cmdop help

cmdop has a unified help registry that spans CLI, TUI, and tool surfaces. cmdop help is the topic-lookup CLI for it.

Basic usage


cmdop help                        # list all topics
cmdop help <topic>                # show help for one topic
cmdop help connect
cmdop help permissions
cmdop help --search "workspace"   # full-text search topics

How it differs from `--help`

	`cmdop <verb> --help`	`cmdop help <topic>`
Source	Cobra-generated flag/usage docs	Curated topic registry
Scope	One command + flags	Concept-level (workspace, permissions, modes)
Inside chat	Not available	Available via `/help`
Searchable	No	Yes (`--search`)

Use --help for “what does this flag do?”. Use cmdop help for “how does cmdop think about workspaces?”.

Inside chat

/help inside cmdop chat calls into the same registry. Useful when you’re mid-session and want to remember a verb without breaking out of the TUI.


cmdop> /help connect

Topic categories

The registry groups topics by theme:

Getting started — install, register, agent, login
Daily ops — chat, connect, terminal, exec, files
Daemon — agent, status, mode, monitor, logs
Admin — permissions, workspace, audit, mfa
Skills & AI — chat, run, skills, instructions, models, style
Integration — mcp, serve, providers
Troubleshooting — doctor, debug, daemon

Search


cmdop help --search "permission"
cmdop help --search "rotate"
cmdop help --search "online"

Returns topics where the query matches the title or body. Useful when you don’t know the exact verb name.

JSON output


cmdop help --json
cmdop help connect --json

For tool integration / IDE plugins.

Where the registry lives

The registry is compiled into the binary — no network call required. Each command self-registers its topic at startup; the cmdop help command is just a typed read of that registry.