toolpath-cli 0.3.0

# toolpath-cli

One binary that ties together everything Toolpath can do: derive provenance from git and Claude, query and filter documents, render DAG visualizations, track live editing sessions, and merge results into release graphs. If you want to use Toolpath without writing Rust, start here.

Unified CLI for deriving, querying, and visualizing Toolpath provenance documents.

## Installation

```bash
cargo install toolpath-cli
```

This installs a binary called `path`.

Or run from source:

```bash
cargo run -p toolpath-cli -- <command>
```

## Typical workflows

**Capture the provenance of a PR:**

```bash
path derive git --repo . --branch feature --pretty > pr-provenance.json
```

**Visualize how a branch evolved, including dead ends:**

```bash
path derive git --repo . --branch main:HEAD~20 | path render dot | dot -Tpng -o history.png
```

**Review what an AI agent changed:**

```bash
path derive claude --project . --pretty | path query filter --actor "agent:" --pretty
```

**Record provenance for a live editing session:**

```bash
cat src/main.rs | path track init --file src/main.rs --actor "human:alex"
# ... edit the file ...
cat src/main.rs | path track step --session /tmp/session.json --seq 1 --parent-seq 0
path track annotate --session /tmp/session.json --intent "Refactored auth"
path track close --session /tmp/session.json --pretty > session-provenance.json
```

**Merge multiple sources into a release graph:**

```bash
path merge git-provenance.json claude-provenance.json --title "v2.0 Release" --pretty
```

## Commands

### list

Discover available sources before deriving.

```bash
# List git branches with metadata
path list git --repo .

# List Claude projects
path list claude

# List sessions within a project
path list claude --project /path/to/project

# Machine-readable output
path list git --repo . --json
```

### derive

Generate Toolpath documents from source systems.

```bash
# From git history (single branch -> Path, multiple -> Graph)
path derive git --repo . --branch main --pretty
path derive git --repo . --branch main --branch feature --title "Release v2"
path derive git --repo . --branch main:HEAD~20 --pretty

# From Claude conversation logs
path derive claude --project /path/to/project --pretty
path derive claude --project /path/to/project --session abc123
path derive claude --project /path/to/project --all
```

### query

Query Toolpath documents.

```bash
# Walk ancestry from a step
path query ancestors --input doc.json --step-id step-003

# Find abandoned branches
path query dead-ends --input doc.json

# Filter by criteria (combinable)
path query filter --input doc.json --actor "agent:"
path query filter --input doc.json --artifact "src/main.rs"
path query filter --input doc.json --after "2026-01-29T00:00:00Z" --before "2026-01-30T00:00:00Z"
```

### render

Render documents to other formats.

```bash
# Graphviz DOT output
path render dot --input doc.json --output graph.dot
path render dot --input doc.json --show-files --show-timestamps

# Pipe through Graphviz
path derive git --repo . --branch main | path render dot | dot -Tpng -o graph.png
```

### merge

Combine multiple documents into a single Graph.

```bash
path merge doc1.json doc2.json --title "Release v2" --pretty
path merge *.json --pretty
```

### track

Incrementally build a Path document step by step, useful for editor integrations and live sessions.

```bash
# Start a session (pipe initial content via stdin)
echo "hello" | path track init --file src/main.rs --actor "human:alex" --title "Editing session"

# Record a step (pipe current content via stdin)
echo "world" | path track step --session /tmp/session.json --seq 1 --parent-seq 0

# Record a step with VCS source metadata
echo "world" | path track step --session /tmp/session.json --seq 2 --parent-seq 1 \
  --source '{"type":"git","revision":"abc123"}'

# Add a note to the current step
path track note --session /tmp/session.json --intent "Refactored for clarity"

# Annotate any step with metadata (intent, source, refs)
path track annotate --session /tmp/session.json --step step-001 \
  --intent "Extract helper" \
  --source '{"type":"git","revision":"abc123"}' \
  --ref '{"rel":"issue","href":"https://github.com/org/repo/issues/42"}'

# Export the session as a Toolpath Path document
path track export --session /tmp/session.json --pretty

# Export and clean up
path track close --session /tmp/session.json --pretty

# List active sessions
path track list
```

### validate

Check that a JSON file is a valid Toolpath document.

```bash
path validate --input examples/step-01-minimal.json
# Valid: Step (id: step-001)
```

### haiku

```bash
path haiku
```

## Global flags

| Flag | Description |
|---|---|
| `--pretty` | Pretty-print JSON output |

## Part of Toolpath

This is the CLI for the [Toolpath](https://github.com/empathic/toolpath) workspace. See also:

- [`toolpath`](https://crates.io/crates/toolpath) -- core types and query API
- [`toolpath-git`](https://crates.io/crates/toolpath-git) -- derive from git history
- [`toolpath-claude`](https://crates.io/crates/toolpath-claude) -- derive from Claude conversations
- [`toolpath-dot`](https://crates.io/crates/toolpath-dot) -- Graphviz DOT rendering
- [RFC](https://github.com/empathic/toolpath/blob/main/RFC.md) -- full format specification