CLI reference
chock sync
Ask the user before running chock sync: what it takes and prints, from the engine at the pinned commit.
Recompile + rewire so the repo matches its policies (--ci/--skills for extras)
Syntax
This is the usage line argparse builds from this command's parser.
chock sync [-h] [--repo REPO] [--agents [AGENTS ...]] [--skip-hooks] [--check] [--ci]
[--skills] [--committed]
Arguments and options
The table lists every argument the parser declares, except -h, --help, written as argparse prints it. Default is the value the parser uses when you leave the option out. It is empty for a flag or when the parser sets none.
| Argument | Default | Help |
|---|---|---|
--repo REPO | . | Repo root |
--agents [AGENTS ...] | Comma- or space-separated target agents | |
--skip-hooks | Skip reinstalling git hooks | |
--check | Report drift and exit non-zero; write nothing | |
--ci | Also install the GitHub Actions CI gate workflow | |
--skills | Also install bundled authoring skills | |
--committed | Arm from what is committed (takes only --repo) |
Exit codes
- 2: argparse rejected the arguments, for example an option this command does not have. The site's tests run every command with an unknown option and check that it exits 2.
- Chock documents no other exit codes. Each example below shows the code its run returned.
Examples
Real runs, recorded by python -m sitegen.cliexamples with the engine at the pinned commit. The steps of data/cli-examples.yaml ran in order, offline, in one fresh git repository at /work/demo (made with git init -b main), with HOME at /home/demo. Those paths stand for the throwaway folders the runs used, and <time> stands for a timestamp. Output is stdout and stderr together.
Step 5 of 21, exit code 0.
$ chock sync --repo .
Installed pre-commit dispatcher to /work/demo/.git/hooks/pre-commit
Registered 1 pre-commit policy implementation(s)
Installed pre-merge-commit dispatcher to /work/demo/.git/hooks/pre-merge-commit
Registered 1 pre-merge-commit policy implementation(s)
Installed pre-push dispatcher to /work/demo/.git/hooks/pre-push
No git-pre-push.sh policies found; pre-push dispatcher unchanged
Installed commit-msg dispatcher to /work/demo/.git/hooks/commit-msg
No git-commit-msg.sh policies found; commit-msg dispatcher unchanged
Registered 2 PreToolUse/Stop hook(s) in .claude/settings.json
claude_code: pre-tool: block+rewrite, best-effort, fail mode open (agentseam basis live-run, recorded 2026-09-07)
claude_code: Untested: chock has not witnessed its hooks run in this client; the wiring follows agentseam's record. What you see there is wanted as evidence: open-coder-ai/agentseam issues labelled 'evidence wanted'.
Registered 2 hook entr(y/ies) in .gemini/settings.json
gemini_cli: pre-tool: block+rewrite, best-effort, fail mode open (agentseam basis vendor-source, recorded 2026-08-28)
gemini_cli: Untested: chock has not witnessed its hooks run in this client; the wiring follows agentseam's record. What you see there is wanted as evidence: open-coder-ai/agentseam issues labelled 'evidence wanted'.
Registered 1 agent hook(s) in .github/hooks/chock.json
vscode_copilot: pre-tool: block+rewrite, best-effort, fail mode open (agentseam basis live-run-partial, recorded 2026-09-28)
INDEX.md: ~336 tokens (chars/4, max 2000)
Recompiled 1 policies
my-block-marker:
claude: enforced-at-commit + best-effort at tool use (live-run)
copilot: enforced-at-commit + best-effort at tool use (live-run-partial)
gemini: enforced-at-commit + best-effort at tool use (vendor-source)
Help as printed
This is what --help prints, from the same parser. The usage line names the program as the engine's parser does.
usage: chock sync [-h] [--repo REPO] [--agents [AGENTS ...]] [--skip-hooks] [--check] [--ci]
[--skills] [--committed]
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--repo REPO Repo root
--agents [AGENTS ...]
Comma- or space-separated target agents
--skip-hooks Skip reinstalling git hooks
--check Report drift and exit non-zero; write nothing
--ci Also install the GitHub Actions CI gate workflow
--skills Also install bundled authoring skills
--committed Arm from what is committed (takes only --repo)
Built from engine 5a4b6287a46e and catalog 1e60d211c1bb.