`forge asks` prints what waits on you, most important first, one line each, as /api/v1/asks answers #7381

forge asks shows what is waiting on you from any shell, using GET /api/v1/asks. It prints one line per ask in the order the API ranks them: the kind, owner/name, the title cut to the terminal width, and the full address on the workbench. The new test file and the 22 others scripts/fast.ts picked all pass, and the type check is clean.

• Client (src/cli/api.ts): the new ForgeApi.asks() reads the answer's rows and then its forge list, which holds the forge's own needs. Each ask's line repeats the repo name at the start, so that part is removed because the repo has its own column. A row of a kind the client doesn't know is still printed, using its kind as the title when it has no line. The forge's own needs print under the kind forge, linked to the home page.
• Command (src/cli/main.ts):

- --repo owner/name keeps only that repository's asks; a malformed value exits with EXIT.usage. - --json prints the API's answer unchanged. With --repo too, rows is filtered and forge is emptied, since the forge's needs belong to no repository. - When nothing is waiting it prints Nothing waits on you. and exits 0. - If you're not logged in it exits notConfigured without calling the forge. A refusal prints the API's message and exits notConfigured for a 401, failed otherwise — the same mapping forge login uses. - forge help and the README list the command.

• Output width (src/cli/out.ts): when output goes to a pipe, the width now comes from COLUMNS and still falls back to 80. Without this, the long addresses left almost no room for titles in the tests. inert (which neutralises control characters) is now exported, so asks get the same treatment as table cells.
• Test (test/cli-asks.test.ts): runs the CLI as a separate process against a fake /api/v1/asks. It checks the order, that an unknown kind is kept, title cutting at 100 and 120 columns, --repo, --json, the empty message, the exit codes for 401, 403 and not logged in, and the help line.

I didn't add colour per kind beyond one accent, and there are no actions on asks here. Deciding stays with POST /api/v1/asks/bulk and the MCP tools.

Try it: FORGE_URL=https://lab--forge-trevato-apps.open-platform.sh FORGE_TOKEN=… bun src/cli/main.ts asks, then add --repo owner/name or --json.

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Closes #7368

forge asks shows what is waiting on you from any shell, using GET /api/v1/asks. It prints one line per ask in the order the API ranks them: the kind, owner/name, the title cut to the terminal width, and the full address on the workbench. The new test file and the 22 others scripts/fast.ts picked all pass, and the type check is clean.

• Client (src/cli/api.ts): the new ForgeApi.asks() reads the answer's rows and then its forge list, which holds the forge's own needs. Each ask's line repeats the repo name at the start, so that part is removed because the repo has its own column. A row of a kind the client doesn't know is still printed, using its kind as the title when it has no line. The forge's own needs print under the kind forge, linked to the home page.
• Command (src/cli/main.ts):

- --repo owner/name keeps only that repository's asks; a malformed value exits with EXIT.usage. - --json prints the API's answer unchanged. With --repo too, rows is filtered and forge is emptied, since the forge's needs belong to no repository. - When nothing is waiting it prints Nothing waits on you. and exits 0. - If you're not logged in it exits notConfigured without calling the forge. A refusal prints the API's message and exits notConfigured for a 401, failed otherwise — the same mapping forge login uses. - forge help and the README list the command.

• Output width (src/cli/out.ts): when output goes to a pipe, the width now comes from COLUMNS and still falls back to 80. Without this, the long addresses left almost no room for titles in the tests. inert (which neutralises control characters) is now exported, so asks get the same treatment as table cells.
• Test (test/cli-asks.test.ts): runs the CLI as a separate process against a fake /api/v1/asks. It checks the order, that an unknown kind is kept, title cutting at 100 and 120 columns, --repo, --json, the empty message, the exit codes for 401, 403 and not logged in, and the help line.

I didn't add colour per kind beyond one accent, and there are no actions on asks here. Deciding stays with POST /api/v1/asks/bulk and the MCP tools.

Try it: FORGE_URL=https://lab--forge-trevato-apps.open-platform.sh FORGE_TOKEN=… bun src/cli/main.ts asks, then add --repo owner/name or --json.

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forge asks shows what is waiting on you from any shell, using GET /api/v1/asks. It prints one line per ask in the order the API ranks them: the kind, owner/name, the title cut to fit the terminal width, and the full address on the workbench. The type check is clean and the 238 tests scripts/fast.ts picks for this change pass.

• Client (src/cli/api.ts): ForgeApi.asks() reads the answer's rows and then its forge list, which holds the forge's own needs. Each ask's line repeats the repo name at the start, so that part is removed because the repo has its own column. A row of a kind the client doesn't know is still printed, using its kind as the title when it has no line. The forge's own needs print under the kind forge, linked to the home page.
• Command (src/cli/main.ts):

- --repo owner/name keeps only that repository's asks; a malformed value exits with EXIT.usage. - --json prints the API's answer unchanged. With --repo too, rows is filtered and forge is emptied, since the forge's needs belong to no repository. - When nothing is waiting it prints Nothing waits on you. and exits 0. - If you're not logged in it exits notConfigured without calling the forge. A refusal prints the API's message and exits notConfigured for a 401, failed otherwise — the same mapping forge login uses. - forge help and the README list the command.

• Line layout: a pure, exported askLines(asks, width) builds the lines. The kind and repo columns are padded, the address is kept whole, and the title gets whatever space is left, so a line is at most width - 1 characters. Control characters are replaced, using inert from src/cli/out.ts, which is now exported (a one-word change).
• Test (test/cli-asks.test.ts):

- Command runs: it runs the CLI as a separate process against a fake /api/v1/asks. These runs check the order, that an unknown kind is kept, --repo, --json, --json --repo (one row and forge: []), the empty message, the exit codes for 401, 403 and not logged in, and the help line. - askLines on its own: checked at 80, 100 and 120 columns, and for control characters. With onlyRepo removed, the --json --repo test fails.

The width change in src/cli/out.ts from the first version is gone: honouring COLUMNS when piped changed every command's output, so it belongs in its own pull if anyone wants it. This pull does not touch src/tty.ts, because the terminal UI already has its own asks view. It adds no colour per kind and no actions on asks; deciding stays with POST /api/v1/asks/bulk and the MCP tools.

It does not wait on the pipeline items because it is small and touches nothing they touch: only the local CLI and a new test. It adds no server route, schema or dependency. It reads an endpoint that already exists and lets you see what waits on you without a browser.

Try it: FORGE_URL=https://lab--forge-trevato-apps.open-platform.sh FORGE_TOKEN=… bun src/cli/main.ts asks, then add --repo owner/name or --json.

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