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Re-applied from #2095 by @finereli onto the new CLI-only main after the monorepo split. #2095's branch (agent-seo-readme) is based on the old monorepo history and can no longer merge into the rewritten main (see monorepo-final tag), so this re-creates its intent as a fresh PR against the current tree.

Ports the agent-SEO positioning and safety-first framing from #2095: an opening paragraph that names AI-agent-driven discovery explicitly, a Key Features list, a prominent Safety Features section (moved up, as in #2095), and an Implementation Status table for per-service maturity.

An independent review of this PR (head e3d7d6e4) found three more inaccuracies beyond the initial pass; those are fixed in the latest commit and folded into the summary below.

What was kept, corrected, or dropped

  • Kept: the core positioning (agent-friendly discovery/analysis, human-reviewed purchases), the Key Features / Safety Features / Implementation Status structure, dry-run-by-default, coverage/instance limits, CSV exports — all verified against current cmd/ behavior.
  • Corrected - purchase gate: Agent-SEO README: safety-first positioning + real-terminal purchase gate #2095 documents a "real, interactive terminal" purchase gate where --purchase "refuses immediately" for non-interactive callers and --yes "has been retired" with "no bypass." That gate does not exist. cmd/helpers.go's ConfirmPurchase returns true for --yes before the term.IsTerminal check runs (cmd/helpers.go:207-215), and --yes is still live (cmd/main.go:124). Docs now link the existing tracking issue #1943 instead of describing unbuilt behavior as current.
  • Corrected - duplicate-purchase prevention: my first pass wrongly claimed no CLI-side dedup exists at all. It does: checkDuplicates (cmd/multi_service_helpers.go:580) and adjustRecsForDuplicates (cmd/multi_service.go:545) both call recfilter.DuplicateChecker.AdjustRecommendationsForExisting*, which subtracts commitments purchased in the last 24h on every path. What's actually true: --idempotency-window's value is never read (NewDuplicateChecker is always called with 0, the hardcoded default) - #1262 - and a failed existing-commitments lookup lets the run continue un-deduplicated with a warning - #1941. Docs now describe that fixed-24h-window behavior and both caveats.
  • Corrected - audit log ordering: claimed every record is written "before any purchase API call." In cmd/multi_service.go:399-404, WriteAuditRecord runs after purchaseSingleRec returns; only the audit-log path's writability is checked up front (multi_service.go:107-109). Docs now say the record is written right after the purchase call returns.
  • Corrected - instance-type validation: claimed every recommendation is checked "against known, valid instance types." validators.go's validateInstanceTypes only checks that --include/--exclude-instance-types values contain a .. Replaced with the real mechanism: RDS extended-support filtering (--include-extended-support), which does gate on actual engine-version data.
  • Dropped: GAPS-VS-CLAIMS.md (new file in Agent-SEO README: safety-first positioning + real-terminal purchase gate #2095) is not carried over. It's an audit of the old monorepo README against a plan/approval purchase design that Agent-SEO README: safety-first positioning + real-terminal purchase gate #2095 itself already replaced, and against a "pending the repo split" state that has since landed. Its one still-valid finding (the --yes bypass) is folded into the docs with a link to sec(cli): the --yes flag skips the purchase confirmation on irreversible RI buys #1943 instead of a static audit file that's mostly stale on day one.
  • Corrected - cloud scope: dropped multi-cloud ("AWS, Azure, and GCP") framing. cmd/main.go's createServiceClient only switches on AWS service types (falls to nil otherwise), and the CLI's RecommendationsClient is always AWS-only. docs/cli/cloud-setup.md already states configure-azure/configure-gcp only bootstrap credentials for the separate self-hosted platform. README now says so explicitly.
  • Untouched: SECURITY.md (Agent-SEO README: safety-first positioning + real-terminal purchase gate #2095 explicitly reverted its own edits there) and docs/cli/README.md's flag reference (already accurate).

Verification

  • Read cmd/helpers.go (ConfirmPurchase), cmd/main.go (flag registration), cmd/multi_service_helpers.go (checkDuplicates, extended-support filter), cmd/multi_service.go (adjustRecsForDuplicates, executePurchasePipeline's audit-write order, createServiceClient), and cmd/validators.go (validateInstanceTypes) directly - not inferring from Agent-SEO README: safety-first positioning + real-terminal purchase gate #2095's own description.
  • go doc github.com/LeanerCloud/cloud-commitments-go/pkg/recfilter confirmed DefaultDuplicateCheckLookbackHours = 24 and that NewDuplicateChecker takes an hours param the CLI never threads --idempotency-window through.
  • make build / go build ./cmd succeed; ./cudly --help output matches every flag claim.
  • Confirmed issues #1943, #1262, and #1941 are open and match the gaps described.
  • pre-commit run passed on every touched file (markdownlint, trailing-whitespace/EOF, git-secrets, trivy config) on every commit. Zero em-dashes (grep -c $'—' on both files returns 0).
  • CI: Build CLI, Unit Tests, Integration Tests, Lint Code, Lint Workflows, Security Scanning, Snyk, pre-commit, CI Success all green as of the prior commit; re-verifying after this push.

Related

Re-applies Eli Finer's PR #2095 (branch agent-seo-readme, based on the
old monorepo history) onto the new CLI-only main after the
CUDly -> cloud-commitments-cli split. Ports the safety-first framing
and agent positioning: a Key Features list, a prominent Safety
Features section, and an Implementation Status table.

Drops the PR's "real, interactive terminal" purchase gate and "--yes
retired" claims: cmd/helpers.go's ConfirmPurchase returns true for
--yes before the TTY check ever runs, so no automation boundary exists
on the purchase path today (confirmed by CodeRabbit's review on #2095
and tracked in #1943, already open). The README and purchase-safety.md
now state that gap explicitly and link #1943 instead of describing
unbuilt behavior as current.

GAPS-VS-CLAIMS.md is not carried over: it audits the old monorepo
README against a plan/approval design that was replaced before #2095
even opened, and against a repo-split-pending state that has since
landed. Its one still-relevant finding (the --yes bypass) already has
a live tracking issue (#1943), so it is linked from the docs instead
of duplicated into a static file.

Co-Authored-By: Eli Finer <eli.finer@gmail.com>
Co-Authored-By: claude-flow <ruv@ruv.net>
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The README and CLI purchase-safety guide document AWS-only recommendation and purchase workflows, the --purchase opt-in, and the effect of --yes in non-interactive calls. They also describe audit-record timing and CLI deduplication behavior and limitations.

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Purchase safety documentation

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README.md
The README describes AWS-only recommendation and purchase workflows, provider maturity, purchase safeguards, and guidance for automated callers.
CLI purchase and automation guidance
docs/cli/purchase-safety.md
The guide warns that --purchase --yes can execute unattended purchases. It documents audit-record timing and the fixed 24-hour deduplication check, including lookup-failure behavior and the fact that --idempotency-window does not change the lookback.

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🟡 Minor · Limit the README to providers supported by the CLI. · README.md:3

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Limit the README to providers supported by the CLI.

The CLI loads AWS configuration, uses the AWS recommendations client, accepts only AWS service types, and dispatches only AWS purchase clients. The configure-azure and configure-gcp commands only store credentials. They do not provide recommendation or purchase routes. Users who follow the README for Azure or GCP cannot perform the advertised one-command workflow.

Update the provider, recommendation, and status claims together:

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-CUDly is an open source CLI for discovering and purchasing cloud commitments — AWS Reserved Instances and Savings Plans, plus selected Azure and GCP commitments — in a single command. It is dry-run by default: nothing is purchased until you pass `--purchase`.
+CUDly is an open source CLI for discovering and purchasing AWS Reserved Instances and Savings Plans in a single command. It is dry-run by default: nothing is purchased until you pass `--purchase`.
...
-- **Grounded recommendations** - built from the cloud provider's own recommendation APIs (AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Advisor, GCP recommender), not estimated locally.
-- **Multi-cloud, one interface** - AWS, Azure, and GCP through the same command and flags. See [Implementation Status](#implementation-status) for per-provider maturity.
+- **Grounded recommendations** - built from AWS Cost Explorer recommendations, not estimated locally.
...
 | Cloud | Status |
 |---|---|
 | AWS | Production - Amazon RDS and ElastiCache are the tested paths; other AWS services remain experimental. |
-| Azure | Experimental - selected commitment types; maturity can vary by service and account. |
-| GCP | Experimental - selected commitment types; maturity can vary by service and account. |
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CodeRabbit's review on #2098 flagged the README's multi-cloud framing
as unsupported: cmd/main.go's createServiceClient only switches on AWS
service types (falls through to nil otherwise), and
runToolMultiService always instantiates an AWS-only
RecommendationsClient. docs/cli/cloud-setup.md already documents that
configure-azure/configure-gcp only bootstrap credentials for the
separate self-hosted platform, "not part of the regular
analysis/purchase workflow."

Rewrite the intro, Key Features, Implementation Status, and
Credentials sections to describe the CLI's actual AWS-only
recommend-and-purchase surface, and point Azure/GCP readers at
configure-azure/configure-gcp and the self-hosted platform instead of
implying this CLI purchases Azure/GCP commitments directly.

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… claims

Independent review of PR #2098 found three more inaccuracies against
cmd/, verified directly before fixing:

- Duplicate-purchase prevention is real, not server-only: checkDuplicates
  (cmd/multi_service_helpers.go:580) and adjustRecsForDuplicates
  (cmd/multi_service.go:545) both call
  recfilter.DuplicateChecker.AdjustRecommendationsForExisting*, which
  subtracts commitments purchased in the last 24h
  (DefaultDuplicateCheckLookbackHours) on every path. What's actually
  true: --idempotency-window's value is never read (NewDuplicateChecker
  is always called with 0, the hardcoded default) - #1262 - and a
  failed existing-commitments lookup lets the run continue
  un-deduplicated with a warning - #1941. Rewrote the README, the
  Duplicate purchase prevention section, and the safety checklist in
  docs/cli/purchase-safety.md around that reality instead of "no
  CLI-side prevention" / "server-side scheduler only".
- Audit records are written after each purchase call returns
  (cmd/multi_service.go:399-404: WriteAuditRecord follows
  purchaseSingleRec), not before. Only the audit-log path's
  writability is checked up front (multi_service.go:107-109).
  Corrected both README.md and purchase-safety.md's audit-log section.
- "Instance type validation against known types" doesn't exist -
  validators.go's validateInstanceTypes only checks for a '.'
  separator. Replaced the README bullet with the real RDS
  extended-support filter (multi_service_helpers.go,
  --include-extended-support).

Also: removed an em-dash from README.md, corrected "not estimated
locally" (contradicted by --target-coverage's local sizing), and
clarified that agent-safe discovery reads existing commitments (it
doesn't just avoid writes).

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CodeRabbit review on #2098 (round 3) noted the "Audit log written per
purchase" bullet blurred dry-run and real-purchase timing under one
"as soon as that purchase call returns" phrase, but a dry run has no
purchase call (cmd/multi_service.go:413-418 returns a locally-built
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Independent adversarial review (two rounds) + local verification: MERGE at d61e5e2. Every safety claim re-traced to cmd/ and the pinned library: dry-run default, --purchase opt-in, --yes bypass documented as a gap (#1943), 24h dedup on both paths with --idempotency-window unread (#1262) and fail-open on API error (#1941), audit writability pre-checked and records written after each result, RDS extended-support filter. 0 em-dashes, markdownlint clean, anchors resolve, checks green. Credit: content re-applied from #2095 by @finereli.

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Rebased onto origin/main, which merged #2098's README/docs rewrite
after this branch's base: three passages in README.md and
docs/cli/purchase-safety.md still described the pre-#1941 fail-open
behavior ("the run continues un-deduplicated with a warning"). Rewrote
them to say what #1941 actually does: a dry run continues with a
warning (nothing is bought); a --purchase run refuses that (service,
region) with a "Refusing to purchase" line and buys nothing there.

Also fixes two review findings on this PR:
- checkDuplicates's failed-check branch counted its drops under
  common.DropDuplicateDedup, which means "an actual duplicate was
  found and subtracted" -- reusing it for a check that never ran
  reported the failure as a successful dedup in the end-of-run
  summary. Added a cmd-local dropDuplicateCheckFailed reason instead
  (no library change; DropSummary.Add takes a plain string).
- Replaced two U+2014 em-dashes introduced by this PR's own new
  comments/strings with plain punctuation.

And, since #1942 (--target-coverage abort-on-fetch-failure) merged
onto main after this branch's base, folds in its two outstanding
review minors from the same docs area:
- docs/cli/purchase-safety.md: documented the CE-coverage-fetch
  failure behavior near the --target-coverage discussion.
- Replaced the remaining U+2014 em-dash in the coverageFetchFailure
  warning string.

Verification: go build ./cmd, go vet ./cmd/..., golangci-lint v2.10.1
(exact CI pin) run --timeout=10m clean, gocyclo -over 10 clean, go mod
tidy -diff empty, go test -race -short ./... all green.

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