CLI Usage

The intent CLI provides commands for checking, rendering, compiling, and verifying IntentLang specs.

intent <command> <file>

Commands

Command	Description
`check <file>`	Parse, type-check, and validate constraints
`render <file>`	Render spec to Markdown
`render-html <file>`	Render spec to self-contained styled HTML
`compile <file>`	Compile spec to Agent IR (JSON)
`verify <file>`	Verify structural + logical correctness
`verify --incremental <file>`	Incremental verification (cache, re-verify only changes)
`audit <file>`	Show audit trace map (spec to IR)
`coverage <file>`	Show coverage summary
`diff <old> <new>`	Spec-level diff between two versions
`query <file> <target>`	Query specific items (for agent integration)
`lock <file> <item> --agent X`	Claim a spec item for an agent
`unlock <file> <item> --agent X`	Release a claimed spec item
`status <file>`	Show lock status for all spec items
`fmt <file>`	Format a spec file (`--write` to overwrite, `--check` to verify)
`init`	Scaffold a new `.intent` file (`--name`, `-o`)
`completions <shell>`	Generate shell completions (bash, zsh, fish, etc.)
`generate "description"`	Generate a spec from natural language (Layer 0)
`serve <file>`	Serve spec as a REST API (stateless runtime)

intent --output json    JSON output (for agent consumption)
intent --help           Show help
intent --version        Show version

See the subpages for detailed usage of each command.