JSON config output already carries collected config diagnostics in warnings[], so prose stderr emission must be reserved for text/local paths. Lazy permission-mode default resolution prevents an earlier config load from leaking the same deprecation before the JSON renderer runs.\n\nConstraint: ROADMAP #815 requires text mode to keep human stderr warnings while JSON config/list suppresses duplicate app-level config prose.\nRejected: Filtering all stderr in JSON mode | would hide cargo/compiler or unrelated diagnostics outside the app config warning path.\nConfidence: high\nScope-risk: narrow\nDirective: Keep load_collecting_warnings side-effect-free; use load() for human stderr emission.\nTested: cargo fmt; cargo test -p rusty-claude-cli --test output_format_contract config_json_reports_deprecations_structurally_without_stderr_duplicate_815; cargo test -p rusty-claude-cli --test output_format_contract; manual target/debug/claw JSON config fixture.\nNot-tested: cargo clippy -p rusty-claude-cli --all-targets -- -D warnings is blocked by pre-existing runtime dead_code/trident warnings.
Doctor help was already on the local help path in current source, but the exact #702 dogfood surface lacked a focused guard and the JSON help envelope was still too prose-oriented for wrappers. Strengthen the JSON contract while preserving text help.\n\nConstraint: Preserve unrelated dirty rust/Cargo.lock from prior #701 work.\nRejected: Starting runtime/provider/session to inspect doctor semantics | help must be local and credential-free.\nConfidence: high\nScope-risk: narrow\nDirective: Keep doctor help routed through parse_local_help_action and print_help_topic; do not call run_doctor for --help.\nTested: cargo test --manifest-path rust/Cargo.toml -p rusty-claude-cli --test output_format_contract doctor_help -- --nocapture; cargo test --manifest-path rust/Cargo.toml -p rusty-claude-cli --test output_format_contract help -- --nocapture; cargo fmt --manifest-path rust/Cargo.toml --all -- --check; cargo check --manifest-path rust/Cargo.toml -p rusty-claude-cli; timeout 5s cargo run -q --bin claw -- --output-format json doctor --help; timeout 5s cargo run -q --bin claw -- doctor --help.\nNot-tested: full workspace test suite.
Keep malformed diff invocations with trailing JSON format flags on the parser error path and lock the contract with focused output-format regressions.
Constraint: Do not touch tracked .omx state files.
Rejected: Repeating direct binary smoke loops | local auth/provider configuration intercepts those invocations and obscures parser behavior.
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: narrow
Tested: git diff --check; cargo fmt --check; cargo test -p rusty-claude-cli diff_extra_args_have_typed_error_kind_and_hint_766 --test output_format_contract; cargo test -p rusty-claude-cli diff_trailing_json_after_malformed_args_is_bounded_json_3129 --test output_format_contract; cargo test -p rusty-claude-cli diff_non_git_dir_has_error_kind_and_hint_801 --test output_format_contract
Two classifier arms had no corresponding assert_eq! in
test_classify_error_kind_returns_correct_discriminants: invalid_history_count
(both prefix and contains paths) and unknown_option (#790). Now 49/39 = full
coverage of all classify_error_kind return values.
claw '' and claw ' ' returned empty_prompt + hint:null because the
error message had no newline delimiter. Added usage hint. 61 CLI
contract tests pass.
Parity with #791 (config extra-arg fix). The plugins arg parser emitted
'unexpected extra arguments after claw plugins show ...' with no newline
delimiter, so split_error_hint returned None. Added usage hint after newline.
60 CLI contract tests pass.
Use git rev-parse --git-dir so startup preflight follows worktree .git indirections to the real metadata directory, then check directory permission metadata without creating probe files. Add a regression that verifies both the warning kind and structured event path for a read-only external gitdir.
Constraint: ROADMAP #695 requires early startup/worktree diagnostics without destructive writes or broad sandbox redesign.
Rejected: write-probe detection | it mutates git metadata during a diagnostic path.
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: narrow
Directive: Keep startup preflight warnings non-destructive and structured by warning kind/path.
Tested: cargo fmt --manifest-path rust/Cargo.toml --all -- --check; cargo test --manifest-path rust/Cargo.toml -p runtime startup_preflight -- --nocapture; cargo test --manifest-path rust/Cargo.toml -p runtime worker_boot -- --nocapture; cargo check --manifest-path rust/Cargo.toml --workspace
Not-tested: full cargo test --manifest-path rust/Cargo.toml --workspace
The analog RAG/bootstrap formatter already rejected missing and literal unknown phases, but still accepted arbitrary phase strings. Keep the parser aligned with the runtime/service contract by allowlisting the known emitted phases and returning the existing typed error shape with received value and field context when drift appears.
Constraint: Scope is limited to claw-analog bootstrap/RAG phase parsing for ROADMAP #693.
Rejected: Preserve arbitrary non-empty phases | would continue hiding producer/parser phase drift.
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: narrow
Directive: Update KNOWN_RAG_BOOTSTRAP_PHASES when claw-rag-service deliberately adds a new response phase.
Tested: cargo fmt --manifest-path rust/Cargo.toml --all -- --check; cargo test --manifest-path rust/Cargo.toml -p claw-analog rag_response -- --nocapture; cargo test --manifest-path rust/Cargo.toml -p claw-analog -- --nocapture; cargo check --manifest-path rust/Cargo.toml -p claw-analog; cargo check --manifest-path rust/Cargo.toml --workspace; git diff --check
Not-tested: Full workspace cargo test; remote CI
Guard the local/no-credential JSON command sweep so future additions fail fast when action is absent or empty.
Constraint: ROADMAP #710-#713 fixed most JSON surfaces; #714 dogfood sweep found remaining help and sandbox gaps.
Rejected: Schema redesign for help output | outside the action-field contract scope.
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: narrow
Directive: Keep --output-format json envelopes carrying a stable non-empty action on every local CLI surface.
Tested: cargo fmt --manifest-path rust/Cargo.toml --all; cargo fmt --manifest-path rust/Cargo.toml --all -- --check; cargo test --manifest-path rust/Cargo.toml -p rusty-claude-cli --test output_format_contract -- --nocapture; cargo check --manifest-path rust/Cargo.toml -p rusty-claude-cli; git diff --check
Not-tested: full workspace cargo test
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