checking-cli-help

name	checking-cli-help
description	Decide whether to inspect command help before execution when the exact subcommand, flags, targets, side effects, or help mechanism are uncertain.
metadata	{"internal":true}

Checking CLI Help (Deprecated Reference)

Run a command directly only when you can explain its exact target, effect, and material flags. Otherwise inspect the narrowest relevant help first.

Use this order as applicable:

1. <cmd> <subcommand> --help
2. <cmd> --help or the tool's built-in help form
3. type <cmd> or command -v <cmd> to identify aliases, functions, or builtins
4. shell help <builtin>
5. man <cmd> when non-interactive access is available

Judge familiarity on the full command, not a whitelist or the base executable name. Help output does not authorize an external, destructive, costly, or otherwise unapproved action; it only resolves syntax and behavior.