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The planned command set — a focused, consistent surface. Snippets are illustrative previews of the intended interface, not captured output.
blink inspectUnderstand a repository.blink analyzeAnalyze project structure.blink doctorValidate the development environment.blink setupPrepare a project for development.blink runExecute project workflows.blink checkRun validation.blink optimizeSurface possible improvements.blink indexBuild the project index.blink searchSearch indexed projects.blink depsList and inspect dependencies.blink graphVisualize dependency relationships.blink reportGenerate a project report.blink pluginManage plugins.blink cleanRemove generated files safely.$ blink inspect
Understand a repository.
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$ blink inspect ⚡ Blink Inspect Project my-application Languages Rust, TypeScript Framework Next.js Package Manager pnpm Configuration .bnk detected
$ blink analyze
Analyze project structure.
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$ blink analyze ⚡ Blink Analysis Structure entry points, modules, config files Dependencies direct and duplicated packages Recommendations derived from what Blink finds
$ blink doctor
Validate the development environment.
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$ blink doctor ⚡ Blink Doctor ✓ Toolchain present ✓ Package manager detected ✓ Dependencies installed ✓ .bnk valid Environment ready.
$ blink setup
Prepare a project for development.
output
$ blink setup ⚡ Blink Setup ✓ Environment checked ✓ Dependencies installed ✓ Index built Ready to develop.
$ blink run
Execute project workflows.
output
$ blink run dev ⚡ Blink Run → dev (npm run dev) Running project workflow...
$ blink check
Run validation.
output
$ blink check ⚡ Blink Check ✓ Configuration valid ✓ Workflows resolvable ✓ Index consistent All checks passed.
$ blink optimize
Surface possible improvements.
output
$ blink optimize
⚡ Blink Optimize
Findings
→ Unused dependencies
→ Duplicate packages
→ Project-root clutter
→ Uncached workflows
Grouped by impact.$ blink index
Build the project index.
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$ blink index ⚡ Blink Index ✓ Traversed project ✓ Indexed source files ✓ Index cached Index up to date.
$ blink search
Search indexed projects.
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$ blink search "parse config" ⚡ Blink Search Matches across indexed source files, ranked by relevance.
$ blink deps
List and inspect dependencies.
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$ blink deps ⚡ Blink Dependencies Direct and development dependencies, with duplicates flagged. Run blink graph to visualize relationships.
$ blink graph
Visualize dependency relationships.
output
$ blink graph
⚡ Blink Graph
app
├── core
│ └── config
├── analyzer
│ └── core
└── report
└── core$ blink report
Generate a project report.
output
$ blink report ⚡ Blink Report A shareable summary of a project's languages, framework, structure, dependencies, and index.
$ blink plugin
Manage plugins.
output
$ blink plugin list ⚡ Blink Plugins ✓ analyzer built-in ✓ detector built-in ✓ exporter built-in
$ blink clean
Remove generated files safely.
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$ blink clean ⚡ Blink Clean ✓ Removed build artifacts ✓ Cleared cache ✓ Kept source and configuration Project cleaned.