Add smart scope detection for aitools update and uninstall#4923
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update and uninstall previously defaulted to global scope when no flag was passed, causing confusing "no skills installed" errors for users with project-only installations. Now both commands auto-detect which scopes have installations and behave accordingly: - Single scope installed: auto-select it - Both scopes + interactive: prompt the user (update offers 3 options including "both", uninstall offers 2) - Both scopes + non-interactive: error with flag guidance - Explicit flag pointing to empty scope: helpful error with CWD guidance update also supports --global --project together to update both scopes in one invocation. Co-authored-by: Isaac
Co-authored-by: Isaac
Address code review findings for the aitools scope detection feature: - Both flags (--project --global) on update now check installed scopes instead of blindly returning both, matching the design truth table - No-flags default case falls through to global scope so the installer layer can detect legacy installs and provide migration guidance - Expanded project-scope error with expected path and CWD guidance - Added cross-scope hints (e.g. "Global skills are installed" when user passes --project but only global exists) - Removed stale "(default)" from --global flag help text - Handle os.Getwd error properly in scope error paths Co-authored-by: Isaac
Global scope with explicit --global flag now always passes through to the installer layer, preserving legacy install detection and migration guidance. Only project scope uses withExplicitScopeCheck (where CWD guidance is useful). crossScopeHint now takes a verb parameter so uninstall hints say "uninstall" instead of "update". Co-authored-by: Isaac
Co-authored-by: Isaac
Move directory resolution to the Cobra RunE boundary in update.go and uninstall.go. Internal functions (detectInstalledScopes, crossScopeHint, scopeNotInstalledError, withExplicitScopeCheck, resolveScopeForUpdate, resolveScopeForUninstall) now take plain string/bool parameters instead of reaching through context, env vars, or os.Getwd(). Tests no longer manipulate global state (t.Setenv, t.Chdir). They pass directory paths directly. detectInstalledScopes, withExplicitScopeCheck, and crossScopeHint tests are now table-driven. Co-authored-by: Isaac
Fix scopeNotInstalledError building a doubled path by using projectDir directly (it already points to the skills directory). Fix resolveScopeForUpdate with both flags to only include scopes that are actually installed, falling through to global only when neither is installed (for legacy detection). Co-authored-by: Isaac
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Why
When running
aitools updateoruninstallwithout--project/--global, the CLI defaults to global scope regardless of what's actually installed. If a user only has project-scoped skills,updatesays "no skills installed" instead of detecting and updating the project install. There's no detection of what's present on disk.Changes
Before:
updateanduninstallalways defaulted to global scope when no flag was passed.--project --globaltogether was an error.Now: both commands auto-detect which scopes have installations and behave accordingly:
--project --globalon update: updates both installed scopes (ignores uninstalled ones)--project --globalon uninstall: always errors (safety, prevents accidental full removal)The implementation adds
detectInstalledScopes,resolveScopeForUpdate, andresolveScopeForUninstalltoscope.go. The existingresolveScope/resolveScopeWithPromptused byinstallare untouched. Legacy installs (skills on disk without.state.json) still get the installer layer's migration guidance.Test plan
scope_test.gocovering all branches of scope detection and resolutiongo test ./experimental/aitools/cmd/... -count=1passesmake checkspasses