fix(clerk-cli): require explicit --input-json - for stdin#52
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clerk/cli#341 removed implicit stdin auto-detection; --input-json now reads stdin only with the explicit `-` marker. Update the skill so it no longer teaches `echo '{...}' | clerk init` as a working pattern (it now silently no-ops) and notes that bare piped stdin is left untouched for shell loops and self-reading commands. Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01W6swrwZfwkAB5ye7EBy98z
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Summary
clerk/cli#341 removed implicit stdin auto-detection in
--input-json. The CLI now reads stdin only when the explicit-marker is passed (--input-json -); bare piped stdin is left untouched so shell loops (while read … | clerk …) and self-reading commands (cat body.json | clerk api …) aren't disturbed.The
clerk-cliskill still taught the removed behavior, so an agent following it would writeecho '{...}' | clerk init— which now silently no-ops (JSON discarded, no error).Changes
skills/core/clerk-cli/SKILL.md— stdin example now uses the explicit--input-json -marker; notes bare piped stdin is not auto-detected.skills/core/clerk-cli/references/agent-mode.md— removed the auto-detect example and paragraph; documents the explicit-marker-only behavior.The existing
cat payload.json | clerk api …body-read examples are left as-is — upstream #341 actually fixes those (they were previously pre-empted by the stdin expander).