From 6d603026460bd95c65967c0c93b341369b4f9e07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Kao=20Fe=CC=81lix?= <me@kaofelix.dev>
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2026 02:21:15 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(coding-agent): remove -- from registerFlag calls

This was causing the agent sometimes to pick up on the incorrect syntax when
asked to write extensions with flags
---
 packages/coding-agent/README.md                         | 2 +-
 packages/coding-agent/docs/extensions.md                | 4 ++--
 packages/coding-agent/test/extensions-discovery.test.ts | 2 +-
 packages/coding-agent/test/extensions-runner.test.ts    | 4 ++--
 4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/README.md b/packages/coding-agent/README.md
index fc7b2dc4..47b71885 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/README.md
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/README.md
@@ -1041,7 +1041,7 @@ Register custom CLI flags (parsed automatically, shown in `--help`):
 
 ```typescript
 export default function (pi: ExtensionAPI) {
-  pi.registerFlag("--dry-run", {
+  pi.registerFlag("dry-run", {
     description: "Run without making changes",
     type: "boolean",
   });
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/docs/extensions.md b/packages/coding-agent/docs/extensions.md
index df7a718e..51a2083b 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/docs/extensions.md
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/docs/extensions.md
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ export default function (pi: ExtensionAPI) {
   pi.registerTool({ ... });
   pi.registerCommand("name", { ... });
   pi.registerShortcut("ctrl+x", { ... });
-  pi.registerFlag("--my-flag", { ... });
+  pi.registerFlag("my-flag", { ... });
 }
 ```
 
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ pi.registerShortcut("ctrl+shift+p", {
 Register a CLI flag.
 
 ```typescript
-pi.registerFlag("--plan", {
+pi.registerFlag("plan", {
   description: "Start in plan mode",
   type: "boolean",
   default: false,
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/test/extensions-discovery.test.ts b/packages/coding-agent/test/extensions-discovery.test.ts
index b98ca8c3..52867e4a 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/test/extensions-discovery.test.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/test/extensions-discovery.test.ts
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ describe("extensions discovery", () => {
 	it("loads extension with flags", async () => {
 		const extCode = `
 			export default function(pi) {
-				pi.registerFlag("--my-flag", {
+				pi.registerFlag("my-flag", {
 					description: "My custom flag",
 					handler: async (value) => {},
 				});
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/test/extensions-runner.test.ts b/packages/coding-agent/test/extensions-runner.test.ts
index 82574da0..26b17f5d 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/test/extensions-runner.test.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/test/extensions-runner.test.ts
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ describe("ExtensionRunner", () => {
 		it("collects flags from extensions", async () => {
 			const extCode = `
 				export default function(pi) {
-					pi.registerFlag("--my-flag", {
+					pi.registerFlag("my-flag", {
 						description: "My flag",
 						handler: async () => {},
 					});
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ describe("ExtensionRunner", () => {
 		it("can set flag values", async () => {
 			const extCode = `
 				export default function(pi) {
-					pi.registerFlag("--test-flag", {
+					pi.registerFlag("test-flag", {
 						description: "Test flag",
 						handler: async () => {},
 					});