things-api 0.7.0 → 0.8.0

package/dist/cli/commands/reads.js

@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
+import { execFileSync } from "node:child_process";
 import { openThings } from "../../client.js";
 import { ThingsDbNotFoundError } from "../../db/locate.js";
 import { ThingsDbOpenError } from "../../db/connection.js";
 import { isTodayMember } from "../../read/views.js";
-import { blue, bold, dim, magenta, red, underline, yellow } from "../style.js";
+import { localToday } from "../../model/dates.js";
+import { templateStatus } from "../../model/recurrence.js";
+import { blue, bold, dim, strike, underline } from "../style.js";
+import { areaMark, CHECKLIST_MARK, countChip, dateChip, deadlineToken, eveningMoon, loggedDate, NOTES_MARK, projectCircle, REMINDER_MARK, shortDate, todayStar, todoBox, } from "../glyphs.js";
 import { errorEnvelope, ExitCode, okEnvelope } from "../../contracts.js";
 export function withClient(opts, kind, fn, render) {
     const started = Date.now();
@@ -48,31 +52,67 @@ export function withClient(opts, kind, fn, render) {
     }
 }
 /**
- * One item line: `<uuid-prefix>  <marker> [meta …] <title> #tags (container)`.
- * Human output shows a SHORTENED uuid prefix (every command accepts unique
- * prefixes >= 6 chars); `uuidWidth` is the display length from
- * uuidDisplayWidth — never below 8 so a copied prefix stays unique across
- * the whole database, not just the rendered list. Tags follow the title
- * (`#`-prefixed, space-separated), mirroring the GUI. Exactly one space
- * separates every following token; meta tokens colorize on a TTY only
- * (../style.ts) — piped output stays plain. `--json` always carries full
- * uuids.
+ * One item line:
+ * `<uuid-prefix>  <box> [★|⏾] [logged-date] [‹chip›] <title> [‹n›] [⍾] [≡] [≔] (container) #tags [⚑ deadline]`.
+ * Repeating templates seat ↻ INSIDE the box (`[↻]`/`(↻)`) rather than as a
+ * separate mark; open project rows render their circle and title blue.
+ * The box is the glyph-language state carrier (../glyphs.ts): `[ ]`-family
+ * for to-dos, `( )`-family for projects — state survives with color
+ * stripped. Completed titles dim; canceled titles dim+strike (the `[×]`
+ * mark keeps the state when strike/ANSI is unavailable). Human output shows
+ * a SHORTENED uuid prefix (every command accepts unique prefixes >= 6
+ * chars); `uuidWidth` is the display length from uuidDisplayWidth — never
+ * below 8 so a copied prefix stays unique across the whole database, not
+ * just the rendered list. Tags follow the title (`#`-prefixed, green — GUI
+ * color), after the count chip (projects), notes marker, and container.
+ * Heading-nested to-dos label their parent PROJECT (via headingProject),
+ * never the heading — GUI behavior. Colors engage on a TTY only
+ * (../style.ts); `--json` always carries full uuids.
  */
 export function formatItem(item, uuidWidth = 0, opts = {}) {
+    const todayIso = localToday(opts.now);
     const asTitle = opts.projectTitle === true && item.type === "project";
-    const marker = asTitle
-        ? null
-        : (item.type === "project" ? "P" : "-") + (item.repeating.isTemplate ? "↻" : "");
-    const meta = [
-        item.deadline ? red(`!${item.deadline}`) : null,
-        item.startDate ? yellow(`@${item.startDate}`) : null,
-        item.status !== "open" ? magenta(`[${item.status}]`) : null,
-    ].filter((s) => s !== null);
-    const tags = item.tags.length > 0 ? ` ${blue(`#${item.tags.map((t) => t.title).join(" #")}`)}` : "";
-    const context = item.type === "to-do" && item.project
-        ? item.project.uuid === opts.suppressProject
+    const box = item.type === "project" ? projectCircle(item) : todoBox(item);
+    const meta = [];
+    if (opts.mark != null)
+        meta.push(opts.mark);
+    // ↻ now lives INSIDE the box for templates (glyphs.ts) — no separate mark.
+    if (opts.statusWord !== undefined)
+        meta.push(dim(opts.statusWord));
+    if (item.status !== "open" && item.stopped !== null)
+        meta.push(loggedDate(item.stopped, todayIso));
+    if (opts.hideDateChip === true) {
+        // rows under a day header — the header carries the date
+    }
+    else if (item.status === "open" && item.startDate !== null && item.startDate > todayIso)
+        meta.push(dateChip(item.startDate, todayIso));
+    // Repeating templates chip their app-materialized next occurrence.
+    else if (item.repeating.isTemplate && item.repeating.nextOccurrence != null)
+        meta.push(dateChip(item.repeating.nextOccurrence, todayIso));
+    // List rows mute their tags (the GUI's gray pills); tags go green only on
+    // the opened resource (todo show / the project|area header row).
+    const tags = item.tags.length > 0 ? ` ${dim(`#${item.tags.map((t) => t.title).join(" #")}`)}` : "";
+    // Closed rows drop the deadline flag — a months-old red "n days ago" on a
+    // logged item is noise (the GUI doesn't flag logbook rows either). Raw
+    // template rows drop it via the sentinel guard: their deadline column
+    // carries app-internal 4001-01-01 sentinels (upcoming's synthesized
+    // occurrences carry REAL rule-derived deadlines and must keep the flag).
+    const rule = item.repeating.rule;
+    const deadline = item.status === "open" && item.deadline !== null && item.deadline < "4000"
+        ? ` ${deadlineToken(item.deadline, todayIso)}`
+        : // The GUI's bare flag on no-date repeating templates: the rule WILL
+            // assign each occurrence a deadline (fixed rules always do; after-
+            // completion only with a start offset), date unknown until spawned.
+            item.repeating.isTemplate &&
+                rule !== undefined &&
+                (rule.type === "fixed" || rule.startOffsetDays < 0)
+                ? ` ${bold(dim("⚑"))}`
+                : "";
+    const container = item.type === "to-do" ? (item.project ?? item.headingProject ?? null) : null;
+    const context = container !== null
+        ? container.uuid === opts.suppressProject
             ? ""
-            : ` (${item.project.title})`
+            : ` (${container.title})`
         : item.area
             ? item.area.uuid === opts.suppressArea
                 ? ""
@@ -81,14 +121,52 @@ export function formatItem(item, uuidWidth = 0, opts = {}) {
     const shownUuid = uuidWidth > 0 && item.uuid.length > uuidWidth
         ? item.uuid.slice(0, uuidWidth)
         : item.uuid.padEnd(uuidWidth);
-    const title = asTitle ? bold(underline(item.title)) : item.title;
+    let title = item.title;
+    if (asTitle)
+        title = bold(underline(title));
+    else if (item.status === "canceled")
+        title = dim(strike(title));
+    else if (item.status === "completed")
+        title = dim(title);
+    // Open project rows render their title blue — GUI parity (list accent) and
+    // a color cue reinforcing the round bracket. To-dos stay default-colored.
+    else if (item.type === "project")
+        title = blue(title);
+    // GUI indicator order after the title: bell, document, checklist.
+    const tail = [
+        ...(item.type === "project" ? [countChip(item)] : []),
+        ...(item.reminder !== null ? [dim(REMINDER_MARK)] : []),
+        ...(item.notes !== "" ? [dim(NOTES_MARK)] : []),
+        ...(item.type === "to-do" && item.checklistItemsCount > 0 ? [dim(CHECKLIST_MARK)] : []),
+    ];
     return [
         `${dim(shownUuid)} `,
-        ...(marker === null ? [] : [marker]),
+        box,
         ...meta,
-        `${title}${context === "" ? "" : dim(context)}${tags}`,
+        `${title}${tail.length > 0 ? ` ${tail.join(" ")}` : ""}${tags}${context === "" ? "" : dim(context)}${deadline}`,
     ].join(" ");
 }
+/**
+ * Row prefix in today-aware views: yellow ★ for Today members, cyan ⏾ for
+ * effective This-Evening members (raw evening assignment counts only while
+ * startDate is exactly today — the UI's daily expiry), null otherwise.
+ */
+export function todayMark(item, now) {
+    if (!isTodayMember(item, now))
+        return null;
+    const evening = item.todaySection === "evening" && item.startDate === localToday(now);
+    return evening ? eveningMoon() : todayStar();
+}
+/**
+ * Foreground the Things app on a resource via its share URI. A GUI action
+ * on this Mac — NOT headless; the shared implementation behind every
+ * `open` command. Returns the URI it launched.
+ */
+export function openInThings(uuid) {
+    const uri = `things:///show?id=${uuid}`;
+    execFileSync("/usr/bin/open", [uri]);
+    return uri;
+}
 /** Minimum displayed-prefix length: shorter prefixes collide across the DB. */
 const UUID_DISPLAY_MIN = 8;
 /**
@@ -115,6 +193,243 @@ function renderList(items) {
     const w = uuidDisplayWidth(items);
     return items.length === 0 ? ["(empty)"] : items.map((i) => formatItem(i, w));
 }
+/**
+ * The sidebar mirror for `things projects`: loose projects first (the GUI
+ * lists them above the areas), then a `── ⬡ Area ──` header per area with
+ * its projects beneath (the redundant `(Area)` suffix suppressed). Items
+ * arrive from projectsView already in sidebar order — this only inserts the
+ * headers. Denser than renderSections on purpose: no title styling and no
+ * blank line per project (every row here IS a project). With `hints`,
+ * default-hidden later projects are never silent: each group trails a muted
+ * `…n later projects` count (a later-only area still gets its header), and
+ * the output ends with the flag that reveals them.
+ */
+export function renderProjectsSidebar(items, hints) {
+    const total = hints?.groups.reduce((n, g) => n + g.hidden, 0) ?? 0;
+    if (items.length === 0 && total === 0 && (hints === undefined || hints.groups.length === 0))
+        return ["(empty)"];
+    const w = uuidDisplayWidth(items);
+    const byGroup = new Map();
+    for (const item of items) {
+        const key = item.area?.uuid ?? null;
+        byGroup.set(key, [...(byGroup.get(key) ?? []), item]);
+    }
+    // hints (when present) carry the full sidebar group order, including
+    // later-only groups the visible items can't reveal.
+    const groups = hints?.groups ??
+        [...byGroup.keys()].map((key) => ({
+            area: key === null ? null : (items.find((i) => i.area?.uuid === key)?.area ?? null),
+            hidden: 0,
+        }));
+    const lines = [];
+    for (const group of groups) {
+        const rows = byGroup.get(group.area?.uuid ?? null) ?? [];
+        // The loose block only exists when it has content; areas mirror the
+        // sidebar and render even when empty.
+        if (group.area === null && rows.length === 0 && group.hidden === 0)
+            continue;
+        if (group.area !== null) {
+            if (lines.length > 0)
+                lines.push("");
+            lines.push(`${bold("──")} ${areaMark()} ${bold(`${group.area.title} ──`)}`);
+        }
+        lines.push(...rows.map((item) => formatItem(item, w, { suppressArea: group.area?.uuid ?? null })));
+        if (group.hidden > 0)
+            lines.push(dim(`…${group.hidden} later project${group.hidden === 1 ? "" : "s"}`));
+        else if (group.area !== null && rows.length === 0)
+            lines.push(dim("(no projects)"));
+    }
+    if (total > 0)
+        lines.push("", dim(`(${total} later project${total === 1 ? "" : "s"} — visible with \`things projects --show-later\`)`));
+    return lines;
+}
+const FULL_MONTHS = [
+    "January",
+    "February",
+    "March",
+    "April",
+    "May",
+    "June",
+    "July",
+    "August",
+    "September",
+    "October",
+    "November",
+    "December",
+];
+/**
+ * Relative period: `3d`/`2w`/`1m`/`1y` (days/weeks/calendar months/years),
+ * counted from `now` — FORWARD for an until-bound, BACKWARD for a since-
+ * bound (each command's natural direction; the flag name carries it).
+ */
+const RELATIVE_PERIOD = /^(\d+)([dwmy])$/i;
+function relativePeriodDate(m, now, sign) {
+    const n = sign * Number(m[1]);
+    const unit = (m[2] ?? "").toLowerCase();
+    const d = new Date(now);
+    if (unit === "d")
+        d.setDate(d.getDate() + n);
+    else if (unit === "w")
+        d.setDate(d.getDate() + 7 * n);
+    else if (unit === "m")
+        d.setMonth(d.getMonth() + n);
+    else
+        d.setFullYear(d.getFullYear() + n);
+    return d;
+}
+/**
+ * `--until` accepting whole periods: `2024` means through Dec 31 2024,
+ * `2024-03` through Mar 31, `2024-03-05` through end of that day; relative
+ * periods (`2w`, `1m`, `1y`) count FORWARD from now through the end of the
+ * landing day; anything else parses as an instant.
+ */
+export function parsePeriodEnd(s, now = new Date()) {
+    const rel = RELATIVE_PERIOD.exec(s.trim());
+    if (rel !== null) {
+        const d = relativePeriodDate(rel, now, 1);
+        return new Date(d.getFullYear(), d.getMonth(), d.getDate(), 23, 59, 59, 999);
+    }
+    const m = /^(\d{4})(?:-(\d{2})(?:-(\d{2}))?)?$/.exec(s.trim());
+    if (m === null)
+        return new Date(s);
+    const year = Number(m[1]);
+    // Day 0 of month n+1 = the last day of month n.
+    if (m[2] === undefined)
+        return new Date(year, 11, 31, 23, 59, 59, 999);
+    const month = Number(m[2]) - 1;
+    if (m[3] === undefined)
+        return new Date(year, month + 1, 0, 23, 59, 59, 999);
+    return new Date(year, month, Number(m[3]), 23, 59, 59, 999);
+}
+/**
+ * `--since` accepting the same vocabulary at the period's START: `2024` =
+ * Jan 1 2024 00:00, `2024-03` = Mar 1, `2024-03-05` = that midnight;
+ * relative periods (`2w`, `1m`) count BACKWARD from now to the landing
+ * day's midnight; anything else parses as an instant.
+ */
+export function parsePeriodStart(s, now = new Date()) {
+    const rel = RELATIVE_PERIOD.exec(s.trim());
+    if (rel !== null) {
+        const d = relativePeriodDate(rel, now, -1);
+        return new Date(d.getFullYear(), d.getMonth(), d.getDate());
+    }
+    const m = /^(\d{4})(?:-(\d{2})(?:-(\d{2}))?)?$/.exec(s.trim());
+    if (m === null)
+        return new Date(s);
+    const year = Number(m[1]);
+    if (m[2] === undefined)
+        return new Date(year, 0, 1);
+    const month = Number(m[2]) - 1;
+    if (m[3] === undefined)
+        return new Date(year, month, 1);
+    return new Date(year, month, Number(m[3]));
+}
+const WEEKDAYS = ["Sun", "Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri", "Sat"];
+const SHORT_MONTHS = [
+    "Jan",
+    "Feb",
+    "Mar",
+    "Apr",
+    "May",
+    "Jun",
+    "Jul",
+    "Aug",
+    "Sep",
+    "Oct",
+    "Nov",
+    "Dec",
+];
+/**
+ * GUI-style Upcoming bucket for a date, granularity decaying with distance:
+ * individual days for the next week ("Wed Jul 15"), the remainder of the
+ * current month ("Jul 19–31"), months through the end of NEXT year
+ * ("August", "January 2027"), then bare years ("2028").
+ */
+function upcomingBucket(iso, todayIso) {
+    const [y, m, d] = iso.split("-").map(Number);
+    const [y0, m0, d0] = todayIso.split("-").map(Number);
+    const diff = Math.round((Date.UTC(y ?? 0, (m ?? 1) - 1, d ?? 1) - Date.UTC(y0 ?? 0, (m0 ?? 1) - 1, d0 ?? 1)) /
+        86_400_000);
+    if (diff <= 7) {
+        const weekday = WEEKDAYS[new Date(Date.UTC(y ?? 0, (m ?? 1) - 1, d ?? 1)).getUTCDay()];
+        return { label: `${weekday} ${SHORT_MONTHS[(m ?? 1) - 1]} ${d}`, isDay: true };
+    }
+    if (y === y0 && m === m0) {
+        const lastDay = new Date(y ?? 0, m ?? 1, 0).getDate();
+        return { label: `${SHORT_MONTHS[(m ?? 1) - 1]} ${(d0 ?? 1) + 8}–${lastDay}`, isDay: false };
+    }
+    if ((y ?? 0) <= (y0 ?? 0) + 1) {
+        const month = FULL_MONTHS[(m ?? 1) - 1];
+        return { label: y === y0 ? `${month}` : `${month} ${y}`, isDay: false };
+    }
+    return { label: `${y}`, isDay: false };
+}
+/**
+ * Upcoming rows under GUI-style date headers (empty periods are simply
+ * absent), with the trailing Repeating To-Dos section: templates with no
+ * set next occurrence, carrying their waiting/paused/ended status word and
+ * the bare ⚑ when the rule will assign a deadline per occurrence.
+ */
+export function renderUpcoming(items, now) {
+    if (items.length === 0)
+        return ["(empty)"];
+    const todayIso = localToday(now);
+    const w = uuidDisplayWidth(items);
+    const fmtOpts = now === undefined ? {} : { now };
+    const dated = items.filter((i) => i.startDate !== null);
+    const resting = items.filter((i) => i.startDate === null && i.repeating.isTemplate);
+    const lines = [];
+    let openHeader = null;
+    for (const item of dated) {
+        const bucket = upcomingBucket(item.startDate ?? "", todayIso);
+        if (bucket.label !== openHeader) {
+            if (lines.length > 0)
+                lines.push("");
+            lines.push(bold(`── ${bucket.label} ──`));
+            openHeader = bucket.label;
+        }
+        lines.push(formatItem(item, w, { ...fmtOpts, hideDateChip: bucket.isDay }));
+    }
+    if (resting.length > 0) {
+        if (lines.length > 0)
+            lines.push("");
+        lines.push(bold("── Repeating To-Dos ──"));
+        for (const item of resting) {
+            lines.push(formatItem(item, w, { ...fmtOpts, statusWord: templateStatus(item.repeating, todayIso) }));
+        }
+    }
+    return lines;
+}
+/**
+ * Logbook rows under GUI-style date headings, month granularity throughout
+ * — `── July ──` within the current year, `── March 2025 ──` beyond (finer
+ * than the GUI's bare per-year buckets, deliberately). When the row count
+ * hits the limit, a trailing note says the range is NOT exhaustive.
+ */
+export function renderLogbook(items, limit, now) {
+    if (items.length === 0)
+        return ["(empty)"];
+    const w = uuidDisplayWidth(items);
+    const currentYear = localToday(now).slice(0, 4);
+    const lines = [];
+    let openHeading = null;
+    for (const item of items) {
+        const s = item.stopped;
+        const heading = s === null
+            ? "no logged date"
+            : `${FULL_MONTHS[s.getMonth()]}${String(s.getFullYear()) === currentYear ? "" : ` ${s.getFullYear()}`}`;
+        if (heading !== openHeading) {
+            if (lines.length > 0)
+                lines.push("");
+            lines.push(bold(`── ${heading} ──`));
+            openHeading = heading;
+        }
+        lines.push(formatItem(item, w, now === undefined ? {} : { now }));
+    }
+    if (items.length >= limit)
+        lines.push("", dim(`(${items.length} shown — --limit reached; raise --limit or narrow --since/--until)`));
+    return lines;
+}
 /**
  * Sidebar-grouped views (anytime/someday), rendered the way the GUI reads:
  * the area-less block headerless first, then one `── <area> ──` header per
@@ -124,7 +439,7 @@ function renderList(items) {
  * (an area header covers its rows; a project title row covers the to-dos
  * beneath it — a clustered child whose project row is absent, e.g. under a
  * tag filter, keeps its `(project)` suffix). `star` prefixes each item line
- * with the Today-membership star.
+ * with the Today-membership mark (★, or ⏾ for This-Evening members).
  */
 export function renderSections(sections, star = false) {
     const all = sections.flatMap((s) => s.items);
@@ -139,23 +454,28 @@ export function renderSections(sections, star = false) {
     for (const section of sections) {
         if (section.area !== null) {
             blank();
-            lines.push(bold(`── ${section.area.title} ──`));
+            lines.push(`${bold("──")} ${areaMark()} ${bold(`${section.area.title} ──`)}`);
         }
         // The uuid of the project whose title row is directly above (its member
         // rows drop their redundant `(project)` suffix).
         let openProject = null;
         for (const item of section.items) {
-            const prefix = star ? `${isTodayMember(item) ? yellow("★") : " "} ` : "";
+            const mark = star ? todayMark(item) : null;
             if (item.type === "project") {
                 openProject = item.uuid;
                 blank();
-                lines.push(`${prefix}${formatItem(item, w, { projectTitle: true, suppressArea: section.area?.uuid ?? null })}`);
+                lines.push(formatItem(item, w, {
+                    projectTitle: true,
+                    suppressArea: section.area?.uuid ?? null,
+                    mark,
+                }));
             }
             else {
-                lines.push(`${prefix}${formatItem(item, w, {
+                lines.push(formatItem(item, w, {
                     suppressProject: openProject,
                     suppressArea: section.area?.uuid ?? null,
-                })}`);
+                    mark,
+                }));
             }
         }
     }
@@ -167,12 +487,21 @@ export function registerReadCommands(program) {
             name: "today",
             description: "The Today list, split into Today and This Evening (evening expires daily), with the sidebar badge split (red = deadline due/overdue)",
             fetch: (c, tag, exactTag) => c.read.today(tag === undefined ? undefined : { tag, ...(exactTag === true && { exactTag }) }),
-            render: (data) => [
-                `── Today (badge: ${data.badge.dueOrOverdue} due/overdue · ${data.badge.other} other) ──`,
-                ...renderList(data.today),
-                "── This Evening ──",
-                ...renderList(data.evening),
-            ],
+            render: (data) => {
+                // GUI parity: every Today row carries the star, every This-Evening
+                // row the crescent, right after the box (one shared uuid column).
+                const w = uuidDisplayWidth([...data.today, ...data.evening]);
+                return [
+                    `── Today (badge: ${data.badge.dueOrOverdue} due/overdue · ${data.badge.other} other) ──`,
+                    ...(data.today.length === 0
+                        ? ["(empty)"]
+                        : data.today.map((i) => formatItem(i, w, { mark: todayStar() }))),
+                    "── This Evening ──",
+                    ...(data.evening.length === 0
+                        ? ["(empty)"]
+                        : data.evening.map((i) => formatItem(i, w, { mark: eveningMoon() }))),
+                ];
+            },
         },
         {
             name: "inbox",
@@ -224,60 +553,188 @@ export function registerReadCommands(program) {
     program
         .command("upcoming")
         .description("Future-scheduled items in date order, INCLUDING each repeating item's next " +
-        "occurrence (↻ marker; deadline derived from the repeat rule). --horizon <n> also " +
+        "occurrence (↻ marker; deadline derived from the repeat rule). Shows the next " +
+        "month by default — widen with --until (relative `2w`/`3m`/`1y` or absolute " +
+        "`2026-09`/`2026`) or --all for the full horizon. --horizon <n> also " +
         "PROJECTS the following n-1 occurrences per repeating item from its decoded rule " +
         "(fixed rules only, max 10) — projections are host math the app has not " +
         "materialized yet.")
+        .option("--until <period>", "only items scheduled through this bound: `2w`/`3m`/`1y` from today, or `2026-09`, " +
+        "`2026-09-15`, `2026` (whole periods)", "1m")
+        .option("--all", "no date bound — every future-scheduled item (the app's full Upcoming)")
+        .option("--limit <n>", "maximum rows (applied after the date bound)")
         .option("--tag <ref>", "filter by tag (uuid or unique name): direct, inherited, or descendant-tagged")
         .option("--exact-tag", "match the named tag only — exclude hierarchy descendants")
         .option("--horizon <n>", "occurrences per repeating item (default 1 = UI parity)")
         .option("--json", "emit versioned JSON envelope on stdout")
         .option("--db <path>", "explicit database path")
+        .action((opts, command) => {
+        const untilGiven = command.getOptionValueSource("until") !== "default";
+        if (opts.all === true && untilGiven) {
+            process.stderr.write("error: --all and --until are mutually exclusive\n");
+            process.exitCode = ExitCode.Usage;
+            return;
+        }
+        const untilDate = opts.all === true ? undefined : parsePeriodEnd(opts.until);
+        if (untilDate !== undefined && Number.isNaN(untilDate.getTime())) {
+            process.stderr.write(`error: --until is not a parseable period: ${opts.until}\n`);
+            process.exitCode = ExitCode.Usage;
+            return;
+        }
+        const until = untilDate === undefined ? undefined : localToday(untilDate);
+        const limit = opts.limit === undefined ? undefined : Number(opts.limit);
+        if (limit !== undefined && (!Number.isInteger(limit) || limit < 1)) {
+            process.stderr.write(`error: --limit must be a positive integer\n`);
+            process.exitCode = ExitCode.Usage;
+            return;
+        }
+        let clipped = false;
+        withClient(opts, "upcoming", (c) => {
+            const items = c.read.upcoming({
+                ...(until !== undefined && { until }),
+                ...(opts.tag !== undefined && { tag: opts.tag }),
+                ...(opts.exactTag === true && { exactTag: true }),
+                ...(opts.horizon !== undefined && { horizon: Number(opts.horizon) }),
+            });
+            if (limit !== undefined && items.length > limit) {
+                clipped = true;
+                return items.slice(0, limit);
+            }
+            return items;
+        }, ((items) => {
+            const lines = renderUpcoming(items);
+            if (clipped && limit !== undefined) {
+                lines.push("", dim(`(${limit} shown — --limit reached; raise --limit or widen --until)`));
+            }
+            if (until !== undefined) {
+                lines.push("", dim(`(through ${shortDate(until, localToday())} — --all for the full horizon)`));
+            }
+            return lines;
+        }));
+    });
+    program
+        .command("logbook")
+        .description("Completed and canceled items, most recent first, grouped under month headings " +
+        "(year appended beyond the current year). Scope with --area (direct items + its " +
+        "projects' children, heading-nested included) / --project (all children, " +
+        "heading-nested included) / --tag; bound the logged date with --since/--until.")
+        .option("--limit <n>", "maximum items to return", "100")
+        .option("--area <ref>", "restrict to an area: direct items plus its projects' children")
+        .option("--project <ref>", "restrict to one project's children (uuid or unique name)")
+        .option("--since <when>", "only entries logged on/after this bound: `2w`/`3m`/`1y` back from today, or " +
+        "`2024`, `2024-03`, `2024-03-05` (whole periods)")
+        .option("--until <when>", "only entries logged on/before this date (2024 or 2024-03 cover the whole period)")
+        .option("--tag <ref>", "filter by tag (uuid or unique name), direct OR inherited")
+        .option("--exact-tag", "match the named tag only — exclude hierarchy descendants")
+        .option("--json", "emit versioned JSON envelope on stdout")
+        .option("--db <path>", "explicit database path")
         .action((opts) => {
-        withClient(opts, "upcoming", (c) => c.read.upcoming({
+        const since = opts.since !== undefined ? parsePeriodStart(opts.since) : undefined;
+        const until = opts.until !== undefined ? parsePeriodEnd(opts.until) : undefined;
+        for (const [flag, value] of [
+            ["--since", since],
+            ["--until", until],
+        ]) {
+            if (value !== undefined && Number.isNaN(value.getTime())) {
+                process.stderr.write(`error: ${flag} is not a parseable date\n`);
+                process.exitCode = ExitCode.Usage;
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+        const limit = Number(opts.limit);
+        withClient(opts, "logbook", (c) => c.read.logbook({
+            limit,
+            ...(opts.area !== undefined && { area: opts.area }),
+            ...(opts.project !== undefined && { project: opts.project }),
+            ...(since !== undefined && { since }),
+            ...(until !== undefined && { until }),
             ...(opts.tag !== undefined && { tag: opts.tag }),
             ...(opts.exactTag === true && { exactTag: true }),
-            ...(opts.horizon !== undefined && { horizon: Number(opts.horizon) }),
-        }), renderList);
+        }), ((items) => renderLogbook(items, limit)));
+    });
+    program
+        .command("trash")
+        .description("Trashed items (trashed=1 flag, any status), most recently modified first")
+        .option("--limit <n>", "maximum items to return", "200")
+        .option("--json", "emit versioned JSON envelope on stdout")
+        .option("--db <path>", "explicit database path")
+        .action((opts) => {
+        const limit = Number(opts.limit);
+        let clipped = false;
+        withClient(opts, "trash", (c) => {
+            // Fetch one past the limit so truncation is loud, never silent.
+            const items = c.read.trash({ limit: limit + 1 });
+            if (items.length > limit) {
+                clipped = true;
+                return items.slice(0, limit);
+            }
+            return items;
+        }, ((items) => {
+            const lines = renderList(items);
+            if (clipped)
+                lines.push("", dim(`(${limit} shown — --limit reached; raise --limit)`));
+            return lines;
+        }));
     });
-    for (const cmd of [
-        {
-            name: "logbook",
-            description: "Completed and canceled items, most recent first",
-            fetch: (c, limit, tag, exactTag) => c.read.logbook({
-                limit,
-                ...(tag !== undefined && { tag }),
-                ...(exactTag === true && { exactTag }),
-            }),
-            defaultLimit: 100,
-        },
-        {
-            name: "trash",
-            description: "Trashed items (trashed=1 flag, any status), most recently modified first",
-            fetch: (c, limit, _tag, _exactTag) => c.read.trash({ limit }),
-            defaultLimit: 200,
-        },
-    ]) {
-        program
-            .command(cmd.name)
-            .description(cmd.description)
-            .option("--limit <n>", "maximum items to return", String(cmd.defaultLimit))
-            .option("--tag <ref>", "filter by tag (uuid or unique name), direct OR inherited — logbook only")
-            .option("--exact-tag", "match the named tag only — exclude hierarchy descendants")
-            .option("--json", "emit versioned JSON envelope on stdout")
-            .option("--db <path>", "explicit database path")
-            .action((opts) => {
-            withClient(opts, cmd.name, (c) => cmd.fetch(c, Number(opts.limit), opts.tag, opts.exactTag), renderList);
-        });
-    }
     program
         .command("projects")
-        .description("Active projects (optionally scoped to --area <uuid>)")
+        .description("Active projects in sidebar order: loose projects first, then grouped under " +
+        "their area (optionally scoped to --area <ref>). Someday and future-scheduled " +
+        "projects are hidden — --show-later appends them after each group's active " +
+        "block (state carried by the (~) mark and ‹date› chip)")
         .option("--area <ref>", "filter by area (uuid or unique name)")
+        .option("--show-later", "include someday/future-scheduled projects after each active block")
         .option("--json", "emit versioned JSON envelope on stdout")
         .option("--db <path>", "explicit database path")
         .action((opts) => {
-        withClient(opts, "projects", (c) => c.read.projects(opts.area ? { areaUuid: opts.area } : {}), renderList);
+        let hints;
+        withClient(opts, "projects", (c) => {
+            const scope = opts.area !== undefined ? { areaUuid: opts.area } : {};
+            const visible = c.read.projects({
+                ...scope,
+                ...(opts.showLater === true && { later: true }),
+            });
+            if (opts.area === undefined) {
+                // Sidebar scaffold: every VISIBLE area renders (project-less
+                // ones say so), in sidebar order; the loose block leads. One
+                // extra projects query buys the hidden-later counts.
+                const full = opts.showLater === true ? visible : c.read.projects({ later: true });
+                const shown = new Set(visible.map((i) => i.uuid));
+                const groups = [
+                    { area: null, hidden: 0 },
+                    ...c.read
+                        .areas()
+                        .filter((a) => a.visible)
+                        .map((a) => ({ area: { uuid: a.uuid, title: a.title }, hidden: 0 })),
+                ];
+                const at = new Map(groups.map((g, i) => [g.area?.uuid ?? null, i]));
+                for (const item of full) {
+                    if (shown.has(item.uuid))
+                        continue;
+                    const g = groups[at.get(item.area?.uuid ?? null) ?? 0];
+                    if (g !== undefined)
+                        g.hidden += 1;
+                }
+                hints = { groups };
+            }
+            else if (opts.showLater !== true) {
+                // --area scoped: only the bottom hint needs a count.
+                const full = c.read.projects({ ...scope, later: true });
+                hints = { groups: [{ area: null, hidden: full.length - visible.length }] };
+            }
+            return visible;
+        }, 
+        // Scoped to one area the list is flat (the scope names the group);
+        // unscoped it mirrors the sidebar with ⬡ area headers.
+        ((items) => {
+            if (opts.area === undefined)
+                return renderProjectsSidebar(items, hints);
+            const lines = renderList(items);
+            const hidden = hints?.groups.reduce((n, g) => n + g.hidden, 0) ?? 0;
+            if (hidden > 0)
+                lines.push("", dim(`(${hidden} later project${hidden === 1 ? "" : "s"} — visible with \`--show-later\`)`));
+            return lines;
+        }));
     });
     program
         .command("areas")
@@ -285,7 +742,10 @@ export function registerReadCommands(program) {
         .option("--json", "emit versioned JSON envelope on stdout")
         .option("--db <path>", "explicit database path")
         .action((opts) => {
-        withClient(opts, "areas", (c) => c.read.areas(), ((data) => data.map((a) => `${a.uuid}  ${a.title}${a.tags.length ? ` #${a.tags.map((t) => t.title).join(" #")}` : ""}`)));
+        withClient(opts, "areas", (c) => c.read.areas(), ((data) => {
+            const w = uuidDisplayWidth(data);
+            return data.map((a) => `${dim(a.uuid.length > w ? a.uuid.slice(0, w) : a.uuid.padEnd(w))}  ${areaMark()} ${a.title}${a.tags.length ? ` ${dim(`#${a.tags.map((t) => t.title).join(" #")}`)}` : ""}`);
+        }));
     });
     program
         .command("tags")