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Chris Sells d2f87d50de docs(pipeline): pin the CLI docs to the released bd; repair main's broken CLI reference (#4876)
* docs(pipeline): pin the generated CLI docs to the released bd; repair main's CLI reference

The #4874 squash-merge raced the docs-autofix bot: the bot had pushed a
regeneration from main's source onto the PR branch, so the squash landed a
contradictory mix — the release-aligned hand-written docs plus a CLI
reference re-documenting unreleased commands and flags, with docs.json
referencing four pages (heartbeat, migrate-personal, reclaim, unclaim)
whose files do not exist. That broken nav fails the docsync guard on main
and on every branch cut from it. This restores the intended end state of
#4874 and lands the pin that prevents the race from recurring.

- Regenerate the CLI reference from a bd built from the v1.1.0 tag (CI's
  canonical pure-Go build), removing the unreleased commands/flags and
  fixing the dangling nav entries.
- docs/cli-docs.pin names the release tag; scripts/resolve-docs-bd.sh
  builds and caches a canonical pure-Go bd from that tag, fetching the tag
  first in shallow CI checkouts.
- generate-cli-docs.sh, check-doc-flags.sh, and check-cli-docs-drift.sh
  resolve bd through the pin and ignore a supplied binary while pinned
  (BD_DOCS_IGNORE_PIN=1 bypasses), so the drift gates and the autofix bot
  now enforce docs-match-release instead of docs-match-main.
- tools/docsmint detects the pre-overhaul Docusaurus staging layout that
  bd <= v1.1.0 emits and converts it to the generic form before its normal
  Mintlify transform (tested); removable once the pin reaches a release
  whose emitter writes build/cli-docs.
- check-doc-flags.sh: run without timeout(1) on macOS instead of failing
  Check 4.
- Decision record: engdocs/decisions/2026-07-17-docs-release-pin.md; the
  beads-docs skill §8 updated to match.

* lint: annotate gosec G705 false positive in the docsmint legacy bridge

Same class as the existing nav-splice annotation: a developer tool writing
repo Markdown, not a web-output sink.
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bd cook Cook transforms a .formula.json file into a proto.

{/* AUTO-GENERATED: do not edit manually */}

Generated from bd help --doc cook.

Cook transforms a .formula.json file into a proto.

By default, cook outputs the resolved formula as JSON to stdout for ephemeral use. The output can be inspected, piped, or saved to a file.

Two cooking modes are available:

COMPILE-TIME (default, --mode=compile): Produces a proto with {{variable}} placeholders intact. Use for: modeling, estimation, contractor handoff, planning. Variables are NOT substituted - the output shows the template structure.

RUNTIME (--mode=runtime or when --var flags provided): Produces a fully-resolved proto with variables substituted. Use for: final validation before pour, seeing exact output. Requires all variables to have values (via --var or defaults).

Formulas are high-level workflow templates that support:

  • Variable definitions with defaults and validation
  • Step definitions that become issue hierarchies
  • Composition rules for bonding formulas together
  • Inheritance via extends

The --persist flag enables the legacy behavior of writing the proto to the database. This is useful when you want to reuse the same proto multiple times without re-cooking.

For most workflows, prefer ephemeral protos: pour and wisp commands accept formula names directly and cook inline.

Examples: bd cook mol-feature.formula.json # Compile-time: keep {{vars}} bd cook mol-feature --var name=auth # Runtime: substitute vars bd cook mol-feature --mode=runtime --var name=auth # Explicit runtime mode bd cook mol-feature --dry-run # Preview steps bd cook mol-release.formula.json --persist # Write to database bd cook mol-release.formula.json --persist --force # Replace existing

Output (default): JSON representation of the resolved formula with all steps.

Output (--persist): Creates a proto bead in the database with:

  • ID matching the formula name (e.g., mol-feature)
  • The "template" label for proto identification
  • Child issues for each step
  • Dependencies matching depends_on relationships
bd cook <formula-file> [flags]

Flags:

      --dry-run               Preview what would be created
      --force                 Replace existing proto if it exists (requires --persist)
      --mode string           Cooking mode: compile (keep placeholders) or runtime (substitute vars)
      --persist               Persist proto to database (legacy behavior)
      --prefix string         Prefix to prepend to proto ID (e.g., 'gt-' creates 'gt-mol-feature')
      --search-path strings   Additional paths to search for formula inheritance
      --var stringArray       Variable substitution (key=value), enables runtime mode