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Enhancement: Review and improve flag descriptions, examples, and CLI help for better UX #5446

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Audit and improve CLI help across commands to ensure a clear, consistent, and user-friendly experience.

Goals

  • Make flag descriptions accurate, concise, and consistent.
  • Provide better examples that cover common workflows and edge cases.
  • Improve help layout/content so users can quickly understand what to do next.

Scope

  • Review help output for root command and key subcommands (e.g. init, create, edit, alpha/*).
  • Standardize wording for shared flags (--plugins, --project-version, etc.).
  • Ensure examples are relevant per command and do not mention unsupported combinations.
  • Prefer actionable guidance (what it does, when to use it, minimal example).
  • Verify if has flags that should be marked as deprecated either since has no longer usage

Acceptance criteria

  • All flags have clear descriptions (no ambiguity, no outdated wording).
  • Each major command has at least 2–3 high-value examples.
  • Help output avoids noisy/technical errors and reads well in terminals.
  • Consistent formatting across commands (headings, examples, tables).

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