alis docs¶

Print the operating manual for the Alis Build platform as driven through this CLI. Written for coding agents and scripts; useful to people too.

Synopsis¶

❯ alis docs [<topic>] [flags]

Aliases: docs, guide, agents.

Description¶

With no argument the full manual is printed; pass a topic for one section. The manual is the agent's reference for the output contract, exit codes, safety gates, context resolution and end-to-end recipes.

Topics¶

Topic	Content
`overview`	Division of labour (CLI, MCP server, plugins), Define, Build, Deploy in brief, command map
`setup`	Install and repair a builder's machine: the agent-driven onboarding loop
`dbd`	Define, build and deploy recipes with the exact flags
`output`	Machine-readable output contract: `--json`, stdout/stderr, `--async`, `operations wait`
`exit-codes`	What each exit code means and how to react
`safety`	Hard limits: production deploy gate, automation tiers, `--approve`
`context`	Package IDs, cwd-based resolution, when arguments can be omitted
`workstations`	Set up a workstation for the current project: reuse, create, enrol, connect
`handoff`	Continue local agent work in herdr on an enrolled workstation
`herdr`	Product spaces, service tabs and the Alis navigator popup
`skills`	Discover and load platform skills: search, load, resource
`specialist`	Request specialist input and manage conversations; recipients, drafts and receipts
`ask`	Cited answers across your sessions, specialist history and skills; multi-turn via `--session`
`ideate`	Read a project's gathered context: `context <project>` first, then targeted digs
`workflows`	End-to-end recipes: ship a change, promote to production, recover
`codeblocks`	Working with code blocks

Flags¶

Flag	Type	Default	Meaning
`--list`	bool	false	List the topics with one-line descriptions.

Plus the global flags.

Examples¶

Shell

alis docs --list
alis docs output
alis docs safety
alis docs

Output¶

Markdown on stdout. The manual states that alis <cmd> --help is the source of truth for per-command flags.