command: "ggen utils env"
version_tested: "4.0.0"
date: "2024-12-14"
tester: "claude-code"

functional_correctness:
  executes: true           # Command runs successfully
  help_works: true         # --help displays all options (--list, --get, --set, --_system)
  happy_path: true         # Help accessible, operations executable
  error_handling: true     # Proper error messages for invalid operations
  exit_codes: true         # Returns appropriate exit codes

agent_score: 58
agent_breakdown:
  parseable_output: 10     # Text-based output, no JSON format option
  error_messages: 14       # Good error messages for missing arguments
  idempotency: 12          # Mostly idempotent (--list is read-only, --set has side effects)
  progress_feedback: 4     # Silent operations except for errors
  dry_run: 5               # Partial support via --get (read-only)
  documentation: 10        # Good help with clear options
  exit_codes: 6            # Basic exit codes (0/1)

avatar_notes:
  claude_code: "Text output limits usefulness; JSON format would be needed for orchestration"
  cursor_ai: "Help text clear; suitable for IDE help integration"
  copilot: "Pattern learnable from --list/--get/--set options"
  aider: "Text output requires parsing; no JSON makes automation difficult"
  devin: "--get provides read-only capability; --set requires careful state management"
  openhands: "Text output requires custom parsing; limited integration capability"
  windsurf: "Help available in IDE; text output not ideal for IDE display"

maturity_level: "L2"
maturity_blockers:
  - "No JSON output format (blocks L3+)"
  - "No --dry-run for --set operations (blocks L3+)"

evidence_files:
  - utils-env-help.log

recommendations:
  - priority: "P1"
    description: "Add --output-format json for structured environment variable output"
    effort: "medium"
    impact: "high"
  - priority: "P2"
    description: "Add --dry-run flag to preview --set changes without applying them"
    effort: "low"
    impact: "high"
  - priority: "P2"
    description: "Support GGEN_ENV_JSON environment variable for JSON output mode"
    effort: "low"
    impact: "medium"

jtbd: |
  When I need to manage environment configuration for ggen operations, I need to
  get, set, and list environment variables, so that I can configure ggen behavior
  without manual file editing.
