| 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:
<cmd> <subcommand> --help
<cmd> --help or the tool's built-in help form
type <cmd> or command -v <cmd> to identify aliases, functions, or builtins
- shell
help <builtin>
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.