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strictcli's flag system is strict by design. Every flag must have help text, every type must be explicit, and every default must be deliberate. This guide covers the full flag and argument system using Python examples. The Go and TypeScript implementations have identical semantics (see the quickstart guides for language-specific syntax).

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https://smmh.dev/strictcli/go-quickstart/ 2026-08-12T00:00:00Z

This guide walks through building a CLI application with the Go implementation of strictcli.

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https://smmh.dev/strictcli/ 2026-08-12T00:00:00Z

A strict CLI framework with three first-class implementations -- Python, Go, and TypeScript -- kept in behavioral lockstep by a shared conformance suite.

https://smmh.dev/strictcli/python-quickstart/ 2026-08-12T00:00:00Z

This guide walks through building a CLI application with the Python implementation of strictcli.

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https://smmh.dev/strictcli/typescript-quickstart/ 2026-08-12T00:00:00Z

strictcli is a strict CLI framework where you declare everything and infer nothing. Every flag, arg, command, and group requires explicit help text. Types are enforced at both compile time and runtime. This guide covers the TypeScript implementation, published on npm as `strictcli`.

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https://smmh.dev/strictcli/conformance/ 2026-08-06T00:00:00Z

strictcli ships three independent implementations -- Python, Go, and TypeScript -- that must behave identically for the same inputs. The conformance suite is the mechanism that enforces this. It lives in `conformance/` at the repository root and is structured as a `dev_node` project: never released independently, existing solely as test infrastructure.

https://smmh.dev/strictcli/architecture/ 2026-08-04T00:00:00Z

strictcli is a strict CLI framework implemented in Python, Go, and TypeScript, kept in behavioral lockstep by a shared conformance test suite. This document explains how the framework works internally, covering the parse pipeline, the registration-time validation model, the schema format, the config system, flag negation, and the error handling philosophy.