LLeMbas CLI 1.1.0

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

.gitleaksignore

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # A made-up Stripe-shaped key that tests/memory.test.ts feeds the memory threat scanner, which must
 # catch it. Not a credential. (gitleaks fingerprints: the commit that added it, and the file now.)
-4625d26e94f900833e053346619f2b212f6416e6:tests/memory.test.ts:stripe-access-token:95
+f9bad01ed7a06988bdd02bddaac14baad841d6d4:tests/memory.test.ts:stripe-access-token:95
 tests/memory.test.ts:stripe-access-token:95

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ All notable changes to LLeMbas CLI. The format follows
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.1.0] — 2026-10-14
+
+### Added
+
+- `lembas login --json` prints the code to approve and the outcome as one JSON object per line,
+  for a program that drives the login (LLeMbas Desktop).
+
 ## [1.0.0] — 2026-10-09
 
 The first public release of LLeMbas CLI: a terminal coding agent and project manager for any LLM

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "lembas-cli",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
   "description": "LLeMbas CLI: a terminal coding agent and project manager — OpenTUI, any LLM API, memory, skills, MCP, git-native.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "private": true,

src/cli.ts

@@ -32,9 +32,10 @@ Usage:
                                   settings (the same as /settings in the TUI)
   lembas config schema [--link]
                                   write JSON Schemas for editors (--link: point the files at them)
-  lembas login [address] [--ca file] [--default] [--keep-services]
+  lembas login [address] [--ca file] [--default] [--keep-services] [--json]
                                   sign in to a LLeMbas instance: its models, voice and search
-                                  (again: read them now; --default pins its default model)
+                                  (again: read them now; --default pins its default model;
+                                  --json: one JSON object per line, for a program to read)
   lembas logout [connection]      sign out of one, and remove what login wrote
   lembas serve --stdio            an ACP agent on stdin/stdout, for an editor that speaks ACP
   lembas service install | uninstall | status | logs [-f] | run
@@ -70,13 +71,15 @@ function fail(msg: string, code = 1): never {
 }
 
 async function loginCommand(cmd: "login" | "logout", args: string[]) {
-  const { codeInstructions, instances, isWebuiEntry, login, loginSummary, logout, sync, LembasError } = await import("./lembas/login.ts")
+  const { codeEvent, codeInstructions, doneEvent, instances, isWebuiEntry, login, loginSummary, logout, sync, LembasError } = await import("./lembas/login.ts")
   const { values, positionals } = parseArgs({
     args,
     allowPositionals: true,
-    options: { ca: { type: "string" }, default: { type: "boolean" }, "keep-services": { type: "boolean" } },
+    options: { ca: { type: "string" }, default: { type: "boolean" }, "keep-services": { type: "boolean" }, json: { type: "boolean" } },
   })
   const known = instances()
+  const json = cmd === "login" && values.json
+  const emit = (o: object) => console.log(JSON.stringify(o))
   try {
     if (cmd === "logout") {
       const name = positionals[0] ?? (Object.keys(known).length === 1 ? Object.keys(known)[0]! : "")
@@ -91,14 +94,15 @@ async function loginCommand(cmd: "login" | "logout", args: string[]) {
     const again = address ? Object.values(known).find((i) => i.base_url.replace(/^https?:\/\//, "") === address.replace(/^https?:\/\//, "").replace(/\/+$/, "")) : Object.keys(known).length === 1 ? Object.values(known)[0] : undefined
     if (again && !values.ca && isWebuiEntry(again.connection)) {
       const r = await sync(again.connection, { setDefault: values.default })
-      console.log(loginSummary(r, false).join("\n"))
+      if (json) emit(doneEvent(r, false))
+      else console.log(loginSummary(r, false).join("\n"))
       return
     }
     // An older kind of login (the models copied into connections.yaml) is replaced by signing in
     // again, at the address it had.
     if (again && !address) address = again.base_url
     if (!address) {
-      if (!process.stdin.isTTY) fail("usage: lembas login <instance address>", 2)
+      if (!process.stdin.isTTY || json) fail("usage: lembas login <instance address>", 2)
       process.stdout.write("LLeMbas instance address: ")
       for await (const line of console) {
         address = line.trim()
@@ -110,11 +114,15 @@ async function loginCommand(cmd: "login" | "logout", args: string[]) {
       ca: values.ca ?? again?.ca,
       setDefault: values.default,
       keepServices: values["keep-services"],
-      onCode: (start, d) => console.log(`\n${codeInstructions(start, d)}\n`),
+      onCode: (start, d) => (json ? emit(codeEvent(start, d)) : console.log(`\n${codeInstructions(start, d)}\n`)),
     })
-    console.log(loginSummary(r, true).join("\n"))
+    if (json) emit(doneEvent(r, true))
+    else console.log(loginSummary(r, true).join("\n"))
   } catch (e) {
-    if (e instanceof LembasError) fail(e.message)
+    if (e instanceof LembasError) {
+      if (json) emit({ event: "error", message: e.message })
+      fail(e.message)
+    }
     throw e
   }
 }

src/lembas/login.ts

@@ -313,6 +313,31 @@ export function codeInstructions(start: DeviceStart, d: Discovery): string {
   ].join("\n")
 }
 
+/** `lembas login --json`: what a program driving the login (LLeMbas Desktop) reads, one JSON
+ *  object per line on stdout — the code to approve, then the outcome. */
+export function codeEvent(start: DeviceStart, d: Discovery) {
+  return {
+    event: "code" as const,
+    user_code: start.user_code,
+    verification_uri: start.verification_uri,
+    verification_uri_complete: start.verification_uri_complete ?? start.verification_uri,
+    expires_in: start.expires_in,
+    instance: { name: d.name ?? null, version: d.version, base_url: d.base_url },
+  }
+}
+
+export function doneEvent(r: LoginResult, fresh: boolean) {
+  return {
+    event: "done" as const,
+    fresh,
+    connection: r.connection,
+    base_url: r.instance.base_url,
+    version: r.version,
+    models: r.models.length,
+    changes: r.changes,
+  }
+}
+
 /** Whether a login's connection is already the webui kind — not an older kind of entry, with
  *  the models copied in, which a login again replaces. */
 export function isWebuiEntry(connection: string): boolean {

tests/lembas-login.test.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { parse } from "yaml"
 import { loadConfig } from "../src/config/load.ts"
 import { paths } from "../src/config/paths.ts"
 import { normalise, PROTOCOL } from "../src/lembas/client.ts"
-import { codeInstructions, instances, keyFile, login, logout, specFor, sync } from "../src/lembas/login.ts"
+import { codeEvent, codeInstructions, doneEvent, instances, keyFile, login, logout, specFor, sync } from "../src/lembas/login.ts"
 import { cacheFile, refreshWebui } from "../src/lembas/webui.ts"
 import { resolveModel } from "../src/provider/index.ts"
 import { search } from "../src/search/index.ts"
@@ -153,6 +153,20 @@ test("the code is shown as a link and as a code for User → Security → Device
   expect(shown).toContain("2. Copy the code CDFG-HJKM into User → Security → Devices")
 })
 
+test("--json: the code and the outcome, each one line a program can read", async () => {
+  fake = lembas()
+  const lines: string[] = []
+  const r = await login(fake.url, { ...quick, onCode: (s, d) => lines.push(JSON.stringify(codeEvent(s, d))) })
+  lines.push(JSON.stringify(doneEvent(r, true)))
+  const [code, done] = lines.map((l) => JSON.parse(l))
+  expect(lines.every((l) => !l.includes("\n"))).toBe(true)
+  expect(code).toMatchObject({ event: "code", user_code: "CDFG-HJKM", verification_uri_complete: `${fake.url}/device?code=CDFG-HJKM` })
+  expect(code.instance).toEqual({ name: "Example", version: "1.21.0", base_url: fake.url })
+  expect(done).toMatchObject({ event: "done", fresh: true, connection: "example", base_url: fake.url, models: 2 })
+  // The key never appears in what is printed.
+  expect(lines.join("")).not.toContain("lmb_secret")
+})
+
 test("login writes one webui connection named after the instance, and no models", async () => {
   fake = lembas()
   const r = await login(fake.url, { ...quick, onCode: () => {} })