Scan the repo for known antipatterns and propose rules that would catch them. Prints proposals to stdout for review — never edits the user's config. Pairs naturally with `alint init` for a smarter cold-start adoption flow
Usage: alint[EXE] suggest [OPTIONS] [PATH]
Arguments:
[PATH] Root of the repository to scan. Defaults to the current directory [default: .]
Options:
-c, --config <CONFIG> Path to a config file (repeatable; later overrides earlier)
-f, --format <FORMAT> Output format. `human` (default) is colorised for terminals; `yaml` is a paste-ready config snippet; `json` is a stable shape suitable for agent consumption [default: human] [possible values: human, yaml, json]
--confidence <LEVEL> Lower bound on signal strength for proposals. `low` is broadest (helpful when prospecting); `high` is strict (only ecosystem-marker hits and equivalents) [default: medium] [possible values: low, medium, high]
--include-bundled Include bundled-ruleset suggestions even if the existing `.alint.yml` already extends them
--no-gitignore Disable .gitignore handling (overrides config)
--explain Print one-line file-level evidence under each proposal so reviewers can decide quickly
--fail-on-warning Treat warnings as errors for exit-code purposes
--color <WHEN> When to emit ANSI color codes in human output. `auto` (the default) inspects TTY + `NO_COLOR` + `CLICOLOR_FORCE`. Only affects the `human` format; `json` / `sarif` / `github` / `markdown` / `junit` / `gitlab` / `agent` are always plain bytes [default: auto] [possible values: auto, always, never]
--ascii Force ASCII glyphs in human output (e.g. `x` instead of `✗`). Auto-enabled when `TERM=dumb`
--compact Compact one-line-per-violation human output, suitable for piping into editors / grep / `wc -l`. Format: `path:line:col: level: rule-id: message`
--progress <WHEN> When to render progress on stderr for slow operations (currently `alint suggest`). `auto` (the default) renders when stderr is a TTY; `always` forces; `never` silences. Progress always lives on stderr — `--format` JSON / YAML output on stdout stays byte-clean [default: auto] [possible values: auto, always, never]
-q, --quiet Suppress progress and any stderr summary lines. Alias for `--progress=never` plus suppression of the "found N proposals in Ts" footer that `suggest` prints
-h, --help Print help