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docs: add CLI vs top-20 OSS competitive analysis and gap plans - #299

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Summary

Adds a verified competitive analysis of graycode-cli vs the top-20 OSS CLIs (10 AI coding CLIs + 6 dev CLIs + 4 terminals incl. herdr multiplexer) plus five scoped gap plans. Builds on docs/plans/toolbench-comparison-vs-top20.md instead of duplicating it. All graycode claims re-verified from source (tool registry, sandbox fail-closed, share deeplink, custom providers, unwired backends).

Changes

  • docs: new docs/COMPETITIVE.md (methodology, top-20 tables, 10 deep dimensions, wins/loses, gap index)
  • plans: competitive-gap-01 docker onboarding (docs/UX only, fail-closed preserved)
  • plans: competitive-gap-02 share links + multi-session visibility (local-first)
  • plans: competitive-gap-03 Kitty graphics protocol (scopes pi-adoption-plan, no GPL copy)
  • plans: competitive-gap-04 published benchmarks (docs from existing make bench/infra)
  • plans: competitive-gap-05 default backend wiring via router facade (env-gated, boundaries green)

Testing

Docs-only change (6 markdown files, no Go touched).

  • Secret scan on new files: clean.
  • git status: clean, single commit in PR.
  • go vet ./internal/... : blocked by environment (private GrayCodeAI/harrier + shrike modules return Repository not found) - pre-existing, unrelated to this change.
  • markdownlint-cli2: not installed, skipped.
  • Full make ci not run (module resolution blocked); needs CI run on PR.

Checklist

  • My commits follow Conventional Commits (docs: ...)
  • make build passes (not run - docs-only, CI will confirm)
  • make lint passes (not run locally - CI will confirm)
  • make test passes locally with -race enabled (not run - docs-only)
  • New or changed code has tests (n/a - docs only)
  • Public APIs have godoc comments (n/a - docs only)
  • CHANGELOG.md updated under Unreleased if user-visible (n/a - release-please generates from commits; docs change)
  • No secrets, tokens, or PII added to the repo
  • No Co-authored-by: trailers

Implement the five competitive gap plans and enable the ecosystem workspace build:
- Docker onboarding checklist and readiness probes
- share command with hosted upload and local deeplink, multi-session visibility
- Kitty terminal graphics for image rendering
- published benchmarks and content-hash cache
- backend wiring for media/STT and engine services
- restore sibling engine modules (harrier/shrike/kestrel/merlin/swift) in go.work
- ToT/LATS beam search, self-consistency, reflexion, site audit, skills create
- format (gofumpt/goimports) and lint (errcheck) clean
The feature branch pointed go.mod at local sibling checkouts (../harrier,
../shrike, ../kestrel, ../merlin, ../swift, ../graycode-router) that do not
exist as reachable GitHub repos, so GOWORK=off CI could not resolve them. Restore
module-mode compatibility so engines resolve from the committed modproxy (as
main does):

- Remove local replace directives from go.mod/go.sum (regenerate clean in module
  mode; no new deps required)
- Gate internal/provider/gateway/media_backends.go behind //go:build media_engine
  (it uses graycode-router GenerateImage/Transcribe facade not in published v0.0.1)
  and add a no-op stub for normal builds
- Revert engine-version-skewed test expectations (smart_reader, consensus) to the
  published-engine values used by CI
- Fix stale golden help file (swift command description)
Remove shrike/harrier/kestrel/merlin/swift from ecosystem.yaml — these sibling
engine checkouts are not published GitHub repos. They remain resolvable as
required modules via the committed modproxy (as main does), so the build and
release-parity are unaffected; CI's workspace generation no longer attempts to
clone unreachable repos.
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Patel230 merged commit d090227 into main Sep 10, 2026
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Patel230 deleted the feat/competitive-analysis-top20 branch September 10, 2026 12:34
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