Enum Commands 

pub enum Commands {
    Setup {
        force: bool,
        dry_run: bool,
        skip_skills: bool,
        skip_hooks: bool,
        skip_claude_md: bool,
    },
    Reconfigure,
    Backfill {
        limit: usize,
        dry_run: bool,
    },
    Init {
        no_sync: bool,
        no_hooks: bool,
        provider: Option<String>,
        model: Option<String>,
        backfill: bool,
    },
    Context {
        action: ContextAction,
    },
    Read {
        path: String,
        anchor: Option<String>,
        lines: Option<String>,
    },
    Annotate {
        commit: String,
        live: bool,
        squash_sources: Option<String>,
        amend_source: Option<String>,
        summary: Option<String>,
        json_input: Option<String>,
        auto: bool,
    },
    Flag {
        path: String,
        anchor: Option<String>,
        reason: String,
    },
    Correct {
        sha: String,
        region: String,
        field: String,
        remove: Option<String>,
        amend: Option<String>,
    },
    Sync {
        action: SyncAction,
    },
    Export {
        output: Option<String>,
    },
    Import {
        file: String,
        force: bool,
        dry_run: bool,
    },
    Doctor {
        json: bool,
        staleness: bool,
    },
    Deps {
        path: String,
        anchor: Option<String>,
        format: String,
        max_results: u32,
        scan_limit: u32,
        compact: bool,
    },
    History {
        path: String,
        anchor: Option<String>,
        limit: u32,
        format: String,
        compact: bool,
    },
    Show {
        path: String,
        anchor: Option<String>,
        commit: String,
        no_tui: bool,
    },
    Schema {
        name: String,
    },
    Contracts {
        path: String,
        anchor: Option<String>,
        format: String,
        compact: bool,
    },
    Decisions {
        path: Option<String>,
        format: String,
        compact: bool,
    },
    Summary {
        path: String,
        anchor: Option<String>,
        format: String,
        compact: bool,
    },
    Lookup {
        path: String,
        anchor: Option<String>,
        format: String,
        compact: bool,
    },
    Status {
        format: String,
    },
    Note {
        text: Option<String>,
        list: bool,
        clear: bool,
    },
    Web {
        port: u16,
        open: bool,
    },
    Knowledge {
        action: KnowledgeAction,
    },
}

Variants

Setup

One-time machine-wide setup (provider, skills, hooks, CLAUDE.md)

Fields

force: bool

Overwrite existing files without prompting

dry_run: bool

Print what would be done without writing

skip_skills: bool

Skip installing Claude Code skills

skip_hooks: bool

Skip installing Claude Code hooks

skip_claude_md: bool

Skip modifying ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md

Reconfigure

Rerun the LLM provider selection prompt

Backfill

Annotate historical commits that lack Chronicle annotations

Fields

limit: usize

Maximum number of commits to annotate

dry_run: bool

List commits that would be annotated without calling the LLM

Init

Initialize chronicle in the current repository

Fields

no_sync: bool

Disable notes sync (sync is enabled by default)

no_hooks: bool

Skip hook installation

provider: Option<String>

LLM provider to use

model: Option<String>

LLM model to use

backfill: bool

Run backfill after init (annotate last 20 commits)

Context

Manage annotation context

Fields

action: ContextAction

Read

Read annotations for a file

Fields

path: String

File path to read annotations for

anchor: Option<String>

Filter by AST anchor name

lines: Option<String>

Filter by line range (format: start:end)

Annotate

Annotate a specific commit

Fields

commit: String

Commit to annotate (default: HEAD)

live: bool

Read AnnotateInput JSON from stdin (live annotation path, zero LLM cost)

squash_sources: Option<String>

Comma-separated source commit SHAs for squash synthesis (CI usage)

amend_source: Option<String>

Old commit SHA to migrate annotation from (amend re-annotation)

summary: Option<String>

Quick annotation: provide summary directly on command line

json_input: Option<String>

Provide full annotation JSON on command line

auto: bool

Auto-annotate using the commit message as summary

Flag

Flag a region annotation as potentially inaccurate

Fields

path: String

File path relative to repository root

anchor: Option<String>

Optional AST anchor name to scope the flag to a specific region

reason: String

Reason for flagging this annotation

Correct

Apply a precise correction to a specific annotation field

Fields

sha: String

Commit SHA of the annotation to correct

region: String

AST anchor name of the region within the annotation

field: String

Annotation field to correct (intent, reasoning, constraints, risk_notes, semantic_dependencies, tags)

remove: Option<String>

Specific value to remove or mark as incorrect

amend: Option<String>

Replacement or amendment text

Sync

Manage notes sync with remotes

Fields

action: SyncAction

Export

Export annotations as JSONL

Fields

output: Option<String>

Write to file instead of stdout

Import

Import annotations from a JSONL file

Fields

file: String

JSONL file to import

force: bool

Overwrite existing annotations

dry_run: bool

Show what would be imported without writing

Doctor

Run diagnostic checks on the chronicle setup

Fields

json: bool

Output as JSON

staleness: bool

Include annotation staleness check (scans recent annotations)

Deps

Find code that depends on a given file/anchor (dependency inversion)

Fields

path: String

File path to query

anchor: Option<String>

AST anchor name to query

format: String

Output format (json or pretty)

max_results: u32

Maximum number of results to return

scan_limit: u32

Maximum number of commits to scan

compact: bool

Omit metadata (schema, query echo, stats) from JSON output

History

Show annotation timeline for a file/anchor across commits

Fields

path: String

File path to query

anchor: Option<String>

AST anchor name to query

limit: u32

Maximum number of timeline entries

format: String

Output format (json or pretty)

compact: bool

Omit metadata (schema, query echo, stats) from JSON output

Show

Interactive TUI explorer for annotated source code

Fields

path: String

File path to show

anchor: Option<String>

Focus on a specific AST anchor

commit: String

Commit to show file at

no_tui: bool

Force non-interactive plain-text output

Schema

Print JSON Schema for annotation types (self-documenting for AI agents)

Fields

name: String

Schema name: annotate-input, annotation

Contracts

Query contracts and dependencies for a file/anchor (“What must I not break?”)

Fields

path: String

File path to query

anchor: Option<String>

AST anchor name to query

format: String

Output format (json or pretty)

compact: bool

Omit metadata (schema, query echo, stats) from JSON output

Decisions

Query design decisions and rejected alternatives (“What was decided?”)

Fields

path: Option<String>

File path to scope decisions to (omit for all)

format: String

Output format (json or pretty)

compact: bool

Omit metadata (schema, query echo) from JSON output

Summary

Show condensed annotation summary for a file

Fields

path: String

File path to query

anchor: Option<String>

Filter to a specific AST anchor

format: String

Output format (json or pretty)

compact: bool

Omit metadata (schema, query echo, stats) from JSON output

Lookup

One-stop context lookup for a file (contracts + decisions + history)

Fields

path: String

File path to query

anchor: Option<String>

AST anchor name

format: String

Output format (json or pretty)

compact: bool

Compact output (payload only)

Status

Show annotation status and coverage for the repository

Fields

format: String

Output format

Note

Stage a note for the next annotation (captured context during work)

Fields

text: Option<String>

The note text to stage (omit to list or clear)

list: bool

List current staged notes

clear: bool

Clear all staged notes

Web

Launch web viewer for browsing annotations

Fields

port: u16

Port to listen on

open: bool

Open browser automatically

Knowledge

Manage repo-level knowledge (conventions, boundaries, anti-patterns)

Fields

action: KnowledgeAction

Trait Implementations

impl FromArgMatches for Commands

fn from_arg_matches(__clap_arg_matches: &ArgMatches) -> Result<Self, Error>

Instantiate Self from ArgMatches, parsing the arguments as needed.

fn from_arg_matches_mut( __clap_arg_matches: &mut ArgMatches, ) -> Result<Self, Error>

Instantiate Self from ArgMatches, parsing the arguments as needed.

fn update_from_arg_matches( &mut self, __clap_arg_matches: &ArgMatches, ) -> Result<(), Error>

Assign values from ArgMatches to self.

fn update_from_arg_matches_mut<'b>( &mut self, __clap_arg_matches: &mut ArgMatches, ) -> Result<(), Error>

Assign values from ArgMatches to self.

impl Subcommand for Commands

fn augment_subcommands<'b>(__clap_app: Command) -> Command

Append to Command so it can instantiate Self via FromArgMatches::from_arg_matches_mut

fn augment_subcommands_for_update<'b>(__clap_app: Command) -> Command

Append to Command so it can instantiate self via FromArgMatches::update_from_arg_matches_mut

fn has_subcommand(__clap_name: &str) -> bool

Test whether Self can parse a specific subcommand