Add AIDescription field and AI-mode help resolver

docs/common/aihelp.go

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package common
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"strconv"
+
+	"github.com/jfrog/jfrog-cli-core/v2/common/commands"
+)
+
+// EnvAIHelp opts a process in or out of AI-oriented help text rendering.
+// Values parseable by strconv.ParseBool (1/t/true/0/f/false, case-insensitive)
+// force the mode on or off. Unset or unparseable falls back to
+// ExecutionContext.IsAgent auto-detection.
+const EnvAIHelp = "JFROG_CLI_AI_HELP"
+
+// AIAgentDetector reports whether the running process is an AI agent.
+// The default consults the memoized ExecutionContext in
+// common/commands. Exposed as a variable so tests can inject a deterministic
+// answer — DetectExecutionContext caches via sync.Once and cannot be reset.
+var AIAgentDetector = func() bool {
+	return commands.DetectExecutionContext().IsAgent
+}
+
+// AIHelpEnabled reports whether help rendering should prefer AIDescription
+// over Description. The env var, when parseable as a bool, wins over
+// auto-detection so users can opt out of agent-flavored help.
+func AIHelpEnabled() bool {
+	if v, ok := os.LookupEnv(EnvAIHelp); ok {
+		if b, err := strconv.ParseBool(v); err == nil {
+			return b
+		}
+	}
+	return AIAgentDetector()
+}
+
+// ResolveDescription returns the AI variant when it is non-empty and AI help
+// is enabled; otherwise it returns the human variant. An empty ai always
+// falls back to human, so partial backfill across commands is safe.
+func ResolveDescription(human, ai string) string {
+	if ai != "" && AIHelpEnabled() {
+		return ai
+	}
+	return human
+}

docs/common/aihelp_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+package common
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+// withAgentDetector installs an AIAgentDetector for the duration of a test.
+// commands.DetectExecutionContext is sync.Once-memoized, so we can't reach
+// the underlying detection by toggling env vars — instead we replace the
+// hook AIHelpEnabled uses.
+func withAgentDetector(t *testing.T, isAgent bool) {
+	t.Helper()
+	prev := AIAgentDetector
+	AIAgentDetector = func() bool { return isAgent }
+	t.Cleanup(func() { AIAgentDetector = prev })
+}
+
+func TestResolveDescription(t *testing.T) {
+	const human = "human help"
+	const ai = "ai help"
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name      string
+		envAIHelp string // pass "" to leave env unset
+		setEnv    bool   // if false, don't touch the env var at all
+		isAgent   bool
+		ai        string
+		expected  string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:      "env force-on, no agent -> AI text",
+			envAIHelp: "true",
+			setEnv:    true,
+			isAgent:   false,
+			ai:        ai,
+			expected:  ai,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "env force-off beats detected agent -> human text",
+			envAIHelp: "false",
+			setEnv:    true,
+			isAgent:   true,
+			ai:        ai,
+			expected:  human,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "no env + agent detected -> AI text",
+			setEnv:   false,
+			isAgent:  true,
+			ai:       ai,
+			expected: ai,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "no env + no agent -> human text",
+			setEnv:   false,
+			isAgent:  false,
+			ai:       ai,
+			expected: human,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "agent detected + empty AI -> human fallback",
+			setEnv:   false,
+			isAgent:  true,
+			ai:       "",
+			expected: human,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "invalid env value falls back to detection (no agent here)",
+			envAIHelp: "maybe",
+			setEnv:    true,
+			isAgent:   false,
+			ai:        ai,
+			expected:  human,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			withAgentDetector(t, tc.isAgent)
+			if tc.setEnv {
+				t.Setenv(EnvAIHelp, tc.envAIHelp)
+			}
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.expected, ResolveDescription(human, tc.ai))
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAIHelpEnabledEnvParsing(t *testing.T) {
+	// Detection deliberately returns true so we can prove env-parsing
+	// short-circuits: only truthy/falsy env values should affect the result;
+	// invalid values must fall through to the (here forced-true) detector.
+	tests := []struct {
+		value    string
+		expected bool
+	}{
+		{"true", true},
+		{"1", true},
+		{"TRUE", true},
+		{"false", false},
+		{"0", false},
+		{"maybe", true}, // unparseable -> falls back to AIAgentDetector (true)
+		{"", true},      // empty -> ParseBool error -> falls back to detector
+	}
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run("value="+tc.value, func(t *testing.T) {
+			withAgentDetector(t, true)
+			t.Setenv(EnvAIHelp, tc.value)
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.expected, AIHelpEnabled())
+		})
+	}
+}

plugins/components/conversionlayer.go

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func convertSubcommands(subcommands []Namespace, nameSpaces ...string) ([]cli.Co
 		nameSpaceCommand := cli.Command{
 			Name:     ns.Name,
 			Aliases:  ns.Aliases,
-			Usage:    ns.Description,
+			Usage:    common.ResolveDescription(ns.Description, ns.AIDescription),
 			Hidden:   ns.Hidden,
 			Category: ns.Category,
 		}
@@ -88,14 +88,15 @@ func convertCommand(cmd Command, namespaces ...string) (cli.Command, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return cli.Command{}, err
 	}
+	chosenDesc := common.ResolveDescription(cmd.Description, cmd.AIDescription)
 	cliCmd := cli.Command{
 		Name:            cmd.Name,
 		Flags:           convertedFlags,
 		Aliases:         cmd.Aliases,
 		Category:        cmd.Category,
-		Usage:           cmd.Description,
-		Description:     cmd.Description,
-		HelpName:        common.CreateUsage(getCmdUsageString(cmd, namespaces...), cmd.Description, cmdUsages),
+		Usage:           chosenDesc,
+		Description:     chosenDesc,
+		HelpName:        common.CreateUsage(getCmdUsageString(cmd, namespaces...), chosenDesc, cmdUsages),
 		UsageText:       createArgumentsSummary(cmd),
 		ArgsUsage:       createEnvVarsSummary(cmd),
 		BashComplete:    common.CreateBashCompletionFunc(),

plugins/components/conversionlayer_test.go

@@ -446,3 +446,41 @@ func (d DummyFlagValue) String() string {
 func (d DummyFlagValue) Set(value string) error {
 	return nil
 }
+
+func TestConvertCommandAppliesAIHelp(t *testing.T) {
+	// Pin AI-help to "on" via env so the test is deterministic regardless of
+	// the parent process's agent detection (see docs/common/aihelp.go).
+	t.Setenv("JFROG_CLI_AI_HELP", "true")
+
+	cmd := Command{
+		Name:          "test-cmd",
+		Description:   "human description",
+		AIDescription: "ai description",
+	}
+
+	t.Run("env force-on uses AI text", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Setenv("JFROG_CLI_AI_HELP", "true")
+		converted, err := convertCommand(cmd, "test-ns")
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, "ai description", converted.Usage)
+		assert.Equal(t, "ai description", converted.Description)
+		assert.Contains(t, converted.HelpName, "ai description")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("env force-off uses human text", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Setenv("JFROG_CLI_AI_HELP", "false")
+		converted, err := convertCommand(cmd, "test-ns")
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, "human description", converted.Usage)
+		assert.Equal(t, "human description", converted.Description)
+		assert.Contains(t, converted.HelpName, "human description")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("empty AIDescription falls back to human even when force-on", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Setenv("JFROG_CLI_AI_HELP", "true")
+		humanOnly := Command{Name: "test-cmd", Description: "human only"}
+		converted, err := convertCommand(humanOnly, "test-ns")
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, "human only", converted.Usage)
+	})
+}

plugins/components/structure.go

@@ -31,25 +31,27 @@ func CreateEmbeddedApp(name string, commands []Command, namespaces ...Namespace)
 }
 
 type Namespace struct {
-	Name        string
-	Aliases     []string
-	Description string
-	Hidden      bool
-	Category    string
-	Commands    []Command
+	Name          string
+	Aliases       []string
+	Description   string
+	AIDescription string
+	Hidden        bool
+	Category      string
+	Commands      []Command
 }
 
 type Command struct {
-	Name         string
-	Description  string
-	Category     string
-	Aliases      []string
-	UsageOptions *UsageOptions
-	Arguments    []Argument
-	Flags        []Flag
-	EnvVars      []EnvVar
-	Subcommands  []Command
-	Action       ActionFunc
+	Name            string
+	Description     string
+	AIDescription   string
+	Category        string
+	Aliases         []string
+	UsageOptions    *UsageOptions
+	Arguments       []Argument
+	Flags           []Flag
+	EnvVars         []EnvVar
+	Subcommands     []Command
+	Action          ActionFunc
 	// Must not be set when Subcommands is non-empty; convertCommand rejects that combination.
 	SkipFlagParsing bool
 	Hidden          bool