stored = readCredentials({ env, ...opts });
+  return stored ? { key: stored.apiKey, source: "login", username: stored.username } : { key: "", source: "none" };
+}
+
+async function saveCredentials(data, opts) {
+  const dir = configDir(opts);
+  await mkdir(dir, { recursive: true });
+  const file = credentialsFile(opts);
+  await writeFile(file, JSON.stringify(data, null, 2) + "\n", { encoding: "utf8", mode: 0o600 });
+  try { await chmod(file, 0o600); } catch { /* Windows: the per-user profile directory is the protection */ }
+  return file;
+}
+
+function clientName(env = process.env) {
+  const where = (hostname() || "").split(".")[0].slice(0, 24);
+  const who = env.CLAUDECODE || env.CLAUDE_CODE_ENTRYPOINT ? "Claude Code" : "altalandi CLI";
+  return where ? `${who} á ${where}` : who;
+}
+
+function openBrowser(url) {
+  try {
+    const [cmd, args] = process.platform === "win32" ? ["cmd", ["/c", "start", "", url]]
+      : process.platform === "darwin" ? ["open", [url]] : ["xdg-open", [url]];
+    const child = spawn(cmd, args, { stdio: "ignore", detached: true, windowsHide: true });
+    child.on("error", () => {});
+    child.unref();
+    return true;
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+const sleep = (ms) => new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, ms));
+
+async function postJson(fetchImpl, url, body) {
+  const res = await fetchImpl(url, {
+    method: "POST",
+    headers: { "content-type": "application/json", accept: "application/json" },
+    body: JSON.stringify(body),
+  });
+  let data = {};
+  try { data = await res.json(); } catch { /* keep {} */ }
+  return { status: res.status, data };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Run the device login. Returns an exit code.
+ *   0 logged in · 1 failed or expired · 2 bad usage
+ */
+export async function runLogin(flags = {}, io = {}) {
+  const env = io.env || process.env;
+  const fetchImpl = io.fetch || globalThis.fetch;
+  const log = io.log || ((m) => console.error(m));
+  const base = (flags.baseUrl || env.ALTALANDI_BASE_URL || DEFAULT_BASE_URL).replace(/\/$/, "");
+  const wait = io.sleep || sleep;
+
+  let start;
+  try {
+    start = await postJson(fetchImpl, `${base}/v1/device/start`, { clientName: clientName(env) });
+  } catch (e) {
+    log(`Náði ekki sambandi við Altalandi (${e.message}).`);
+    return 1;
+  }
+  if (start.status !== 200 || !start.data.deviceCode) {
+    log(`Innskráning fór ekki af stað: ${start.data.detail || `HTTP ${start.status}`}`);
+    return 1;
+  }
+  const { deviceCode, userCode, verificationUriComplete, verificationUri, interval = 3, expiresIn = 600 } = start.data;
+
+  log("");
+  log("  Tengdu þessa tölvu við Altalandi-aðganginn þinn:");
+  log("");
+  log(`    1. Opnaðu   ${verificationUriComplete}`);
+  log(`    2. Skráðu þig inn eða stofnaðu aðgang (500 kr. prufuinneign fylgir)`);
+  log(`    3. Staðfestu kóðann   ${userCode}`);
+  log("");
+  log(`  (Connect this computer: open the link, sign in or sign up, confirm the code.`);
+  log(`   Code page: ${verificationUri})`);
+  log("");
+  if (!flags.noBrowser && !io.noBrowser) openBrowser(verificationUriComplete);
+  log("  Bíð eftir staðfestingu…");
+
+  const deadline = Date.now() + expiresIn * 1000;
+  let result = null;
+  while (Date.now() < deadline) {
+    await wait(Math.max(1, interval) * 1000);
+    let poll;
+    try {
+      poll = await postJson(fetchImpl, `${base}/v1/device/token`, { deviceCode });
+    } catch {
+      continue; // transient network error: keep waiting until the code expires
+    }
+    if (poll.status === 200 && poll.data.status === "approved") { result = poll.data; break; }
+    if (poll.status === 200 && poll.data.status === "pending") continue;
+    if (poll.status === 429) { await wait(10_000); continue; }
+    log(`  Kóðinn rann út eða var hafnað. Keyrðu \`altalandi login\` aftur.`);
+    return 1;
+  }
+  if (!result) {
+    log(`  Kóðinn rann út. Keyrðu \`altalandi login\` aftur.`);
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  const file = await saveCredentials({
+    apiKey: result.apiKey,
+    username: result.username,
+    baseUrl: base === DEFAULT_BASE_URL ? undefined : base,
+    savedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+  }, { env });
+  log("");
+  log(`  ✓ Tengt sem ${result.username}. Lykillinn er vistaður í ${file}`);
+
+  // Install or refresh the Claude Code skill — the point of logging in for most
+  // people. Only where Claude Code exists; never create ~/.claude for someone who
+  // does not use it. --no-skill opts out.
+  if (!flags.noSkill) {
+    const target = skillTarget({ env });
+    const status = await skillStatus({ target });
+    if (status === "missing" || status === "outdated") {
+      const { file: skillFile, backup } = await writeSkill({ target });
+      log(`  ✓ Claude Code-hæfnin „altalandi" sett upp: ${skillFile}${backup ? ` (eldri útgáfa afrituð í ${backup})` : ""}`);
+    } else if (status === "current") {
+      log(`  ✓ Claude Code-hæfnin „altalandi" er þegar uppfærð.`);
+    } else if (status === "absent") {
+      log(`  (Claude Code fannst ekki á þessari tölvu, svo hæfnin var ekki sett upp.)`);
+    }
+  }
+  log("");
+  log(`  Prófaðu:   altalandi "Make sure to reach out to us today."`);
+  log(`  Eða segðu Claude:  „Skrifaðu þetta á góðri íslensku með Altalandi."`);
+  return 0;
+}
+
+export async function runLogout(io = {}) {
+  const env = io.env || process.env;
+  const log = io.log || ((m) => console.error(m));
+  const file = credentialsFile({ env });
+  if (!existsSync(file)) { log("Engin vistuð innskráning."); return 0; }
+  await rm(file, { force: true });
+  log(`Innskráning fjarlægð (${file}). Lykillinn sjálfur er enn virkur þar til þú afturkallar hann á https://altalandi.is/portal`);
+  return 0;
+}
+
+export async function runWhoami(flags = {}, io = {}) {
+  const env = io.env || process.env;
+  const fetchImpl = io.fetch || globalThis.fetch;
+  const out = io.out || ((m) => console.log(m));
+  const log = io.log || ((m) => console.error(m));
+  const { key, source } = resolveKey({ flag: flags.key, env });
+  if (!key) { log("Ekki innskráð(ur). Keyrðu: npx altalandi login"); return 2; }
+  const stored = readCredentials({ env });
+  const base = (flags.baseUrl || env.ALTALANDI_BASE_URL || stored?.baseUrl || DEFAULT_BASE_URL).replace(/\/$/, "");
+  let res;
+  try {
+    res = await fetchImpl(`${base}/v1/me`, { headers: { authorization: `Bearer ${key}`, accept: "application/json" } });
+  } catch (e) {
+    log(`Náði ekki sambandi við Altalandi (${e.message}).`);
+    return 1;
+  }
+  if (res.status === 401) { log("Lykillinn er ógildur eða afturkallaður. Keyrðu: npx altalandi login"); return 1; }
+  if (!res.ok) { log(`Villa: HTTP ${res.status}`); return 1; }
+  const me = await res.json();
+  if (flags.json) out(JSON.stringify({ ...me, keySource: source }, null, 2));
+  else out(`${me.username ?? "(lykill án aðgangs)"} · inneign ${me.balanceIsk ?? "—"} kr. · lykill ${me.keyId} (${source})`);
+  return 0;
+}

package/package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "altalandi",
-  "version": "0.1.1",
-  "description": "Hosted Altalandi API client and CLI for native-sounding Icelandic with meaning verification.",
+  "version": "0.3.0",
+  "description": "Native-sounding Icelandic from your terminal or AI agent: one-time login, a Claude Code skill, and meaning verification.",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "./client.mjs",
   "types": "./client.d.ts",
@@ -17,13 +17,16 @@
   },
   "files": [
     "altalandi.mjs",
+    "auth.mjs",
+    "update.mjs",
+    "skill/SKILL.md",
     "client.mjs",
     "client.d.ts",
     "README.md",
     "LICENSE"
   ],
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "node --test test/cli.test.mjs test/client.test.mjs"
+    "test": "node --test test/cli.test.mjs test/client.test.mjs test/update.test.mjs test/auth.test.mjs"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "icelandic",

package/skill/SKILL.md

@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+---
+name: altalandi
+description: >-
+  Turn English or stiff, translated or AI-written Icelandic into natural native
+  Icelandic through the Altalandi API, with a meaning check and a diff of every
+  change. Use when the user mentions Altalandi, or asks for text in proper,
+  natural, correct or native Icelandic ("á góðri íslensku", "á réttri íslensku",
+  "láttu þetta hljóma eðlilega á íslensku", "translate this into proper
+  Icelandic"), including website copy, UI strings, emails and documents meant for
+  Icelandic readers. Not for incidental Icelandic in conversation.
+---
+
+# Altalandi: native Icelandic, with a meaning check
+
+Altalandi rewrites English or stiff/AI-translated Icelandic into Icelandic that
+reads as if a native wrote it. It checks that the meaning survived (numbers,
+dates, names, negation, obligations and a back-translation) and returns every
+change with a reason. Each call is paid from the user's Altalandi credit.
+
+## 1. Make sure this computer is connected (once)
+
+Everything goes through the `altalandi` CLI, which finds the user's key by itself.
+If a call prints `Not logged in` (exit code 2), connect the computer:
+
+1. Run `npx -y altalandi@latest login` **in the background** (it waits up to 10
+   minutes for the user).
+2. Read its output as soon as it appears. It prints a link
+   (`https://altalandi.is/tengja?kodi=XXXX-XXXX`) and a code, and opens the
+   browser. Show the user the link and the code, and tell them to sign in or
+   create an account (new accounts get 500 kr. of trial credit) and click
+   **Tengja**.
+3. Wait for the command to finish. `✓ Tengt sem <username>` means done. Then
+   continue with the task.
+
+Never ask the user to paste an API key into the chat. If they have one and
+prefer it, they can set `ALTALANDI_API_KEY` themselves.
+
+## 2. Refine text
+
+Write the text to a UTF-8 temporary file and pass the file. Never put the text on
+the command line: quotes, `$`, backticks and Icelandic characters break shell
+quoting.
+
+```bash
+npx -y altalandi@latest --json --file /tmp/altalandi-in.txt
+```
+
+Options: `--domain general|marketing|data-analysis|childrens-fiction`,
+`--register formal|neutral|warm`. Pick `marketing` for website and product copy,
+`formal` for official or legal text, `warm` for friendly customer messages.
+
+One call per coherent text (a page section, an email, one UI string). For many
+strings, run them one by one or at most 4 at a time, and keep keys, placeholders
+(`{name}`, `%s`), HTML and code exactly as they were: send only the human text.
+
+## 3. Read the result correctly
+
+| Exit code | Meaning | What to do |
+|---|---|---|
+| 0 | done and verified | use `output`, show the diffs |
+| 3 | meaning not verified: JSON still printed | read the table below; don't present it as verified |
+| 4 | out of credit (`402 insufficient_balance`) | stop; tell the user to add credit at https://altalandi.is/portal. Don't retry |
+| 2 | not logged in / no input | step 1 |
+| 1 | other error (network, 429 usage limit) | on 429 wait for the time given and retry once; otherwise report it |
+
+For Icelandic input, one of three things happened. Tell them apart before using `output`:
+
+| Outcome | How to recognise it |
+|---|---|
+| **Rewritten and verified** | `output` differs from the input, `meaningPreserved: true`, `rejectionReason` empty |
+| **Rewrite refused, original returned** | `rewriteAttempted: true` and `rejectionReason` set (`MEANING DRIFT`, `HARD INVARIANT LOST`, `UNVERIFIED`, `CANDIDATE VETO`) |
+| **Already fine** | `rewriteAttempted: false` |
+
+- `meaningPreserved` alone is not enough: a vetoed rewrite returns the original with
+  `meaningPreserved: true`. Check `rewriteAttempted` and `rejectionReason`.
+- `meaningPreserved: null` means unverified, not safe. For English input the
+  translation still comes back; say it is unverified.
+- When the original comes back, say so. Don't claim Altalandi improved it.
+- Always show what changed (`diffs`: before, after, reason). Never silently replace
+  the user's text. Apply changes to files only after showing them, unless the user
+  asked for that directly.
+- `quality.nativenessScore` is a hint, not a verdict. It has been confidently wrong
+  in both directions; never use it to override a refusal.
+
+## 4. Good to know
+
+- Altalandi rewrites for natural Icelandic. If the user only wants spelling and
+  grammar fixed and every other word left alone, tell them it may rephrase, and
+  review the diffs with them.
+- `npx -y altalandi@latest whoami` shows the connected account and its credit.
+- Leave code, identifiers, legal quotations and anything that must stay verbatim
+  out of the text you send.
+- Don't use `--fast` for text people will read: it skips the meaning check.
+- Text is processed and discarded, not stored or used for training.
+- Docs for integrating the API into an app: https://altalandi.is/agents.md

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+// `altalandi update` — check for a newer CLI, ask before installing it, then
+// offer to install or refresh the /altalandi skill for Claude Code.
+//
+// Nothing is ever changed without consent. Interactive terminals get a y/N
+// prompt; non-interactive callers (agents, CI, pipes) are only told what is
+// available, unless they pass --yes, which is itself the explicit consent.
+//
+// Zero dependencies, like the rest of the CLI.
+
+import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
+import { copyFile, mkdir, readFile, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { existsSync, realpathSync } from "node:fs";
+import { homedir } from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { createInterface } from "node:readline/promises";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+
+export const PACKAGE = "altalandi";
+export const REGISTRY_URL = `https://registry.npmjs.org/${PACKAGE}/latest`;
+
+// Exit codes. 10 is deliberately distinct from the refine command's 1/2/3 so a
+// script can tell "an update exists" apart from "something failed".
+export const EXIT_OK = 0;
+export const EXIT_CHECK_FAILED = 1;
+export const EXIT_UPDATE_AVAILABLE = 10;
+
+const HERE = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+export const BUNDLED_SKILL = path.join(HERE, "skill", "SKILL.md");
+
+export async function currentVersion() {
+  const pkg = JSON.parse(await readFile(path.join(HERE, "package.json"), "utf8"));
+  return pkg.version;
+}
+
+/** Semver-ish compare: -1 if a<b, 0 if equal, 1 if a>b. A prerelease sorts
+ *  before its release (0.2.0-beta < 0.2.0). */
+export function compareVersions(a, b) {
+  const parse = (v) => {
+    const [core, pre = ""] = String(v).trim().replace(/^v/, "").split("-", 2);
+    return { nums: core.split(".").map((n) => Number.parseInt(n, 10) || 0), pre };
+  };
+  const x = parse(a);
+  const y = parse(b);
+  for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+    const d = (x.nums[i] || 0) - (y.nums[i] || 0);
+    if (d !== 0) return d < 0 ? -1 : 1;
+  }
+  if (x.pre === y.pre) return 0;
+  if (!x.pre) return 1;
+  if (!y.pre) return -1;
+  return x.pre < y.pre ? -1 : 1;
+}
+
+export async function fetchLatestVersion({ fetchImpl = globalThis.fetch, timeoutMs = 8000 } = {}) {
+  const controller = new AbortController();
+  const timer = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), timeoutMs);
+  try {
+    const res = await fetchImpl(REGISTRY_URL, {
+      signal: controller.signal,
+      headers: { accept: "application/json" },
+    });
+    if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`npm registry answered ${res.status}`);
+    const body = JSON.parse(await res.text());
+    if (!body || typeof body.version !== "string") throw new Error("npm registry returned no version");
+    return body.version;
+  } finally {
+    clearTimeout(timer);
+  }
+}
+
+const norm = (p) => {
+  let out = path.resolve(p);
+  try { out = realpathSync(out); } catch { /* keep the resolved path */ }
+  return process.platform === "win32" ? out.toLowerCase() : out;
+};
+
+/** How is this copy of the CLI being run? That decides what "update" means.
+ *
+ *  npx    — lives in npm's _npx cache; there is nothing to install, but a bare
+ *           `npx altalandi` can keep reusing an old cached copy
+ *  global — `npm install -g altalandi`
+ *  local  — a project dependency
+ *  source — a checkout of the repository; npm cannot update that
+ */
+export function detectInstall({ scriptPath, globalRoot }) {
+  const p = norm(scriptPath);
+  const sep = path.sep === "\\" ? /[\\/]/ : /\//;
+  const parts = p.split(sep);
+  if (parts.includes("_npx")) return "npx";
+  const nm = parts.lastIndexOf("node_modules");
+  if (nm === -1) return "source";
+  if (globalRoot && p.startsWith(norm(globalRoot) + (process.platform === "win32" ? "\\" : "/"))) {
+    return "global";
+  }
+  return "local";
+}
+
+/** The exact command that updates this install. Constants only — never built
+ *  from user input. */
+export function updatePlan(kind, { projectDir } = {}) {
+  switch (kind) {
+    case "global":
+      return { cmd: "npm", args: ["install", "-g", `${PACKAGE}@latest`], show: `npm install -g ${PACKAGE}@latest` };
+    case "local":
+      return { cmd: "npm", args: ["install", `${PACKAGE}@latest`], cwd: projectDir, show: `npm install ${PACKAGE}@latest` };
+    case "npx":
+      return { cmd: "npx", args: ["--yes", `${PACKAGE}@latest`, "--version"], show: `npx ${PACKAGE}@latest` };
+    default:
+      return null;
+  }
+}
+
+/** Where Claude Code looks for personal skills. */
+export function skillTarget({ env = process.env, home = homedir() } = {}) {
+  const root = env.CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR || path.join(home, ".claude");
+  return { root, file: path.join(root, "skills", PACKAGE, "SKILL.md") };
+}
+
+/** missing | current | outdated. `absent` means Claude Code itself is not set
+ *  up, in which case the skill is not offered at all — never create ~/.claude
+ *  for someone who does not use it. */
+export async function skillStatus({ bundled = BUNDLED_SKILL, target = skillTarget() } = {}) {
+  if (!existsSync(bundled)) return "unbundled";
+  if (!existsSync(target.root)) return "absent";
+  if (!existsSync(target.file)) return "missing";
+  const [a, b] = await Promise.all([readFile(bundled, "utf8"), readFile(target.file, "utf8")]);
+  const clean = (s) => s.replace(/\r\n/g, "\n").trim();
+  return clean(a) === clean(b) ? "current" : "outdated";
+}
+
+/** Install or refresh the skill. An existing copy is always backed up first:
+ *  people edit their skills, and an update must never silently eat that. */
+export async function writeSkill({ bundled = BUNDLED_SKILL, target = skillTarget(), now = new Date() } = {}) {
+  await mkdir(path.dirname(target.file), { recursive: true });
+  let backup = null;
+  if (existsSync(target.file)) {
+    const stamp = now.toISOString().replace(/[:.]/g, "-");
+    backup = `${target.file}.bak-${stamp}`;
+    await copyFile(target.file, backup);
+  }
+  await writeFile(target.file, await readFile(bundled, "utf8"), "utf8");
+  return { file: target.file, backup };
+}
+
+function run(plan) {
+  return new Promise((resolve) => {
+    // npm and npx are .cmd shims on Windows, which need a shell. The arguments
+    // are constants from updatePlan(), so there is nothing to inject.
+    const child = spawn(plan.cmd, plan.args, {
+      cwd: plan.cwd,
+      stdio: "inherit",
+      shell: process.platform === "win32",
+    });
+    child.on("error", () => resolve(1));
+    child.on("close", (code) => resolve(code ?? 1));
+  });
+}
+
+function npmGlobalRoot() {
+  return new Promise((resolve) => {
+    const child = spawn("npm", ["root", "-g"], { shell: process.platform === "win32" });
+    let out = "";
+    child.stdout?.setEncoding("utf8").on("data", (c) => { out += c; });
+    child.on("error", () => resolve(null));
+    child.on("close", () => resolve(out.trim() || null));
+  });
+}
+
+async function ask(question, { input = process.stdin, output = process.stderr } = {}) {
+  const rl = createInterface({ input, output });
+  try {
+    const answer = (await rl.question(`${question} [y/N] `)).trim().toLowerCase();
+    return answer === "y" || answer === "yes" || answer === "j" || answer === "já";
+  } finally {
+    rl.close();
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * The whole command. Every side effect is injectable so it can be tested
+ * without touching npm, the network or the real home directory.
+ */
+export async function runUpdate(flags, io = {}) {
+  const log = io.log || ((m) => process.stderr.write(`${m}\n`));
+  const interactive = io.interactive ?? Boolean(process.stdin.isTTY && process.stderr.isTTY);
+  const confirm = io.confirm || ask;
+  const execute = io.run || run;
+  const target = io.skillTarget || skillTarget();
+  const bundled = io.bundledSkill || BUNDLED_SKILL;
+
+  // --check never changes anything. Without a terminal and without --yes there
+  // is nobody to ask, so the same rule applies: report, don't act.
+  const mayAct = !flags.check && (flags.yes || interactive);
+  const consent = async (q) => (flags.yes ? true : confirm(q));
+
+  const installed = io.currentVersion || await currentVersion();
+
+  if (!flags.skillOnly) {
+    let latest;
+    try {
+      latest = io.latestVersion || await fetchLatestVersion({ fetchImpl: io.fetch });
+    } catch (e) {
+      log(`Could not check for updates: ${e.message}`);
+      return EXIT_CHECK_FAILED;
+    }
+
+    if (compareVersions(installed, latest) < 0) {
+      const scriptPath = io.scriptPath || fileURLToPath(new URL("./altalandi.mjs", import.meta.url));
+      // `npm root -g` spawns npm, so only ask it when the answer matters: a copy
+      // inside some node_modules that is not npx's cache.
+      const inNodeModules = /[\\/]node_modules[\\/]/.test(scriptPath) && !/[\\/]_npx[\\/]/.test(scriptPath);
+      const globalRoot = io.globalRoot !== undefined ? io.globalRoot
+        : (inNodeModules ? await (io.npmGlobalRoot || npmGlobalRoot)() : null);
+      const kind = io.installKind || detectInstall({ scriptPath, globalRoot });
+      const plan = updatePlan(kind, { projectDir: io.projectDir || process.cwd() });
+      log(`A new version of ${PACKAGE} is available: ${installed} → ${latest}`);
+
+      if (!plan) {
+        log("This copy runs from a source checkout, so npm cannot update it. Pull the repository instead.");
+        return EXIT_UPDATE_AVAILABLE;
+      }
+      if (!mayAct) {
+        log(`Update with:  ${plan.show}`);
+        return EXIT_UPDATE_AVAILABLE;
+      }
+      if (!(await consent(`Update ${PACKAGE} to ${latest} now?`))) {
+        log(`Skipped. Update later with:  ${plan.show}`);
+        return EXIT_UPDATE_AVAILABLE;
+      }
+      log(`Running: ${plan.show}`);
+      const code = await execute(plan);
+      if (code !== 0) {
+        log(`Update failed (exit ${code}). Try running it yourself:  ${plan.show}`);
+        return EXIT_CHECK_FAILED;
+      }
+      log(`Updated to ${latest}.`);
+      // The skill that ships with the NEW version is the one worth installing,
+      // and this process is still the old one. Hand over to the new CLI.
+      const handoff = kind === "npx"
+        ? { cmd: "npx", args: ["--yes", `${PACKAGE}@latest`, "update", "--skill-only", ...(flags.yes ? ["--yes"] : [])] }
+        : { cmd: PACKAGE, args: ["update", "--skill-only", ...(flags.yes ? ["--yes"] : [])] };
+      await execute(handoff);
+      return EXIT_OK;
+    }
+    log(`${PACKAGE} ${installed} is up to date.`);
+  }
+
+  const status = await skillStatus({ bundled, target });
+  if (status === "unbundled" || status === "absent") return EXIT_OK;
+  if (status === "current") {
+    log("The /altalandi skill for Claude Code is up to date.");
+    return EXIT_OK;
+  }
+  const what = status === "missing"
+    ? `Install the /altalandi skill for Claude Code (${target.file})?`
+    : "Your /altalandi skill for Claude Code differs from this version. Replace it (your copy is backed up first)?";
+  if (!mayAct) {
+    log(status === "missing"
+      ? "The /altalandi skill for Claude Code is not installed. Run `altalandi update` in a terminal to install it."
+      : "Your /altalandi skill for Claude Code is out of date. Run `altalandi update` in a terminal to refresh it.");
+    return flags.skillOnly ? EXIT_OK : EXIT_UPDATE_AVAILABLE;
+  }
+  if (!(await consent(what))) {
+    log("Skill left unchanged.");
+    return EXIT_OK;
+  }
+  const written = await writeSkill({ bundled, target, now: io.now });
+  log(`Skill ${status === "missing" ? "installed" : "updated"}: ${written.file}`);
+  if (written.backup) log(`Previous copy saved as: ${written.backup}`);
+  return EXIT_OK;
+}