quilltap 4.5.0-dev → 4.6.0-dev

package/lib/docs-commands.js

@@ -2,7 +2,13 @@
 
 const path = require('path');
 const fs = require('fs');
-const { resolveDataDir, loadDbKey, openMountIndexDb } = require('./db-helpers');
+const crypto = require('crypto');
+const {
+  resolveDataDirAndPassphrase,
+  printDefaultInstanceHint,
+  loadDbKey,
+  openMountIndexDb,
+} = require('./db-helpers');
 
 const RESET = '\x1b[0m';
 const BOLD = '\x1b[1m';
@@ -15,58 +21,159 @@ const CYAN = '\x1b[36m';
 const TEXT_FILE_TYPES = new Set(['markdown', 'txt', 'json', 'jsonl']);
 const BINARY_FILE_TYPES = new Set(['pdf', 'docx', 'blob']);
 
+// Single-character markers for the `ls` "text" column:
+//   =   raw bytes are already textual (markdown/txt/json/jsonl)
+//   T   separately-extracted plaintext is stored on the link row
+//   ~   extraction queued or in progress
+//   !   extraction attempted and failed
+//   -   no extracted text and the file is not text-native
+function textColumnMarker(fileType, extractionStatus) {
+  if (TEXT_FILE_TYPES.has(fileType)) return '=';
+  switch (extractionStatus) {
+    case 'converted': return 'T';
+    case 'pending':   return '~';
+    case 'failed':    return '!';
+    case 'skipped':
+    case 'none':
+    default:          return '-';
+  }
+}
+
+// Single-character markers for the `ls` "emb" column:
+//   Y   every chunk on this file has an embedding
+//   ~   chunks exist but none / only some have an embedding (queued or partial)
+//   -   no chunks at all
+function embedColumnMarker(chunkCount, embeddedChunkCount) {
+  if (!chunkCount) return '-';
+  if (embeddedChunkCount === chunkCount) return 'Y';
+  return '~';
+}
+
 function printDocsHelp() {
   console.log(`
 Quilltap Document Store Tool
 
 Usage: quilltap docs <subcommand> [options]
 
-Subcommands:
+Read subcommands:
   list                                   List all mount points
-  show <id>                              Details for one mount point
-  files <id> [--folder <path>]           List files in a mount
-  read <id> <relativePath>               Print file contents to stdout
-  read --rendered <id> <relativePath>    Print extracted plaintext to stdout
-  export <id> <outputDir>                Export an entire mount to a directory
-  scan <id>                              Trigger a rescan via the running server
+  show <mount>                           Details for one mount point
+  files <mount> [--folder <path>]        List files in a mount
+  ls|dir <mount> [path] [options]        ls-style listing of one folder (or file)
+  tree <mount> [path] [options]          ASCII tree view of a folder hierarchy
+  read <mount> <relativePath>            Print file contents to stdout
+  read --rendered <mount> <relativePath> Print extracted plaintext to stdout
+  export <mount> <outputDir>             Export an entire mount to a directory
+  scan <mount>                           Trigger a rescan via the running server
+  find [--mount <name|id|all>] [--type file|folder] [--ext <ext>] [--limit N] <pattern>
+                                         Substring search on file (or folder) names
+  grep [--mount <name|id|all>] [--ignore-case] [-l] [--max N] [--context N] <pattern>
+                                         Substring search inside extracted text
+  status [--mount <name|id>] [--top N]   Per-mount extraction + embedding rollup
+
+Server-required subcommands (background-job queue lives in the running server):
+  reindex <mount> [path] [--force]       Re-extract text + re-chunk affected files
+  embed <mount> [path] [--force] [--wait]
+                                         Enqueue embedding jobs for un-embedded chunks
+
+Write subcommands (server required for database-backed mounts):
+  write [--force] <mount> <path> [file]  Write a file from <file> or stdin
+  delete <mount> <path>                  Idempotent file delete
+  mkdir <mount> <path>                   Idempotent folder create
+  move <srcMount> <srcPath> <dstMount> <dstPath>           Move file (hard-link when possible)
+  copy [--force] <srcMount> <srcPath> <dstMount> <dstPath> Copy file (hard-link unless --force)
+
+<mount> may be a mount name or UUID. Names are case-insensitive; ambiguous
+names print candidates and exit non-zero.
 
 Options:
   -d, --data-dir <path>     Override data directory
+  -i, --instance <name>     Use a registered instance (see 'quilltap instances')
   --passphrase <pass>       Decrypt .dbkey if peppered
   --port <number>           Server port for API calls (default: 3000)
-  --json                    Machine-readable output (list/show/files/scan)
+  --json                    Machine-readable output
   --rendered                For 'read': output extracted plaintext
   --folder <path>           For 'files': narrow to a folder prefix
+  --recursive, -R           For 'ls': list all files recursively, grouped by folder
+  --sort name|time|size|links  For 'ls': sort by name (default), modification time,
+                            file size, or hard-link count
+  -r, --reverse             Reverse sort order
+  --links                   For 'ls' / 'dir': under each file with more than
+                            one hard link, list the other mount/path entries
+  --depth N                 For 'tree': maximum nesting depth (default: 20)
+  --max-nodes N             For 'tree': maximum nodes to render (default: 1000)
+  --long                    For 'tree': include text/emb columns (reserved for future)
   --force                   For 'read': dump binary to TTY anyway
+                            For 'write': overwrite existing destination
+                            For 'copy':  overwrite + force a real byte copy
+                                         (skips the default hard-link path)
   -h, --help                Show this help
 
 Read-only operations (list, show, files, read, export) open the mount-index
-database directly. Write operations (scan) require the Quilltap server to be
-running on the chosen --port.
+database directly. Write operations talk to the running Quilltap server when
+available (so reindex/embed kicks off automatically); they fall back to
+filesystem-only writes when the server is down, and report what the index
+will see after the next 'docs scan'.
+
+Verification: every write computes a SHA-256 on both ends and compares them
+before reporting success. Hard-linked files match trivially.
 
 Examples:
-  quilltap docs list
-  quilltap docs list --json
-  quilltap docs show <mount-id>
-  quilltap docs files <mount-id> --folder notes/2026
-  quilltap docs read <mount-id> notes/today.md
-  quilltap docs read --rendered <mount-id> papers/foo.pdf
-  quilltap docs read <mount-id> images/avatar.webp > /tmp/avatar.webp
-  quilltap docs export <mount-id> /tmp/quilltap-mount-backup
-  quilltap docs scan <mount-id>
+  quilltap docs ls notes
+  quilltap docs ls notes 2026/may --links
+  quilltap docs dir notes today.md --json
+  quilltap docs write notes today.md < draft.md
+  quilltap docs write --force notes today.md draft.md
+  quilltap docs delete notes today.md
+  quilltap docs mkdir notes 2026/may
+  quilltap docs move drafts foo.md notes 2026/foo.md
+  quilltap docs copy notes today.md archive 2026-05/today.md
+  quilltap docs copy --force notes today.md archive copy.md
+  quilltap docs find Manifesto
+  quilltap docs find --mount notes --ext md Knowledge
+  quilltap docs grep --mount notes --ignore-case "five-point Calvinist"
+  quilltap docs grep --mount notes -l "TODO"
+  quilltap docs status
+  quilltap docs status --mount notes --top 10
+  quilltap docs reindex notes Knowledge --force
+  quilltap docs embed notes --wait
 `);
 }
 
 function parseFlags(args) {
   const flags = {
     dataDir: '',
+    instance: '',
     passphrase: '',
     port: 3000,
     json: false,
     rendered: false,
     folder: '',
     force: false,
+    links: false,
     help: false,
+    // find / grep / reindex / embed / status flags
+    mount: '',
+    type: '',
+    ext: '',
+    limit: 0,
+    max: 0,
+    context: 0,
+    top: -1,
+    ignoreCase: false,
+    pathsOnly: false,
+    wait: false,
+    // ls flags: recursive, sort, reverse
+    recursive: false,
+    sort: 'name',
+    reverse: false,
+    // tree flags: depth, max-nodes, long
+    depth: 20,
+    maxNodes: 1000,
+    long: false,
+    // semantic search
+    semantic: false,
+    threshold: -1,
   };
   const positional = [];
   let i = 0;
@@ -74,6 +181,7 @@ function parseFlags(args) {
     const a = args[i];
     switch (a) {
       case '-d': case '--data-dir': flags.dataDir = args[++i]; break;
+      case '-i': case '--instance': flags.instance = args[++i]; break;
       case '--passphrase': flags.passphrase = args[++i]; break;
       case '--port': {
         const p = parseInt(args[++i], 10);
@@ -88,6 +196,38 @@ function parseFlags(args) {
       case '--rendered': flags.rendered = true; break;
       case '--folder': flags.folder = args[++i]; break;
       case '--force': flags.force = true; break;
+      case '--links': flags.links = true; break;
+      case '--mount': flags.mount = args[++i]; break;
+      case '--type': flags.type = args[++i]; break;
+      case '--ext': flags.ext = args[++i]; break;
+      case '--limit': flags.limit = parseInt(args[++i], 10) || 0; break;
+      case '--max': flags.max = parseInt(args[++i], 10) || 0; break;
+      case '--context': flags.context = parseInt(args[++i], 10) || 0; break;
+      case '--top': {
+        const n = parseInt(args[++i], 10);
+        flags.top = isNaN(n) ? -1 : n;
+        break;
+      }
+      case '--ignore-case': flags.ignoreCase = true; break;
+      case '-l': flags.pathsOnly = true; break;
+      case '--wait': flags.wait = true; break;
+      case '-R': case '--recursive': flags.recursive = true; break;
+      case '--sort': flags.sort = args[++i] || 'name'; break;
+      case '-r': case '--reverse': flags.reverse = true; break;
+      case '--depth': flags.depth = parseInt(args[++i], 10) || 20; break;
+      case '--max-nodes': flags.maxNodes = parseInt(args[++i], 10) || 1000; break;
+      case '--long': flags.long = true; break;
+      case '--names-only': flags.namesOnly = true; break;
+      case '--semantic': flags.semantic = true; break;
+      case '--threshold': {
+        const v = parseFloat(args[++i]);
+        if (isNaN(v) || v < 0 || v > 1) {
+          console.error('Error: --threshold must be a number between 0 and 1');
+          process.exit(1);
+        }
+        flags.threshold = v;
+        break;
+      }
       case '-h': case '--help': flags.help = true; break;
       default:
         if (a.startsWith('-')) {
@@ -102,19 +242,94 @@ function parseFlags(args) {
 }
 
 async function openDb(flags) {
-  const dataDir = resolveDataDir(flags.dataDir);
-  const pepper = await loadDbKey(dataDir, flags.passphrase);
+  const resolved = resolveDataDirAndPassphrase({
+    dataDir: flags.dataDir,
+    instance: flags.instance,
+    passphrase: flags.passphrase,
+  });
+  printDefaultInstanceHint(resolved);
+  const { dataDir, passphrase } = resolved;
+  const pepper = await loadDbKey(dataDir, passphrase);
   const db = openMountIndexDb(dataDir, pepper, { readonly: true });
+  assertDocsSchema(db, dataDir);
   return { db, dataDir };
 }
 
-function requireMount(db, id) {
-  const row = db.prepare('SELECT * FROM doc_mount_points WHERE id = ?').get(id);
-  if (!row) {
-    console.error(`No mount point found with id ${id}`);
+// Every docs subcommand assumes the post-link-table mount-index schema
+// (doc_mount_file_links plus the columns it expects on neighbouring tables).
+// Older instances opened by an out-of-date CLI — or, more often, by a fresh
+// CLI pointed at an instance that hasn't been booted since the migration
+// landed — fail deep inside a prepared statement with `no such table:
+// doc_mount_file_links`. Catch the missing table up front and tell the
+// operator exactly what to do.
+function assertDocsSchema(db, dataDir) {
+  const row = db.prepare(
+    "SELECT 1 AS ok FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name='doc_mount_file_links'"
+  ).get();
+  if (row && row.ok === 1) return;
+
+  db.close();
+
+  let registered = [];
+  try {
+    const { listInstances } = require('./instances');
+    registered = listInstances();
+  } catch {
+    // Registry unreadable or absent — keep going with an empty list.
+  }
+
+  const lines = [
+    'Error: this instance has not been migrated to the post-link-table mount-index schema.',
+    `  Database: ${path.join(dataDir, 'quilltap-mount-index.db')}`,
+    '  Missing table: doc_mount_file_links',
+    '',
+    'Start Quilltap against this data directory once (npm run dev / npx quilltap)',
+    'to run the pending migrations, or target a different instance:',
+  ];
+  if (registered.length > 0) {
+    for (const inst of registered) {
+      lines.push(`  --instance ${inst.name}    (${inst.path})`);
+    }
+  } else {
+    lines.push('  (no instances registered — see `quilltap instances --help`)');
+  }
+  process.stderr.write(lines.join('\n') + '\n');
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+const UUID_RE = /^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}$/i;
+
+function requireMount(db, spec) {
+  if (!spec) {
+    console.error('Error: mount name or id is required');
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+  if (UUID_RE.test(spec)) {
+    const row = db.prepare('SELECT * FROM doc_mount_points WHERE id = ?').get(spec);
+    if (!row) {
+      console.error(`No mount point found with id ${spec}`);
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+    return row;
+  }
+  const rows = db.prepare(
+    `SELECT * FROM doc_mount_points
+     WHERE LOWER(name) = LOWER(?)
+     ORDER BY name COLLATE NOCASE`
+  ).all(spec);
+  if (rows.length === 0) {
+    console.error(`No mount point found with name "${spec}"`);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+  if (rows.length > 1) {
+    console.error(`Ambiguous mount name "${spec}" matches multiple mounts:`);
+    for (const r of rows) {
+      console.error(`  ${r.id}  ${r.name}  (${r.mountType})`);
+    }
+    console.error('Pass the UUID instead.');
     process.exit(1);
   }
-  return row;
+  return rows[0];
 }
 
 function formatBytes(n) {
@@ -137,6 +352,13 @@ async function handleList(flags) {
       FROM doc_mount_points
       ORDER BY name COLLATE NOCASE
     `).all();
+    if (flags.namesOnly) {
+      // Hidden flag for completion: print one name per line
+      for (const row of rows) {
+        console.log(row.name);
+      }
+      return;
+    }
     if (flags.json) {
       process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify(rows, null, 2) + '\n');
       return;
@@ -174,10 +396,22 @@ async function handleShow(flags, id) {
   const { db } = await openDb(flags);
   try {
     const mount = requireMount(db, id);
-    const fileCount = db.prepare('SELECT COUNT(*) AS n FROM doc_mount_files WHERE mountPointId = ?').get(id).n;
-    const chunkCount = db.prepare('SELECT COUNT(*) AS n FROM doc_mount_chunks WHERE mountPointId = ?').get(id).n;
-    const blobCount = db.prepare('SELECT COUNT(*) AS n FROM doc_mount_blobs WHERE mountPointId = ?').get(id).n;
-    const docCount = db.prepare('SELECT COUNT(*) AS n FROM doc_mount_documents WHERE mountPointId = ?').get(id).n;
+    const fileCount = db.prepare(
+      'SELECT COUNT(*) AS n FROM doc_mount_file_links WHERE mountPointId = ?'
+    ).get(mount.id).n;
+    const chunkCount = db.prepare(
+      'SELECT COUNT(*) AS n FROM doc_mount_chunks WHERE mountPointId = ?'
+    ).get(mount.id).n;
+    const blobCount = db.prepare(`
+      SELECT COUNT(*) AS n FROM doc_mount_file_links l
+      JOIN doc_mount_blobs b ON b.fileId = l.fileId
+      WHERE l.mountPointId = ?
+    `).get(mount.id).n;
+    const docCount = db.prepare(`
+      SELECT COUNT(*) AS n FROM doc_mount_file_links l
+      JOIN doc_mount_documents d ON d.fileId = l.fileId
+      WHERE l.mountPointId = ?
+    `).get(mount.id).n;
 
     const liveCounts = {
       filesActual: fileCount,
@@ -221,23 +455,27 @@ async function handleFiles(flags, id) {
   }
   const { db } = await openDb(flags);
   try {
-    requireMount(db, id);
+    const mount = requireMount(db, id);
     let rows;
     if (flags.folder) {
       const prefix = flags.folder.replace(/\/+$/, '') + '/';
       rows = db.prepare(`
-        SELECT relativePath, fileType, source, fileSizeBytes, chunkCount, conversionStatus
-        FROM doc_mount_files
-        WHERE mountPointId = ? AND relativePath LIKE ?
-        ORDER BY relativePath
-      `).all(id, prefix + '%');
+        SELECT l.relativePath, f.fileType, f.source, f.fileSizeBytes,
+               l.chunkCount, l.conversionStatus
+        FROM doc_mount_file_links l
+        JOIN doc_mount_files f ON f.id = l.fileId
+        WHERE l.mountPointId = ? AND l.relativePath LIKE ?
+        ORDER BY l.relativePath
+      `).all(mount.id, prefix + '%');
     } else {
       rows = db.prepare(`
-        SELECT relativePath, fileType, source, fileSizeBytes, chunkCount, conversionStatus
-        FROM doc_mount_files
-        WHERE mountPointId = ?
-        ORDER BY relativePath
-      `).all(id);
+        SELECT l.relativePath, f.fileType, f.source, f.fileSizeBytes,
+               l.chunkCount, l.conversionStatus
+        FROM doc_mount_file_links l
+        JOIN doc_mount_files f ON f.id = l.fileId
+        WHERE l.mountPointId = ?
+        ORDER BY l.relativePath
+      `).all(mount.id);
     }
     if (flags.json) {
       process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify(rows, null, 2) + '\n');
@@ -261,6 +499,567 @@ async function handleFiles(flags, id) {
   }
 }
 
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// ls / dir
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+function normalizeLsPath(p) {
+  if (!p) return '';
+  // Strip leading/trailing slashes; treat '.' and '/' as root.
+  const trimmed = p.replace(/^\/+|\/+$/g, '');
+  if (trimmed === '.' || trimmed === '') return '';
+  return trimmed;
+}
+
+function formatLsDate(iso) {
+  if (!iso) return '-';
+  const d = new Date(iso);
+  if (isNaN(d.getTime())) return iso.slice(0, 16);
+  const pad = (n) => String(n).padStart(2, '0');
+  return `${d.getFullYear()}-${pad(d.getMonth() + 1)}-${pad(d.getDate())} ${pad(d.getHours())}:${pad(d.getMinutes())}`;
+}
+
+const LS_FILE_COLUMNS = `
+  l.id AS linkId, l.fileId, l.relativePath, l.fileName, l.lastModified,
+  l.extractionStatus, l.extractedTextSha256, l.chunkCount,
+  f.fileType, f.fileSizeBytes, f.source, f.sha256,
+  (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM doc_mount_file_links WHERE fileId = l.fileId) AS linkCount,
+  (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM doc_mount_chunks
+    WHERE linkId = l.id AND embedding IS NOT NULL) AS embeddedChunkCount
+`;
+
+function resolveLsTarget(db, mountId, normalizedPath) {
+  if (!normalizedPath) return { kind: 'root', path: '' };
+
+  // Exact file match wins — handles the single-file display mode.
+  const file = db.prepare(`
+    SELECT ${LS_FILE_COLUMNS}
+    FROM doc_mount_file_links l
+    JOIN doc_mount_files f ON f.id = l.fileId
+    WHERE l.mountPointId = ? AND l.relativePath = ?
+  `).get(mountId, normalizedPath);
+  if (file) return { kind: 'file', file };
+
+  // Explicit folder row.
+  const folder = db.prepare(
+    `SELECT id, name, path, parentId, createdAt, updatedAt
+     FROM doc_mount_folders WHERE mountPointId = ? AND path = ?`
+  ).get(mountId, normalizedPath);
+  if (folder) return { kind: 'folder', folder, path: normalizedPath };
+
+  // Implicit folder — files or subfolders live under this path even though
+  // no doc_mount_folders row exists for it (or the folderId on links is
+  // null due to upstream drift). Mirrors how `docs files --folder` matches.
+  const hasFiles = db.prepare(`
+    SELECT 1 FROM doc_mount_file_links
+    WHERE mountPointId = ? AND relativePath LIKE ? LIMIT 1
+  `).get(mountId, normalizedPath + '/%');
+  const hasFolders = db.prepare(`
+    SELECT 1 FROM doc_mount_folders
+    WHERE mountPointId = ? AND path LIKE ? LIMIT 1
+  `).get(mountId, normalizedPath + '/%');
+  if (hasFiles || hasFolders) return { kind: 'folder', folder: null, path: normalizedPath };
+
+  return { kind: 'none' };
+}
+
+function fetchLsRows(db, mountId, parentPath) {
+  // parentPath: '' = mount root, else "Knowledge" or "foo/bar" etc.
+  // We filter by path-prefix rather than folderId / parentId so we stay
+  // honest about what the filesystem (or docs read/files) actually sees,
+  // even when folderId on a link row drifts to NULL behind our back.
+  const folders = parentPath === ''
+    ? db.prepare(`
+        SELECT id, name, path, createdAt, updatedAt
+        FROM doc_mount_folders
+        WHERE mountPointId = ?
+          AND path NOT LIKE '%/%'
+        ORDER BY name COLLATE NOCASE
+      `).all(mountId)
+    : db.prepare(`
+        SELECT id, name, path, createdAt, updatedAt
+        FROM doc_mount_folders
+        WHERE mountPointId = ?
+          AND path LIKE ?
+          AND path NOT LIKE ?
+        ORDER BY name COLLATE NOCASE
+      `).all(mountId, parentPath + '/%', parentPath + '/%/%');
+
+  const files = parentPath === ''
+    ? db.prepare(`
+        SELECT ${LS_FILE_COLUMNS}
+        FROM doc_mount_file_links l
+        JOIN doc_mount_files f ON f.id = l.fileId
+        WHERE l.mountPointId = ?
+          AND l.relativePath NOT LIKE '%/%'
+        ORDER BY l.fileName COLLATE NOCASE
+      `).all(mountId)
+    : db.prepare(`
+        SELECT ${LS_FILE_COLUMNS}
+        FROM doc_mount_file_links l
+        JOIN doc_mount_files f ON f.id = l.fileId
+        WHERE l.mountPointId = ?
+          AND l.relativePath LIKE ?
+          AND l.relativePath NOT LIKE ?
+        ORDER BY l.fileName COLLATE NOCASE
+      `).all(mountId, parentPath + '/%', parentPath + '/%/%');
+
+  return { folders, files };
+}
+
+function fetchLinksForFiles(db, fileIds) {
+  if (fileIds.length === 0) return new Map();
+  const placeholders = fileIds.map(() => '?').join(',');
+  const rows = db.prepare(`
+    SELECT l.fileId, l.relativePath, l.mountPointId, m.name AS mountName
+    FROM doc_mount_file_links l
+    JOIN doc_mount_points m ON m.id = l.mountPointId
+    WHERE l.fileId IN (${placeholders})
+    ORDER BY m.name COLLATE NOCASE, l.relativePath COLLATE NOCASE
+  `).all(...fileIds);
+  const byFile = new Map();
+  for (const r of rows) {
+    if (!byFile.has(r.fileId)) byFile.set(r.fileId, []);
+    byFile.get(r.fileId).push({
+      mountPointId: r.mountPointId,
+      mountName: r.mountName,
+      relativePath: r.relativePath,
+    });
+  }
+  return byFile;
+}
+
+function sortLsFiles(files, sortType, reverse) {
+  const sorted = [...files];
+  switch (sortType) {
+    case 'name':
+      sorted.sort((a, b) => a.fileName.localeCompare(b.fileName, undefined, { sensitivity: 'base' }));
+      break;
+    case 'time':
+      sorted.sort((a, b) => {
+        const aTime = new Date(a.lastModified || 0).getTime();
+        const bTime = new Date(b.lastModified || 0).getTime();
+        return bTime - aTime;  // newest first by default
+      });
+      break;
+    case 'size':
+      sorted.sort((a, b) => (b.fileSizeBytes || 0) - (a.fileSizeBytes || 0));  // largest first
+      break;
+    case 'links':
+      sorted.sort((a, b) => (b.linkCount || 0) - (a.linkCount || 0));  // most linked first
+      break;
+    default:
+      sorted.sort((a, b) => a.fileName.localeCompare(b.fileName, undefined, { sensitivity: 'base' }));
+  }
+  if (reverse) sorted.reverse();
+  return sorted;
+}
+
+async function handleLs(flags, mountSpec, rawPath) {
+  if (!mountSpec) {
+    console.error('Usage: quilltap docs ls <mount> [path] [--recursive|-R] [--sort name|time|size|links] [-r] [--links]');
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+  const { db } = await openDb(flags);
+  try {
+    const mount = requireMount(db, mountSpec);
+    const normalizedPath = normalizeLsPath(rawPath);
+
+    let folders = [];
+    let files = [];
+    let singleFile = false;
+    let allFilesByFolder = {};
+
+    if (flags.recursive) {
+      // Recursive mode: fetch all files under the path prefix
+      const prefix = normalizedPath ? normalizedPath.replace(/\/+$/, '') + '/' : '';
+      const allFiles = normalizedPath
+        ? db.prepare(`
+            SELECT ${LS_FILE_COLUMNS}
+            FROM doc_mount_file_links l
+            JOIN doc_mount_files f ON f.id = l.fileId
+            WHERE l.mountPointId = ? AND l.relativePath LIKE ?
+            ORDER BY l.relativePath
+          `).all(mount.id, prefix + '%')
+        : db.prepare(`
+            SELECT ${LS_FILE_COLUMNS}
+            FROM doc_mount_file_links l
+            JOIN doc_mount_files f ON f.id = l.fileId
+            WHERE l.mountPointId = ?
+            ORDER BY l.relativePath
+          `).all(mount.id);
+
+      // Group by folder
+      for (const file of allFiles) {
+        const lastSlash = file.relativePath.lastIndexOf('/');
+        const folderPath = lastSlash === -1 ? '' : file.relativePath.substring(0, lastSlash);
+        if (!allFilesByFolder[folderPath]) allFilesByFolder[folderPath] = [];
+        allFilesByFolder[folderPath].push(file);
+      }
+      files = allFiles;
+    } else {
+      // Non-recursive: single folder listing
+      const target = resolveLsTarget(db, mount.id, normalizedPath);
+
+      if (target.kind === 'none') {
+        console.error(`No file or folder at "${normalizedPath || '/'}" in mount ${mount.name}`);
+        process.exit(1);
+      } else if (target.kind === 'root') {
+        ({ folders, files } = fetchLsRows(db, mount.id, ''));
+      } else if (target.kind === 'folder') {
+        ({ folders, files } = fetchLsRows(db, mount.id, target.path));
+      } else {
+        files = [target.file];
+        singleFile = true;
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Apply sort
+    files = sortLsFiles(files, flags.sort, flags.reverse);
+
+    // Fetch links for JSON or --links flag
+    const wantLinks = flags.json || flags.links;
+    const multiLinkFileIds = wantLinks
+      ? files.filter((f) => f.linkCount > 1).map((f) => f.fileId)
+      : [];
+    const linksByFile = fetchLinksForFiles(db, multiLinkFileIds);
+
+    // JSON output
+    if (flags.json) {
+      const out = [];
+      if (!flags.recursive) {
+        for (const folder of folders) {
+          out.push({
+            type: 'folder',
+            name: folder.name,
+            path: folder.path,
+            createdAt: folder.createdAt,
+            updatedAt: folder.updatedAt,
+          });
+        }
+      }
+      for (const file of files) {
+        const others = linksByFile.get(file.fileId);
+        const links = others && others.length > 0
+          ? others
+          : [{
+              mountPointId: mount.id,
+              mountName: mount.name,
+              relativePath: file.relativePath,
+            }];
+        out.push({
+          type: 'file',
+          name: file.fileName,
+          relativePath: file.relativePath,
+          fileType: file.fileType,
+          source: file.source,
+          fileSizeBytes: file.fileSizeBytes,
+          sha256: file.sha256,
+          lastModified: file.lastModified,
+          linkCount: file.linkCount,
+          textRepresentation: {
+            kind: TEXT_FILE_TYPES.has(file.fileType) ? 'inline' : 'extracted',
+            extractionStatus: file.extractionStatus,
+            hasExtractedText: !!file.extractedTextSha256,
+          },
+          embedding: {
+            chunkCount: file.chunkCount || 0,
+            embeddedChunkCount: file.embeddedChunkCount || 0,
+            fullyEmbedded: (file.chunkCount || 0) > 0
+              && file.chunkCount === file.embeddedChunkCount,
+          },
+          links,
+        });
+      }
+      process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify(out, null, 2) + '\n');
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Recursive text output: grouped by folder
+    if (flags.recursive) {
+      const folderPaths = Object.keys(allFilesByFolder).sort();
+      let anyOutput = false;
+      for (const folderPath of folderPaths) {
+        const folderFiles = allFilesByFolder[folderPath].sort((a, b) =>
+          a.fileName.localeCompare(b.fileName, undefined, { sensitivity: 'base' })
+        );
+        if (folderFiles.length > 0) {
+          anyOutput = true;
+          const displayPath = folderPath || '/';
+          console.log(`${BOLD}${displayPath}${RESET}`);
+          for (const file of folderFiles) {
+            const cells = [
+              '-',
+              String(file.linkCount).padStart(5),
+              formatBytes(file.fileSizeBytes || 0).padStart(8),
+              formatLsDate(file.lastModified),
+              textColumnMarker(file.fileType, file.extractionStatus),
+              embedColumnMarker(file.chunkCount, file.embeddedChunkCount),
+              file.fileName,
+            ];
+            console.log('  ' + cells.join('  '));
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      if (!anyOutput) console.log('(no files)');
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Non-recursive text output
+    if (!singleFile && folders.length === 0 && files.length === 0) {
+      console.log('(empty)');
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const headerRow = {
+      type: 'T',
+      links: 'links',
+      size: 'size',
+      modified: 'modified',
+      text: 'text',
+      emb: 'emb',
+      name: 'name',
+      isHeader: true,
+    };
+    const dataRows = [];
+    for (const folder of folders) {
+      dataRows.push({
+        type: 'd',
+        links: '-',
+        size: '-',
+        modified: formatLsDate(folder.updatedAt || folder.createdAt),
+        text: '-',
+        emb: '-',
+        name: folder.name + '/',
+      });
+    }
+    for (const file of files) {
+      dataRows.push({
+        type: '-',
+        links: String(file.linkCount),
+        size: formatBytes(file.fileSizeBytes || 0),
+        modified: formatLsDate(file.lastModified),
+        text: textColumnMarker(file.fileType, file.extractionStatus),
+        emb: embedColumnMarker(file.chunkCount, file.embeddedChunkCount),
+        name: singleFile ? file.relativePath : file.fileName,
+        fileId: file.fileId,
+        relativePath: file.relativePath,
+      });
+    }
+
+    const widths = {
+      type: 1,
+      links: Math.max(headerRow.links.length, ...dataRows.map((r) => r.links.length)),
+      size: Math.max(headerRow.size.length, ...dataRows.map((r) => r.size.length)),
+      modified: Math.max(headerRow.modified.length, ...dataRows.map((r) => r.modified.length)),
+      text: Math.max(headerRow.text.length, ...dataRows.map((r) => r.text.length)),
+      emb: Math.max(headerRow.emb.length, ...dataRows.map((r) => r.emb.length)),
+    };
+
+    const renderLine = (r, dim) => {
+      const cells = [
+        r.type,
+        r.links.padStart(widths.links),
+        r.size.padStart(widths.size),
+        r.modified.padEnd(widths.modified),
+        r.text.padStart(widths.text),
+        r.emb.padStart(widths.emb),
+        r.name,
+      ];
+      const line = cells.join('  ');
+      return dim ? `${DIM}${line}${RESET}` : line;
+    };
+
+    console.log(renderLine(headerRow, true));
+    for (const r of dataRows) {
+      console.log(renderLine(r, false));
+      if (flags.links && r.type === '-') {
+        const others = (linksByFile.get(r.fileId) || []).filter(
+          (l) => !(l.mountPointId === mount.id && l.relativePath === r.relativePath)
+        );
+        if (others.length > 0) {
+          const indentWidth = widths.type + widths.links + widths.size
+            + widths.modified + widths.text + widths.emb + 6 * 2;
+          const indent = ' '.repeat(indentWidth);
+          for (const link of others) {
+            const sameMount = link.mountPointId === mount.id;
+            const display = sameMount ? link.relativePath : `${link.mountName}:${link.relativePath}`;
+            console.log(`${indent}${DIM}→ ${display}${RESET}`);
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  } finally {
+    db.close();
+  }
+}
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// tree
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+function buildFolderTree(db, mountId, startPath, maxDepth) {
+  // Build a folder/file tree starting from startPath
+  const tree = { name: startPath || '', type: 'folder', children: [] };
+
+  function addChildren(node, parentPath, currentDepth) {
+    if (currentDepth >= maxDepth) return;
+
+    // Get immediate child folders
+    const folderQuery = parentPath === ''
+      ? `SELECT id, name, path FROM doc_mount_folders
+         WHERE mountPointId = ? AND path NOT LIKE '%/%'
+         ORDER BY name COLLATE NOCASE`
+      : `SELECT id, name, path FROM doc_mount_folders
+         WHERE mountPointId = ? AND path LIKE ? AND path NOT LIKE ?
+         ORDER BY name COLLATE NOCASE`;
+
+    const folders = parentPath === ''
+      ? db.prepare(folderQuery).all(mountId)
+      : db.prepare(folderQuery).all(mountId, parentPath + '/%', parentPath + '/%/%');
+
+    // Get immediate child files
+    const fileQuery = parentPath === ''
+      ? `SELECT fileName, relativePath, fileSizeBytes, chunkCount, extractedText
+         FROM doc_mount_file_links l
+         JOIN doc_mount_files f ON f.id = l.fileId
+         WHERE l.mountPointId = ? AND l.relativePath NOT LIKE '%/%'
+         ORDER BY fileName COLLATE NOCASE`
+      : `SELECT fileName, relativePath, fileSizeBytes, chunkCount, extractedText
+         FROM doc_mount_file_links l
+         JOIN doc_mount_files f ON f.id = l.fileId
+         WHERE l.mountPointId = ? AND l.relativePath LIKE ? AND l.relativePath NOT LIKE ?
+         ORDER BY fileName COLLATE NOCASE`;
+
+    const files = parentPath === ''
+      ? db.prepare(fileQuery).all(mountId)
+      : db.prepare(fileQuery).all(mountId, parentPath + '/%', parentPath + '/%/%');
+
+    // Add folders first (alphabetically)
+    for (const folder of folders) {
+      const childNode = { name: folder.name, type: 'folder', path: folder.path, children: [] };
+      addChildren(childNode, folder.path, currentDepth + 1);
+      node.children.push(childNode);
+    }
+
+    // Then add files (alphabetically)
+    for (const file of files) {
+      node.children.push({
+        name: file.fileName,
+        type: 'file',
+        relativePath: file.relativePath,
+        size: file.fileSizeBytes || 0,
+        chunkCount: file.chunkCount || 0,
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  addChildren(tree, startPath, 0);
+  return tree;
+}
+
+function renderTreeAscii(node, prefix, isLast, isRoot, maxNodes, nodeCount) {
+  if (nodeCount.count >= maxNodes.max) {
+    nodeCount.truncated = true;
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (!isRoot) {
+    nodeCount.count++;
+    if (nodeCount.count > maxNodes.max) {
+      nodeCount.truncated = true;
+      return;
+    }
+    const connector = isLast ? '└─' : '├─';
+    const typeMarker = node.type === 'folder' ? 'd' : '-';
+    const displayName = node.type === 'folder' ? node.name + '/' : node.name;
+    console.log(`${prefix}${connector} ${typeMarker} ${displayName}`);
+    prefix = prefix + (isLast ? '   ' : '│  ');
+  }
+
+  const children = node.children || [];
+  for (let i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
+    if (nodeCount.count >= maxNodes.max) {
+      nodeCount.truncated = true;
+      break;
+    }
+    const child = children[i];
+    const last = i === children.length - 1;
+    renderTreeAscii(child, prefix, last, false, maxNodes, nodeCount);
+  }
+}
+
+function treeToJson(node) {
+  return {
+    name: node.name,
+    type: node.type,
+    path: node.path || undefined,
+    relativePath: node.relativePath || undefined,
+    size: node.size !== undefined ? node.size : undefined,
+    chunkCount: node.chunkCount !== undefined ? node.chunkCount : undefined,
+    children: node.children && node.children.length > 0
+      ? node.children.map(treeToJson)
+      : undefined,
+  };
+}
+
+async function handleTree(flags, mountSpec, rawPath) {
+  if (!mountSpec) {
+    console.error('Usage: quilltap docs tree <mount> [path] [--depth N] [--max-nodes N] [--long] [--json]');
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+  const { db } = await openDb(flags);
+  try {
+    const mount = requireMount(db, mountSpec);
+    const normalizedPath = normalizeLsPath(rawPath);
+
+    // Validate the path exists
+    const target = resolveLsTarget(db, mount.id, normalizedPath);
+    if (target.kind === 'none') {
+      console.error(`No file or folder at "${normalizedPath || '/'}" in mount ${mount.name}`);
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+    if (target.kind === 'file') {
+      console.error(`"${normalizedPath}" is a file, not a folder`);
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+
+    const startPath = target.kind === 'folder' ? target.path : '';
+    const maxDepth = Math.min(flags.depth || 20, 50);  // Cap at 50
+    const maxNodes = Math.max(flags.maxNodes || 1000, 1);
+
+    const tree = buildFolderTree(db, mount.id, startPath, maxDepth);
+
+    if (flags.json) {
+      const output = treeToJson(tree);
+      process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify(output, null, 2) + '\n');
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // ASCII render
+    const nodeCount = { count: 0, truncated: false };
+    const displayRoot = startPath || '/';
+    console.log(`${BOLD}${displayRoot}${RESET}`);
+    if (tree.children && tree.children.length > 0) {
+      for (let i = 0; i < tree.children.length; i++) {
+        if (nodeCount.count >= maxNodes) {
+          nodeCount.truncated = true;
+          break;
+        }
+        const child = tree.children[i];
+        const last = i === tree.children.length - 1;
+        renderTreeAscii(child, '', last, false, { max: maxNodes }, nodeCount);
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (nodeCount.truncated) {
+      console.log(`${DIM}… (truncated at ${maxNodes} nodes; use --max-nodes <N> for more)${RESET}`);
+    }
+  } finally {
+    db.close();
+  }
+}
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // read
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -298,90 +1097,70 @@ async function handleRead(flags, id, relativePath) {
 
 function readRaw(db, mount, relativePath, flags) {
   const file = db.prepare(`
-    SELECT id, source, fileType
-    FROM doc_mount_files
-    WHERE mountPointId = ? AND relativePath = ?
+    SELECT l.fileId, f.source, f.fileType
+    FROM doc_mount_file_links l
+    JOIN doc_mount_files f ON f.id = l.fileId
+    WHERE l.mountPointId = ? AND l.relativePath = ?
   `).get(mount.id, relativePath);
 
-  if (file) {
-    ttyGuard(file.fileType, flags, relativePath);
+  if (!file) {
+    console.error(`No file at ${relativePath} in mount ${mount.name}`);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  ttyGuard(file.fileType, flags, relativePath);
 
-    if (file.source === 'filesystem') {
-      const fullPath = path.join(mount.basePath, relativePath);
-      if (!fs.existsSync(fullPath)) {
-        console.error(`File missing on disk: ${fullPath}`);
-        process.exit(1);
-      }
-      // Stream so we don't load huge files into memory.
-      const stream = fs.createReadStream(fullPath);
-      stream.pipe(process.stdout);
-      return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-        stream.on('end', resolve);
-        stream.on('error', reject);
-      });
+  if (file.source === 'filesystem') {
+    const fullPath = path.join(mount.basePath, relativePath);
+    if (!fs.existsSync(fullPath)) {
+      console.error(`File missing on disk: ${fullPath}`);
+      process.exit(1);
     }
+    // Stream so we don't load huge files into memory.
+    const stream = fs.createReadStream(fullPath);
+    stream.pipe(process.stdout);
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      stream.on('end', resolve);
+      stream.on('error', reject);
+    });
+  }
 
-    if (file.source === 'database') {
-      if (TEXT_FILE_TYPES.has(file.fileType)) {
-        const doc = db.prepare(`
-          SELECT content FROM doc_mount_documents
-          WHERE mountPointId = ? AND relativePath = ?
-        `).get(mount.id, relativePath);
-        if (!doc) {
-          console.error(`File row exists but no document content for ${relativePath}`);
-          process.exit(1);
-        }
-        process.stdout.write(doc.content);
-        return;
-      }
-      // Binary stored in doc_mount_blobs
-      const blob = db.prepare(`
-        SELECT data FROM doc_mount_blobs
-        WHERE mountPointId = ? AND relativePath = ?
-      `).get(mount.id, relativePath);
-      if (!blob) {
-        console.error(`File row exists but no blob bytes for ${relativePath}`);
+  if (file.source === 'database') {
+    if (TEXT_FILE_TYPES.has(file.fileType)) {
+      const doc = db.prepare(
+        `SELECT content FROM doc_mount_documents WHERE fileId = ?`
+      ).get(file.fileId);
+      if (!doc) {
+        console.error(`File row exists but no document content for ${relativePath}`);
         process.exit(1);
       }
-      process.stdout.write(blob.data);
+      process.stdout.write(doc.content);
       return;
     }
-
-    console.error(`Unknown file source: ${file.source}`);
-    process.exit(1);
-  }
-
-  // No row in doc_mount_files — try blobs directly (some binaries may not be mirrored).
-  const blob = db.prepare(`
-    SELECT data, originalMimeType FROM doc_mount_blobs
-    WHERE mountPointId = ? AND relativePath = ?
-  `).get(mount.id, relativePath);
-  if (blob) {
-    ttyGuard('blob', flags, relativePath);
+    // Binary stored in doc_mount_blobs
+    const blob = db.prepare(
+      `SELECT data FROM doc_mount_blobs WHERE fileId = ?`
+    ).get(file.fileId);
+    if (!blob) {
+      console.error(`File row exists but no blob bytes for ${relativePath}`);
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
     process.stdout.write(blob.data);
     return;
   }
 
-  console.error(`No file at ${relativePath} in mount ${mount.name}`);
+  console.error(`Unknown file source: ${file.source}`);
   process.exit(1);
 }
 
 function readRendered(db, mount, relativePath) {
-  // 1. Blob with extractedText wins.
-  const blob = db.prepare(`
-    SELECT extractedText FROM doc_mount_blobs
-    WHERE mountPointId = ? AND relativePath = ?
-  `).get(mount.id, relativePath);
-  if (blob && blob.extractedText) {
-    process.stdout.write(blob.extractedText);
-    return;
-  }
-
-  // 2. Look up the file row.
+  // 1. Look up the link row (it carries extractedText now).
   const file = db.prepare(`
-    SELECT id, source, fileType
-    FROM doc_mount_files
-    WHERE mountPointId = ? AND relativePath = ?
+    SELECT l.id AS linkId, l.fileId, l.extractedText,
+           f.source, f.fileType
+    FROM doc_mount_file_links l
+    JOIN doc_mount_files f ON f.id = l.fileId
+    WHERE l.mountPointId = ? AND l.relativePath = ?
   `).get(mount.id, relativePath);
 
   if (!file) {
@@ -389,12 +1168,17 @@ function readRendered(db, mount, relativePath) {
     process.exit(1);
   }
 
+  // 2. Extracted text on the link wins.
+  if (file.extractedText) {
+    process.stdout.write(file.extractedText);
+    return;
+  }
+
   // 3. Database-backed text doc — content IS the rendered form.
   if (file.source === 'database' && TEXT_FILE_TYPES.has(file.fileType)) {
-    const doc = db.prepare(`
-      SELECT content FROM doc_mount_documents
-      WHERE mountPointId = ? AND relativePath = ?
-    `).get(mount.id, relativePath);
+    const doc = db.prepare(
+      `SELECT content FROM doc_mount_documents WHERE fileId = ?`
+    ).get(file.fileId);
     if (doc) {
       process.stdout.write(doc.content);
       return;
@@ -410,12 +1194,12 @@ function readRendered(db, mount, relativePath) {
     }
   }
 
-  // 5. Fall back to concatenated chunks.
+  // 5. Fall back to concatenated chunks (now keyed by linkId).
   const chunks = db.prepare(`
     SELECT content FROM doc_mount_chunks
-    WHERE fileId = ?
+    WHERE linkId = ?
     ORDER BY chunkIndex
-  `).all(file.id);
+  `).all(file.linkId);
   if (chunks.length === 0) {
     console.error(`No rendered text available for ${relativePath}. Run 'quilltap docs scan ${mount.id}' to extract and embed.`);
     process.exit(1);
@@ -450,16 +1234,16 @@ async function handleExport(flags, id, outputDir) {
   const { db } = await openDb(flags);
   let writtenFiles = 0;
   let writtenBytes = 0;
-  const writtenPaths = new Set();
   try {
     const mount = requireMount(db, id);
 
     const files = db.prepare(`
-      SELECT id, relativePath, source, fileType
-      FROM doc_mount_files
-      WHERE mountPointId = ?
-      ORDER BY relativePath
-    `).all(id);
+      SELECT l.fileId, l.relativePath, f.source, f.fileType
+      FROM doc_mount_file_links l
+      JOIN doc_mount_files f ON f.id = l.fileId
+      WHERE l.mountPointId = ?
+      ORDER BY l.relativePath
+    `).all(mount.id);
 
     for (const file of files) {
       const dest = path.join(resolvedOut, file.relativePath);
@@ -475,10 +1259,9 @@ async function handleExport(flags, id, outputDir) {
         writtenBytes += fs.statSync(dest).size;
       } else if (file.source === 'database') {
         if (TEXT_FILE_TYPES.has(file.fileType)) {
-          const doc = db.prepare(`
-            SELECT content FROM doc_mount_documents
-            WHERE mountPointId = ? AND relativePath = ?
-          `).get(id, file.relativePath);
+          const doc = db.prepare(
+            `SELECT content FROM doc_mount_documents WHERE fileId = ?`
+          ).get(file.fileId);
           if (!doc) {
             console.error(`${YELLOW}skip${RESET} ${file.relativePath} (no document content)`);
             continue;
@@ -486,10 +1269,9 @@ async function handleExport(flags, id, outputDir) {
           fs.writeFileSync(dest, doc.content, 'utf8');
           writtenBytes += Buffer.byteLength(doc.content, 'utf8');
         } else {
-          const blob = db.prepare(`
-            SELECT data FROM doc_mount_blobs
-            WHERE mountPointId = ? AND relativePath = ?
-          `).get(id, file.relativePath);
+          const blob = db.prepare(
+            `SELECT data FROM doc_mount_blobs WHERE fileId = ?`
+          ).get(file.fileId);
           if (!blob) {
             console.error(`${YELLOW}skip${RESET} ${file.relativePath} (no blob bytes)`);
             continue;
@@ -502,22 +1284,6 @@ async function handleExport(flags, id, outputDir) {
         continue;
       }
       writtenFiles += 1;
-      writtenPaths.add(file.relativePath);
-    }
-
-    // Catch any blobs not mirrored into doc_mount_files (defensive).
-    const blobs = db.prepare(`
-      SELECT relativePath, data
-      FROM doc_mount_blobs
-      WHERE mountPointId = ?
-    `).all(id);
-    for (const blob of blobs) {
-      if (writtenPaths.has(blob.relativePath)) continue;
-      const dest = path.join(resolvedOut, blob.relativePath);
-      fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(dest), { recursive: true });
-      fs.writeFileSync(dest, blob.data);
-      writtenBytes += blob.data.length;
-      writtenFiles += 1;
     }
 
     console.log(`${GREEN}Exported${RESET} ${writtenFiles} file(s), ${formatBytes(writtenBytes)} → ${resolvedOut}`);
@@ -574,47 +1340,1266 @@ async function handleScan(flags, id) {
 }
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// dispatch
+// Helpers shared by write/delete/mkdir/move/copy
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-async function docsCommand(args) {
-  if (args.length === 0) {
-    printDocsHelp();
-    process.exit(1);
+function sha256OfBuffer(buf) {
+  return crypto.createHash('sha256').update(buf).digest('hex');
+}
+
+function isConnectionRefused(err) {
+  if (!err) return false;
+  const code = err.cause && err.cause.code ? err.cause.code : err.code;
+  return (
+    code === 'ECONNREFUSED' ||
+    code === 'ENOTFOUND' ||
+    code === 'EHOSTUNREACH' ||
+    code === 'ECONNRESET'
+  );
+}
+
+async function tryFetch(url, init) {
+  try {
+    return { ok: true, res: await fetch(url, init) };
+  } catch (err) {
+    if (isConnectionRefused(err)) {
+      return { ok: false, err };
+    }
+    throw err;
   }
-  if (args[0] === '-h' || args[0] === '--help') {
-    printDocsHelp();
-    process.exit(0);
+}
+
+async function readBodyJson(res) {
+  try {
+    return await res.json();
+  } catch {
+    return null;
   }
+}
+
+function actionUrl(port, mountId, action) {
+  return `http://localhost:${port}/api/v1/mount-points/${encodeURIComponent(mountId)}?action=${action}`;
+}
 
-  const verb = args[0];
-  const { flags, positional } = parseFlags(args.slice(1));
+function unwrap(body) {
+  if (body && typeof body === 'object' && 'data' in body) return body.data;
+  return body;
+}
 
-  if (flags.help) {
-    printDocsHelp();
-    process.exit(0);
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Direct (offline) helpers — filesystem-only fallback used when the server is
+// unreachable. Database-mount writes always require the server because the
+// index updates need the server's reindex / embed pipeline.
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+function requireServerForDb(mount, action) {
+  if (mount.mountType === 'database') {
+    console.error(
+      `Cannot ${action} on database-backed mount "${mount.name}" without the Quilltap server.`
+    );
+    console.error('Start the server (`quilltap`) or pass --port to match a non-default port.');
+    process.exit(1);
   }
+}
 
-  try {
-    switch (verb) {
-      case 'list':
-        await handleList(flags);
-        break;
-      case 'show':
-        await handleShow(flags, positional[0]);
-        break;
-      case 'files':
-        await handleFiles(flags, positional[0]);
-        break;
-      case 'read':
-        await handleRead(flags, positional[0], positional[1]);
-        break;
+function loadMountBasePath(db, mountId) {
+  const row = db.prepare(
+    'SELECT basePath FROM doc_mount_points WHERE id = ?'
+  ).get(mountId);
+  if (!row || !row.basePath) {
+    throw new Error(`Mount ${mountId} has no basePath`);
+  }
+  return row.basePath;
+}
+
+function fsAbsolute(basePath, relativePath) {
+  const abs = path.resolve(basePath, relativePath);
+  const base = path.resolve(basePath);
+  const withSep = base.endsWith(path.sep) ? base : base + path.sep;
+  if (abs !== base && !abs.startsWith(withSep)) {
+    throw new Error(`Path escapes mount boundary: ${relativePath}`);
+  }
+  return abs;
+}
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// write
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+async function readWriteSource(filename) {
+  if (filename) {
+    const resolved = filename.startsWith('~')
+      ? path.join(require('os').homedir(), filename.slice(1))
+      : path.resolve(filename);
+    if (!fs.existsSync(resolved)) {
+      throw new Error(`Source file not found: ${resolved}`);
+    }
+    return fs.readFileSync(resolved);
+  }
+  if (process.stdin.isTTY) {
+    throw new Error('No source file given and stdin is a TTY. Pipe content or pass a filename.');
+  }
+  const chunks = [];
+  for await (const chunk of process.stdin) {
+    chunks.push(Buffer.isBuffer(chunk) ? chunk : Buffer.from(chunk));
+  }
+  if (chunks.length === 0) {
+    throw new Error('Empty stdin payload');
+  }
+  return Buffer.concat(chunks);
+}
+
+async function writeViaHttp(port, mountId, relativePath, data, force) {
+  const form = new FormData();
+  const blob = new Blob([data]);
+  form.append('file', blob, path.posix.basename(relativePath));
+  form.append('path', relativePath);
+  form.append('force', force ? 'true' : 'false');
+  const attempt = await tryFetch(actionUrl(port, mountId, 'write-file'), {
+    method: 'POST',
+    body: form,
+  });
+  if (!attempt.ok) return { reachable: false };
+  const body = await readBodyJson(attempt.res);
+  if (!attempt.res.ok) {
+    const msg = body && body.error ? body.error : `HTTP ${attempt.res.status}`;
+    const code = body && body.code ? body.code : null;
+    return { reachable: true, ok: false, status: attempt.res.status, error: msg, code };
+  }
+  return { reachable: true, ok: true, result: unwrap(body) };
+}
+
+async function handleWrite(flags, positional) {
+  const force = flags.force;
+  const [mountSpec, relativePath, filename] = positional;
+  if (!mountSpec || !relativePath) {
+    console.error('Usage: quilltap docs write [--force] <mount> <path> [filename]');
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  const data = await readWriteSource(filename);
+  const sourceSha = sha256OfBuffer(data);
+
+  const { db } = await openDb(flags);
+  let mount;
+  try {
+    mount = requireMount(db, mountSpec);
+  } finally {
+    db.close();
+  }
+
+  const http = await writeViaHttp(flags.port, mount.id, relativePath, data, force);
+  if (http.reachable) {
+    if (!http.ok) {
+      console.error(`Write failed: ${http.error}`);
+      process.exit(http.code === 'DEST_EXISTS' ? 2 : 1);
+    }
+    const r = http.result;
+    if (r.sha256 !== sourceSha) {
+      console.error(`Checksum mismatch: source ${sourceSha} != dest ${r.sha256}`);
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+    if (flags.json) {
+      process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({ ...r, sourceSha256: sourceSha }, null, 2) + '\n');
+      return;
+    }
+    console.log(`${GREEN}Wrote${RESET} ${mount.name}:${r.destPath} (${formatBytes(r.sizeBytes)}, sha=${r.sha256.slice(0, 12)}…)`);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Direct fallback — filesystem mounts only.
+  requireServerForDb(mount, 'write');
+
+  const { db: db2 } = await openDb(flags);
+  let basePath;
+  try {
+    basePath = loadMountBasePath(db2, mount.id);
+  } finally {
+    db2.close();
+  }
+  const abs = fsAbsolute(basePath, relativePath);
+  if (fs.existsSync(abs) && !force) {
+    console.error(`Destination already exists: ${relativePath}. Use --force to overwrite.`);
+    process.exit(2);
+  }
+  fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(abs), { recursive: true });
+  fs.writeFileSync(abs, data);
+  const destSha = sha256OfBuffer(fs.readFileSync(abs));
+  if (destSha !== sourceSha) {
+    console.error(`Checksum mismatch after write: source ${sourceSha} != dest ${destSha}`);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+  if (flags.json) {
+    process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({
+      sha256: destSha,
+      sourceSha256: sourceSha,
+      sizeBytes: data.length,
+      destPath: relativePath,
+      mountPointId: mount.id,
+      mode: 'direct',
+    }, null, 2) + '\n');
+    return;
+  }
+  console.log(`${GREEN}Wrote${RESET} ${mount.name}:${relativePath} (${formatBytes(data.length)}, sha=${destSha.slice(0, 12)}…) ${DIM}[direct mode — run 'quilltap docs scan' once the server is back]${RESET}`);
+}
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// delete
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+async function deleteViaHttp(port, mountId, relativePath) {
+  const attempt = await tryFetch(actionUrl(port, mountId, 'delete-file'), {
+    method: 'POST',
+    headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+    body: JSON.stringify({ path: relativePath }),
+  });
+  if (!attempt.ok) return { reachable: false };
+  const body = await readBodyJson(attempt.res);
+  if (!attempt.res.ok) {
+    const msg = body && body.error ? body.error : `HTTP ${attempt.res.status}`;
+    return { reachable: true, ok: false, status: attempt.res.status, error: msg };
+  }
+  return { reachable: true, ok: true, result: unwrap(body) };
+}
+
+async function handleDelete(flags, positional) {
+  const [mountSpec, relativePath] = positional;
+  if (!mountSpec || !relativePath) {
+    console.error('Usage: quilltap docs delete <mount> <path>');
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  const { db } = await openDb(flags);
+  let mount;
+  try {
+    mount = requireMount(db, mountSpec);
+  } finally {
+    db.close();
+  }
+
+  const http = await deleteViaHttp(flags.port, mount.id, relativePath);
+  if (http.reachable) {
+    if (!http.ok) {
+      console.error(`Delete failed: ${http.error}`);
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+    const r = http.result;
+    if (flags.json) {
+      process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify(r, null, 2) + '\n');
+      return;
+    }
+    if (r.deleted) {
+      console.log(`${GREEN}Deleted${RESET} ${mount.name}:${r.path}`);
+    } else {
+      console.log(`${DIM}No-op${RESET} ${mount.name}:${r.path} (did not exist)`);
+    }
+    return;
+  }
+
+  requireServerForDb(mount, 'delete');
+
+  const { db: db2 } = await openDb(flags);
+  let basePath;
+  try {
+    basePath = loadMountBasePath(db2, mount.id);
+  } finally {
+    db2.close();
+  }
+  const abs = fsAbsolute(basePath, relativePath);
+  let existed = false;
+  try {
+    fs.unlinkSync(abs);
+    existed = true;
+  } catch (err) {
+    if (err.code !== 'ENOENT') throw err;
+  }
+  if (fs.existsSync(abs)) {
+    console.error(`Delete verification failed: path still present at ${abs}`);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+  if (flags.json) {
+    process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({
+      deleted: existed,
+      path: relativePath,
+      mountPointId: mount.id,
+      mode: 'direct',
+    }, null, 2) + '\n');
+    return;
+  }
+  if (existed) {
+    console.log(`${GREEN}Deleted${RESET} ${mount.name}:${relativePath} ${DIM}[direct mode]${RESET}`);
+  } else {
+    console.log(`${DIM}No-op${RESET} ${mount.name}:${relativePath} (did not exist) ${DIM}[direct mode]${RESET}`);
+  }
+}
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// mkdir
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+async function mkdirViaHttp(port, mountId, relativePath) {
+  const url = `http://localhost:${port}/api/v1/mount-points/${encodeURIComponent(mountId)}/folders`;
+  const attempt = await tryFetch(url, {
+    method: 'POST',
+    headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+    body: JSON.stringify({ path: relativePath }),
+  });
+  if (!attempt.ok) return { reachable: false };
+  const body = await readBodyJson(attempt.res);
+  if (!attempt.res.ok) {
+    const msg = body && body.error ? body.error : `HTTP ${attempt.res.status}`;
+    return { reachable: true, ok: false, status: attempt.res.status, error: msg };
+  }
+  return { reachable: true, ok: true, result: unwrap(body) };
+}
+
+async function handleMkdir(flags, positional) {
+  const [mountSpec, relativePath] = positional;
+  if (!mountSpec || !relativePath) {
+    console.error('Usage: quilltap docs mkdir <mount> <path>');
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  const { db } = await openDb(flags);
+  let mount;
+  try {
+    mount = requireMount(db, mountSpec);
+  } finally {
+    db.close();
+  }
+
+  const http = await mkdirViaHttp(flags.port, mount.id, relativePath);
+  if (http.reachable) {
+    if (!http.ok) {
+      console.error(`mkdir failed: ${http.error}`);
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+    if (flags.json) {
+      process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify(http.result, null, 2) + '\n');
+      return;
+    }
+    console.log(`${GREEN}Folder ready${RESET} ${mount.name}:${http.result.path ?? relativePath}`);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  requireServerForDb(mount, 'mkdir');
+
+  const { db: db2 } = await openDb(flags);
+  let basePath;
+  try {
+    basePath = loadMountBasePath(db2, mount.id);
+  } finally {
+    db2.close();
+  }
+  const abs = fsAbsolute(basePath, relativePath);
+  fs.mkdirSync(abs, { recursive: true });
+  if (!fs.existsSync(abs)) {
+    console.error(`mkdir verification failed: ${abs} does not exist after creation`);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+  if (flags.json) {
+    process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({
+      path: relativePath,
+      mountPointId: mount.id,
+      mode: 'direct',
+    }, null, 2) + '\n');
+    return;
+  }
+  console.log(`${GREEN}Folder ready${RESET} ${mount.name}:${relativePath} ${DIM}[direct mode]${RESET}`);
+}
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// move / copy
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+async function fileOpViaHttp(port, action, sourceMountId, body) {
+  const attempt = await tryFetch(actionUrl(port, sourceMountId, action), {
+    method: 'POST',
+    headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+    body: JSON.stringify(body),
+  });
+  if (!attempt.ok) return { reachable: false };
+  const resBody = await readBodyJson(attempt.res);
+  if (!attempt.res.ok) {
+    const msg = resBody && resBody.error ? resBody.error : `HTTP ${attempt.res.status}`;
+    const code = resBody && resBody.code ? resBody.code : null;
+    return { reachable: true, ok: false, status: attempt.res.status, error: msg, code };
+  }
+  return { reachable: true, ok: true, result: unwrap(resBody) };
+}
+
+async function directFsFileOp({ flags, sourceMount, srcPath, destMount, dstPath, action, force }) {
+  if (sourceMount.mountType === 'database' || destMount.mountType === 'database') {
+    console.error(
+      `Cannot ${action} between/with database-backed mounts without the Quilltap server.`
+    );
+    console.error('Start the server (`quilltap`) or pass --port to match a non-default port.');
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  const { db } = await openDb(flags);
+  let srcBase, dstBase;
+  try {
+    srcBase = loadMountBasePath(db, sourceMount.id);
+    dstBase = loadMountBasePath(db, destMount.id);
+  } finally {
+    db.close();
+  }
+  const srcAbs = fsAbsolute(srcBase, srcPath);
+  const dstAbs = fsAbsolute(dstBase, dstPath);
+
+  if (!fs.existsSync(srcAbs)) {
+    console.error(`Source not found: ${srcPath}`);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+  if (fs.existsSync(dstAbs)) {
+    if (action === 'copy' && !force) {
+      console.error(`Destination already exists: ${dstPath}. Use --force to overwrite.`);
+      process.exit(2);
+    }
+    if (action === 'move') {
+      console.error(`Destination already exists: ${dstPath}. Move will not overwrite.`);
+      process.exit(2);
+    }
+    fs.unlinkSync(dstAbs);
+  }
+  fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(dstAbs), { recursive: true });
+
+  const sourceSha = sha256OfBuffer(fs.readFileSync(srcAbs));
+  let strategy;
+  if (action === 'move') {
+    try {
+      fs.renameSync(srcAbs, dstAbs);
+      strategy = 'rename';
+    } catch (err) {
+      if (err.code !== 'EXDEV') throw err;
+      fs.copyFileSync(srcAbs, dstAbs);
+      fs.unlinkSync(srcAbs);
+      strategy = 'byte-copy';
+    }
+  } else if (force) {
+    fs.copyFileSync(srcAbs, dstAbs);
+    strategy = 'byte-copy';
+  } else {
+    try {
+      fs.linkSync(srcAbs, dstAbs);
+      strategy = 'fs-link';
+    } catch (err) {
+      if (err.code !== 'EXDEV') throw err;
+      fs.copyFileSync(srcAbs, dstAbs);
+      strategy = 'byte-copy';
+    }
+  }
+
+  const destSha = sha256OfBuffer(fs.readFileSync(dstAbs));
+  if (destSha !== sourceSha) {
+    console.error(`Checksum mismatch after ${action}: ${sourceSha} != ${destSha}`);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+  return {
+    strategy,
+    sourceSha256: sourceSha,
+    destSha256: destSha,
+    sizeBytes: fs.statSync(dstAbs).size,
+    sourcePath: srcPath,
+    destPath: dstPath,
+    sourceMountPointId: sourceMount.id,
+    destMountPointId: destMount.id,
+    mode: 'direct',
+  };
+}
+
+async function handleFileOp(flags, positional, action) {
+  const [srcMountSpec, srcPath, dstMountSpec, dstPath] = positional;
+  if (!srcMountSpec || !srcPath || !dstMountSpec || !dstPath) {
+    const flagHint = action === 'copy' ? '[--force] ' : '';
+    console.error(`Usage: quilltap docs ${action} ${flagHint}<srcMount> <srcPath> <dstMount> <dstPath>`);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  const { db } = await openDb(flags);
+  let sourceMount, destMount;
+  try {
+    sourceMount = requireMount(db, srcMountSpec);
+    destMount = requireMount(db, dstMountSpec);
+  } finally {
+    db.close();
+  }
+
+  const http = await fileOpViaHttp(flags.port, `${action}-file`, sourceMount.id, {
+    sourcePath: srcPath,
+    destMountPointId: destMount.id,
+    destPath: dstPath,
+    ...(action === 'copy' ? { force: !!flags.force } : {}),
+  });
+  if (http.reachable) {
+    if (!http.ok) {
+      console.error(`${action} failed: ${http.error}`);
+      process.exit(http.code === 'DEST_EXISTS' ? 2 : 1);
+    }
+    const r = http.result;
+    if (r.sourceSha256 !== r.destSha256) {
+      console.error(`Checksum mismatch: source ${r.sourceSha256} != dest ${r.destSha256}`);
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+    if (flags.json) {
+      process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify(r, null, 2) + '\n');
+      return;
+    }
+    const verb = action === 'move' ? 'Moved' : 'Copied';
+    console.log(`${GREEN}${verb}${RESET} ${sourceMount.name}:${r.sourcePath} → ${destMount.name}:${r.destPath} ${DIM}(${r.strategy}, ${formatBytes(r.sizeBytes)}, sha=${r.destSha256.slice(0, 12)}…)${RESET}`);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const result = await directFsFileOp({
+    flags,
+    sourceMount,
+    srcPath,
+    destMount,
+    dstPath,
+    action,
+    force: !!flags.force,
+  });
+  if (flags.json) {
+    process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify(result, null, 2) + '\n');
+    return;
+  }
+  const verb = action === 'move' ? 'Moved' : 'Copied';
+  console.log(`${GREEN}${verb}${RESET} ${sourceMount.name}:${result.sourcePath} → ${destMount.name}:${result.destPath} ${DIM}(${result.strategy}, ${formatBytes(result.sizeBytes)}, sha=${result.destSha256.slice(0, 12)}…) [direct mode — run 'quilltap docs scan' once the server is back]${RESET}`);
+}
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// dispatch
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// find — substring search on relativePath
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+function escapeLike(s) {
+  // SQLite LIKE uses % and _ as wildcards; we treat the pattern as a substring
+  // literal so the user's % / _ don't have surprise semantics.
+  return s.replace(/[%_\\]/g, ch => '\\' + ch);
+}
+
+function resolveSearchMounts(db, mountSpec) {
+  if (!mountSpec || mountSpec === 'all') {
+    return db.prepare(
+      `SELECT * FROM doc_mount_points ORDER BY name COLLATE NOCASE`
+    ).all();
+  }
+  return [requireMount(db, mountSpec)];
+}
+
+async function handleFind(flags, positional) {
+  const pattern = positional[0];
+  if (!pattern) {
+    console.error('Usage: quilltap docs find [--mount <name|id|all>] [--type file|folder] [--ext <ext>] [--limit N] [--json] <pattern>');
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+  const limit = flags.limit > 0 ? flags.limit : 100;
+  const type = flags.type || 'file';
+  if (type !== 'file' && type !== 'folder') {
+    console.error(`Error: --type must be file or folder, got "${flags.type}"`);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  const { db } = await openDb(flags);
+  try {
+    const mounts = resolveSearchMounts(db, flags.mount);
+    const showMountColumn = !flags.mount || flags.mount === 'all';
+
+    const liked = `%${escapeLike(pattern)}%`;
+
+    const out = [];
+    if (type === 'file') {
+      // LIKE is case-insensitive on NOCASE collation; use COLLATE NOCASE on
+      // the comparison to make match independent of stored case.
+      const stmt = db.prepare(`
+        SELECT l.relativePath, l.lastModified, l.updatedAt,
+               f.fileSizeBytes, f.fileType
+        FROM doc_mount_file_links l
+        JOIN doc_mount_files f ON f.id = l.fileId
+        WHERE l.mountPointId = ?
+          AND l.relativePath LIKE ? ESCAPE '\\' COLLATE NOCASE
+        ORDER BY l.relativePath COLLATE NOCASE
+      `);
+      for (const mount of mounts) {
+        const rows = stmt.all(mount.id, liked);
+        for (const r of rows) {
+          if (flags.ext) {
+            const ext = flags.ext.startsWith('.') ? flags.ext.slice(1) : flags.ext;
+            if (!r.relativePath.toLowerCase().endsWith('.' + ext.toLowerCase())) continue;
+          }
+          out.push({
+            mount: { id: mount.id, name: mount.name },
+            kind: 'file',
+            relativePath: r.relativePath,
+            size: r.fileSizeBytes,
+            fileType: r.fileType,
+            lastModified: r.lastModified,
+            updatedAt: r.updatedAt,
+          });
+          if (out.length >= limit) break;
+        }
+        if (out.length >= limit) break;
+      }
+    } else {
+      // folder search (database-backed mounts only — doc_mount_folders is
+      // populated by the database scan path; filesystem mounts derive
+      // hierarchy from the OS at request time).
+      const stmt = db.prepare(`
+        SELECT path, name, updatedAt
+        FROM doc_mount_folders
+        WHERE mountPointId = ?
+          AND path LIKE ? ESCAPE '\\' COLLATE NOCASE
+        ORDER BY path COLLATE NOCASE
+      `);
+      for (const mount of mounts) {
+        const rows = stmt.all(mount.id, liked);
+        for (const r of rows) {
+          out.push({
+            mount: { id: mount.id, name: mount.name },
+            kind: 'folder',
+            relativePath: r.path,
+            name: r.name,
+            updatedAt: r.updatedAt,
+          });
+          if (out.length >= limit) break;
+        }
+        if (out.length >= limit) break;
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (flags.json) {
+      process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({ pattern, type, results: out }, null, 2) + '\n');
+      return;
+    }
+    if (out.length === 0) {
+      console.log('(no matches)');
+      return;
+    }
+    // Plain text columns.
+    const headers = showMountColumn
+      ? ['mount', 'path', 'size', 'modified']
+      : ['path', 'size', 'modified'];
+    const rows = out.map(r => {
+      const size = r.size != null ? formatBytes(r.size) : '-';
+      const mod = r.lastModified || r.updatedAt || '';
+      return showMountColumn
+        ? [r.mount.name, r.relativePath, size, mod]
+        : [r.relativePath, size, mod];
+    });
+    printColumnar(headers, rows);
+    if (out.length >= limit) {
+      console.log(`${DIM}(limit ${limit} reached — use --limit to widen)${RESET}`);
+    }
+  } finally {
+    db.close();
+  }
+}
+
+function printColumnar(headers, rows) {
+  const widths = headers.map((h, i) => Math.max(h.length, ...rows.map(r => String(r[i] || '').length)));
+  const fmt = (cols) => cols.map((c, i) => String(c || '').padEnd(widths[i])).join('  ');
+  console.log(`${BOLD}${fmt(headers)}${RESET}`);
+  for (const r of rows) console.log(fmt(r));
+}
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// grep — substring search inside extracted text
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+async function handleSemanticGrep(flags, query) {
+  let mountPointIds;
+  if (flags.mount && flags.mount !== 'all') {
+    const { db } = await openDb(flags);
+    try {
+      const mount = requireMount(db, flags.mount);
+      mountPointIds = [mount.id];
+    } finally {
+      db.close();
+    }
+  }
+
+  const top = flags.top > 0 ? flags.top : 20;
+  const threshold = flags.threshold >= 0 ? flags.threshold : 0.5;
+  const port = flags.port || 3000;
+  const url = `http://localhost:${port}/api/v1/mount-points?action=semantic-search`;
+
+  let res;
+  try {
+    res = await fetch(url, {
+      method: 'POST',
+      headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+      body: JSON.stringify({ query, mountPointIds, top, threshold }),
+    });
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error(`Could not reach Quilltap server at http://localhost:${port}: ${err.message}`);
+    console.error('Semantic search requires the running server (the embedding provider lives there).');
+    console.error('Start it with: npm run dev');
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  let payload = null;
+  try {
+    const text = await res.text();
+    payload = text ? JSON.parse(text) : null;
+  } catch { /* leave payload null */ }
+
+  if (!res.ok) {
+    if (payload && payload.code === 'EMBEDDING_DIMENSION_MISMATCH') {
+      console.error(`Error: ${payload.error}`);
+      console.error(`  Query embedding: ${payload.queryDimensions}-d`);
+      console.error(`  Stored chunks:   ${payload.storedDimensions}-d`);
+      console.error('Re-apply the embedding profile via "quilltap docs reindex" + "quilltap docs embed",');
+      console.error('or switch the active embedding profile back to one that matches the corpus.');
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+    if (payload && payload.code === 'EMBEDDING_FAILED') {
+      console.error(`Error: ${payload.error}`);
+      console.error('Configure an embedding provider in /settings (Embeddings tab) and try again.');
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+    const msg = (payload && payload.error) || `HTTP ${res.status}`;
+    console.error(`Error: ${msg}`);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  if (flags.json) {
+    process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify(payload, null, 2) + '\n');
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const results = (payload && payload.results) || [];
+  if (results.length === 0) {
+    console.log('(no matches)');
+    return;
+  }
+
+  for (const r of results) {
+    const score = r.score.toFixed(3);
+    const heading = r.headingContext ? `  [${r.headingContext}]` : '';
+    console.log(`${score}  ${r.mountPointName}:${r.relativePath}${heading}`);
+    const snippet = (r.content || '').replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim();
+    const trimmed = snippet.length > 240 ? snippet.slice(0, 240) + '…' : snippet;
+    console.log(`        ${trimmed}`);
+  }
+  console.log('');
+  console.log(`${results.length} match${results.length === 1 ? '' : 'es'}` +
+    (payload.embeddingModel ? `  (model: ${payload.embeddingModel}, ${payload.embeddingDimensions}-d)` : ''));
+}
+
+async function handleGrep(flags, positional) {
+  const pattern = positional[0];
+  if (!pattern) {
+    console.error('Usage: quilltap docs grep [--mount <name|id|all>] [--ignore-case] [-l] [--max N] [--context N] [--json] <pattern>');
+    console.error('       quilltap docs grep --semantic [--mount <name|id|all>] [--top N] [--threshold 0..1] [--json] <query>');
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+  if (flags.semantic) {
+    return handleSemanticGrep(flags, pattern);
+  }
+  const max = flags.max > 0 ? flags.max : 5;
+  const contextLines = flags.context > 0 ? flags.context : 0;
+
+  const { db } = await openDb(flags);
+  try {
+    const mounts = resolveSearchMounts(db, flags.mount);
+    const showMountColumn = !flags.mount || flags.mount === 'all';
+
+    const linksByMount = db.prepare(`
+      SELECT l.id AS linkId, l.fileId, l.relativePath, l.extractedText,
+             f.source, f.fileType
+      FROM doc_mount_file_links l
+      JOIN doc_mount_files f ON f.id = l.fileId
+      WHERE l.mountPointId = ?
+      ORDER BY l.relativePath COLLATE NOCASE
+    `);
+    const docStmt = db.prepare(`SELECT content FROM doc_mount_documents WHERE fileId = ?`);
+    const chunkStmt = db.prepare(`SELECT content FROM doc_mount_chunks WHERE linkId = ? ORDER BY chunkIndex`);
+
+    const needle = flags.ignoreCase ? pattern.toLowerCase() : pattern;
+
+    const results = [];
+    for (const mount of mounts) {
+      const links = linksByMount.all(mount.id);
+      for (const link of links) {
+        const text = resolveTextForLink(db, mount, link, docStmt, chunkStmt);
+        if (text == null || text.length === 0) continue;
+        const haystack = flags.ignoreCase ? text.toLowerCase() : text;
+        if (haystack.indexOf(needle) === -1) continue;
+
+        const matches = [];
+        if (!flags.pathsOnly) {
+          const lines = text.split(/\r?\n/);
+          for (let lineNum = 0; lineNum < lines.length && matches.length < max; lineNum++) {
+            const hay = flags.ignoreCase ? lines[lineNum].toLowerCase() : lines[lineNum];
+            if (hay.indexOf(needle) === -1) continue;
+            let snippet = lines[lineNum];
+            if (contextLines > 0) {
+              const start = Math.max(0, lineNum - contextLines);
+              const end = Math.min(lines.length, lineNum + contextLines + 1);
+              snippet = lines.slice(start, end).join('\n');
+            }
+            matches.push({ line: lineNum + 1, snippet });
+          }
+        }
+        results.push({
+          mount: { id: mount.id, name: mount.name },
+          relativePath: link.relativePath,
+          matches,
+        });
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (flags.json) {
+      process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({ pattern, results }, null, 2) + '\n');
+      return;
+    }
+    if (results.length === 0) {
+      console.log('(no matches)');
+      return;
+    }
+
+    for (const r of results) {
+      const prefix = showMountColumn ? `${r.mount.name}:` : '';
+      if (flags.pathsOnly) {
+        console.log(`${prefix}${r.relativePath}`);
+        continue;
+      }
+      for (const m of r.matches) {
+        const oneLine = m.snippet.replace(/\n/g, ' ⏎ ');
+        console.log(`${prefix}${r.relativePath}:${m.line}: ${oneLine}`);
+      }
+    }
+  } finally {
+    db.close();
+  }
+}
+
+// Resolve text for a single link row using the same decision tree as
+// readRendered — so grep sees everything the user can `docs read --rendered`.
+function resolveTextForLink(db, mount, link, docStmt, chunkStmt) {
+  if (link.extractedText) return link.extractedText;
+  if (link.source === 'database' && TEXT_FILE_TYPES.has(link.fileType)) {
+    const doc = docStmt.get(link.fileId);
+    if (doc) return doc.content;
+  }
+  if (link.source === 'filesystem' && TEXT_FILE_TYPES.has(link.fileType)) {
+    const fullPath = path.join(mount.basePath, link.relativePath);
+    try {
+      if (fs.existsSync(fullPath)) {
+        return fs.readFileSync(fullPath, 'utf8');
+      }
+    } catch { /* unreadable file — skip */ }
+  }
+  const chunks = chunkStmt.all(link.linkId);
+  if (chunks.length > 0) return chunks.map(c => c.content).join('\n\n');
+  return null;
+}
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// reindex / embed — server-required, talks to /api/v1/mount-points/[id]
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+async function callMountAction(port, mountId, action, body) {
+  const url = `http://localhost:${port}/api/v1/mount-points/${encodeURIComponent(mountId)}?action=${action}`;
+  let res;
+  try {
+    res = await fetch(url, {
+      method: 'POST',
+      headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+      body: JSON.stringify(body || {}),
+    });
+  } catch (err) {
+    return { reachable: false, error: err.message };
+  }
+  let text = '';
+  let parsed = null;
+  try {
+    text = await res.text();
+    parsed = text ? JSON.parse(text) : null;
+  } catch { /* leave parsed null */ }
+  if (!res.ok) {
+    const msg = parsed && parsed.error ? parsed.error : `HTTP ${res.status}`;
+    return { reachable: true, ok: false, status: res.status, error: msg };
+  }
+  return { reachable: true, ok: true, result: parsed && parsed.data ? parsed.data : parsed };
+}
+
+async function pollJob(port, jobId, opts = {}) {
+  const intervalMs = opts.intervalMs || 1500;
+  const timeoutMs = opts.timeoutMs || 0;
+  const start = Date.now();
+  while (true) {
+    let res;
+    try {
+      res = await fetch(`http://localhost:${port}/api/v1/system/jobs/${encodeURIComponent(jobId)}`);
+    } catch (err) {
+      return { ok: false, error: `Unreachable while polling: ${err.message}` };
+    }
+    if (!res.ok) return { ok: false, error: `HTTP ${res.status} polling job` };
+    let body;
+    try { body = await res.json(); } catch { body = null; }
+    const job = body && (body.job || (body.data && body.data.job));
+    if (!job) return { ok: false, error: 'Malformed job response' };
+    if (job.status === 'COMPLETED' || job.status === 'FAILED' || job.status === 'CANCELLED') {
+      return { ok: true, terminal: true, job };
+    }
+    if (timeoutMs && Date.now() - start > timeoutMs) {
+      return { ok: false, error: 'Polling timed out' };
+    }
+    await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, intervalMs));
+  }
+}
+
+async function handleReindex(flags, positional) {
+  const mountSpec = positional[0];
+  const pathArg = positional[1];
+  if (!mountSpec) {
+    console.error('Usage: quilltap docs reindex <mount> [path] [--force] [--json]');
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  const { db } = await openDb(flags);
+  let mount;
+  try {
+    mount = requireMount(db, mountSpec);
+  } finally {
+    db.close();
+  }
+
+  const http = await callMountAction(flags.port, mount.id, 'reindex', {
+    path: pathArg,
+    force: !!flags.force,
+  });
+  if (!http.reachable) {
+    console.error(`Cannot reach Quilltap server at localhost:${flags.port}. The reindex action requires the running server (it owns the background job queue).`);
+    console.error(`  ${http.error || ''}`);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+  if (!http.ok) {
+    console.error(`Reindex failed: ${http.error}`);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  const r = http.result;
+  if (flags.json) {
+    process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify(r, null, 2) + '\n');
+    return;
+  }
+  console.log(`${BOLD}Reindex${RESET} ${mount.name}${pathArg ? `:${pathArg}` : ''}`);
+  console.log(`  processed:  ${r.processed}`);
+  console.log(`  succeeded:  ${r.succeeded}`);
+  console.log(`  failed:     ${r.failed}`);
+  console.log(`  skipped:    ${r.skipped}`);
+  if (r.errors && r.errors.length > 0) {
+    console.log(`  errors:`);
+    for (const e of r.errors.slice(0, 10)) {
+      console.log(`    ${e.relativePath}: ${e.error}`);
+    }
+    if (r.errors.length > 10) {
+      console.log(`    … ${r.errors.length - 10} more`);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+async function handleEmbed(flags, positional) {
+  const mountSpec = positional[0];
+  const pathArg = positional[1];
+  if (!mountSpec) {
+    console.error('Usage: quilltap docs embed <mount> [path] [--force] [--wait] [--json]');
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  const { db } = await openDb(flags);
+  let mount;
+  try {
+    mount = requireMount(db, mountSpec);
+  } finally {
+    db.close();
+  }
+
+  const http = await callMountAction(flags.port, mount.id, 'embed', {
+    path: pathArg,
+    force: !!flags.force,
+  });
+  if (!http.reachable) {
+    console.error(`Cannot reach Quilltap server at localhost:${flags.port}. The embed action requires the running server (it owns the background job queue).`);
+    console.error(`  ${http.error || ''}`);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+  if (!http.ok) {
+    console.error(`Embed failed: ${http.error}`);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  const r = http.result;
+  if (!flags.wait) {
+    if (flags.json) {
+      process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify(r, null, 2) + '\n');
+      return;
+    }
+    console.log(`${BOLD}Embed${RESET} ${mount.name}${pathArg ? `:${pathArg}` : ''}`);
+    console.log(`  queued:   ${r.queued}`);
+    console.log(`  skipped:  ${r.skipped}`);
+    if (r.jobs && r.jobs.length > 0 && r.jobs.length <= 5) {
+      console.log(`  jobs:`);
+      for (const j of r.jobs) console.log(`    ${j.id}  (${j.status})`);
+    } else if (r.jobs && r.jobs.length > 5) {
+      console.log(`  jobs:    ${r.jobs.length} queued (use --json for ids)`);
+    }
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // --wait: poll each job to terminal status.
+  const jobs = r.jobs || [];
+  if (jobs.length === 0) {
+    if (flags.json) {
+      process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({ ...r, waited: true, completed: 0, failed: 0 }, null, 2) + '\n');
+    } else {
+      console.log('No jobs queued.');
+    }
+    return;
+  }
+  console.log(`Waiting on ${jobs.length} job${jobs.length === 1 ? '' : 's'}…`);
+  let done = 0;
+  let failed = 0;
+  for (const j of jobs) {
+    const poll = await pollJob(flags.port, j.id);
+    if (!poll.ok) {
+      console.error(`Job ${j.id}: ${poll.error}`);
+      failed++;
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (poll.job.status === 'COMPLETED') done++;
+    else failed++;
+  }
+  if (flags.json) {
+    process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({ ...r, waited: true, completed: done, failed }, null, 2) + '\n');
+  } else {
+    console.log(`Embed done: ${done} completed, ${failed} failed.`);
+  }
+  if (failed > 0) process.exit(1);
+}
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// status
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+async function handleStatus(flags) {
+  const { db } = await openDb(flags);
+  try {
+    // Resolve target mounts: --mount narrows; default is all.
+    let mounts;
+    if (flags.mount) {
+      mounts = [requireMount(db, flags.mount)];
+    } else {
+      mounts = db.prepare(
+        `SELECT * FROM doc_mount_points ORDER BY name COLLATE NOCASE`
+      ).all();
+    }
+
+    const topN = flags.top >= 0 ? flags.top : 5;
+
+    // Per-mount aggregates.
+    const extractionGroupByStatus = db.prepare(
+      `SELECT extractionStatus, COUNT(*) AS n FROM doc_mount_file_links WHERE mountPointId = ? GROUP BY extractionStatus`
+    );
+    const textNativeCount = db.prepare(
+      `SELECT COUNT(*) AS n
+       FROM doc_mount_file_links l
+       JOIN doc_mount_files f ON f.id = l.fileId
+       WHERE l.mountPointId = ? AND f.fileType IN ('markdown', 'txt', 'json', 'jsonl')`
+    );
+    const nonTextLinkCount = db.prepare(
+      `SELECT COUNT(*) AS n
+       FROM doc_mount_file_links l
+       JOIN doc_mount_files f ON f.id = l.fileId
+       WHERE l.mountPointId = ? AND f.fileType NOT IN ('markdown', 'txt', 'json', 'jsonl')`
+    );
+    const chunkAgg = db.prepare(
+      `SELECT COUNT(*) AS total,
+              SUM(CASE WHEN embedding IS NOT NULL THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS embedded
+       FROM doc_mount_chunks WHERE mountPointId = ?`
+    );
+    const oldestExtraction = db.prepare(
+      `SELECT l.relativePath, l.updatedAt, l.extractionStatus, l.extractionError
+       FROM doc_mount_file_links l
+       WHERE l.mountPointId = ? AND l.extractionStatus = ?
+       ORDER BY l.updatedAt ASC
+       LIMIT ?`
+    );
+
+    const report = [];
+    for (const mount of mounts) {
+      const statusRows = extractionGroupByStatus.all(mount.id);
+      const byStatus = {};
+      for (const r of statusRows) byStatus[r.extractionStatus] = r.n;
+      const textNative = (textNativeCount.get(mount.id) || { n: 0 }).n;
+      const nonText = (nonTextLinkCount.get(mount.id) || { n: 0 }).n;
+      // converted/pending/failed counts apply to non-text-native files only.
+      const extracted = byStatus['converted'] || 0;
+      const extractionPending = byStatus['pending'] || 0;
+      const extractionFailed = byStatus['failed'] || 0;
+      const extractionSkipped = byStatus['skipped'] || 0;
+      const extractionNone = byStatus['none'] || 0;
+
+      const chunkRow = chunkAgg.get(mount.id) || { total: 0, embedded: 0 };
+      const totalChunks = chunkRow.total || 0;
+      const embeddedChunks = chunkRow.embedded || 0;
+      const embeddingPending = Math.max(0, totalChunks - embeddedChunks);
+
+      const oldestPending = topN > 0 ? oldestExtraction.all(mount.id, 'pending', topN) : [];
+      const oldestFailed = topN > 0 ? oldestExtraction.all(mount.id, 'failed', topN) : [];
+
+      report.push({
+        mount: { id: mount.id, name: mount.name, mountType: mount.mountType, basePath: mount.basePath },
+        files: {
+          'text-native': textNative,
+          extracted,
+          'extraction-pending': extractionPending,
+          'extraction-failed': extractionFailed,
+          'extraction-skipped': extractionSkipped,
+          'extraction-none': extractionNone,
+          'non-text-total': nonText,
+        },
+        chunks: {
+          total: totalChunks,
+          embedded: embeddedChunks,
+          'embedding-pending': embeddingPending,
+        },
+        oldestPendingExtractions: oldestPending,
+        oldestFailedExtractions: oldestFailed,
+      });
+    }
+
+    if (flags.json) {
+      process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({ mounts: report }, null, 2) + '\n');
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Human text output.
+    for (let i = 0; i < report.length; i++) {
+      if (i > 0) console.log('');
+      const r = report[i];
+      console.log(`${BOLD}Mount: ${r.mount.name}${RESET}  ${DIM}(${r.mount.id})${RESET}`);
+      console.log('  Files');
+      console.log(`    text-native:         ${String(r.files['text-native']).padStart(7)}`);
+      console.log(`    extracted:           ${String(r.files.extracted).padStart(7)}`);
+      console.log(`    extraction-pending:  ${String(r.files['extraction-pending']).padStart(7)}`);
+      console.log(`    extraction-failed:   ${String(r.files['extraction-failed']).padStart(7)}`);
+      if (r.files['extraction-skipped']) {
+        console.log(`    extraction-skipped:  ${String(r.files['extraction-skipped']).padStart(7)}`);
+      }
+      console.log('  Chunks');
+      console.log(`    total:               ${String(r.chunks.total).padStart(7)}`);
+      console.log(`    embedded:            ${String(r.chunks.embedded).padStart(7)}`);
+      console.log(`    embedding-pending:   ${String(r.chunks['embedding-pending']).padStart(7)}`);
+      if (r.oldestPendingExtractions.length > 0) {
+        console.log('  Oldest pending extractions:');
+        for (const row of r.oldestPendingExtractions) {
+          console.log(`    ${row.relativePath}  ${DIM}queued ${row.updatedAt}${RESET}`);
+        }
+      }
+      if (r.oldestFailedExtractions.length > 0) {
+        console.log('  Oldest failed extractions:');
+        for (const row of r.oldestFailedExtractions) {
+          const reason = row.extractionError ? `  ("${truncateSnippet(row.extractionError, 60)}")` : '';
+          console.log(`    ${row.relativePath}  ${DIM}failed ${row.updatedAt}${RESET}${reason}`);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  } finally {
+    db.close();
+  }
+}
+
+function truncateSnippet(s, n) {
+  if (s == null) return '';
+  const str = String(s).replace(/\s+/g, ' ');
+  if (str.length <= n) return str;
+  return str.slice(0, n) + '…';
+}
+
+async function docsCommand(args) {
+  if (args.length === 0) {
+    printDocsHelp();
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  const { flags, positional } = parseFlags(args);
+
+  if (flags.help) {
+    printDocsHelp();
+    process.exit(0);
+  }
+
+  if (positional.length === 0) {
+    printDocsHelp();
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  const verb = positional.shift();
+
+  try {
+    switch (verb) {
+      case 'list':
+        await handleList(flags);
+        break;
+      case 'show':
+        await handleShow(flags, positional[0]);
+        break;
+      case 'files':
+        await handleFiles(flags, positional[0]);
+        break;
+      case 'ls':
+      case 'dir':
+        await handleLs(flags, positional[0], positional[1]);
+        break;
+      case 'tree':
+        await handleTree(flags, positional[0], positional[1]);
+        break;
+      case 'read':
+        await handleRead(flags, positional[0], positional[1]);
+        break;
       case 'export':
         await handleExport(flags, positional[0], positional[1]);
         break;
       case 'scan':
         await handleScan(flags, positional[0]);
         break;
+      case 'write':
+        await handleWrite(flags, positional);
+        break;
+      case 'delete':
+        await handleDelete(flags, positional);
+        break;
+      case 'mkdir':
+        await handleMkdir(flags, positional);
+        break;
+      case 'move':
+        await handleFileOp(flags, positional, 'move');
+        break;
+      case 'copy':
+        await handleFileOp(flags, positional, 'copy');
+        break;
+      case 'status':
+        await handleStatus(flags);
+        break;
+      case 'find':
+        await handleFind(flags, positional);
+        break;
+      case 'grep':
+        await handleGrep(flags, positional);
+        break;
+      case 'reindex':
+        await handleReindex(flags, positional);
+        break;
+      case 'embed':
+        await handleEmbed(flags, positional);
+        break;
       default:
         console.error(`Unknown docs subcommand: ${verb}`);
         printDocsHelp();