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Dumb Modes Command

Overview

The dumb-modes command lists all modes available in ForgeFoundary. It scans your configured modes folder, retrieves metadata from each mode, and displays a structured view in the terminal. This is useful for quickly checking which modes you have installed and their basic configuration info.

Think of it as a mode inventory command.

Usage

ForgeFoundary dumb-modes [options]

Options

  • --config-name= – Specify a main configuration file name.
  • --config-path= – Set a custom path to the main configuration YAML.
  • --custom=* – Pass additional custom CLI flags.
  • --cli-log – Enable logging output in the terminal.
  • --file-log – Save logs to a file.

How it works

When executed, dumb-modes:

  1. Loads your main configuration to locate the modes folder.
  2. Scans each subdirectory in the modes folder for YAML mode files.
  3. Parses each mode’s metadata (like name, description, or author) from the YAML file.
  4. Displays all modes in a tree-like structure, including metadata if available.

The command only reads and displays metadata — it does not modify any files or run scaffolding.

Example

# List all available modes
ForgeFoundary dumb-modes

Next Steps

After reviewing your modes:

  1. Run the dry-run command to preview scaffolding for a specific mode:
ForgeFoundary dry-run --mode=MyCustomMode
  1. Run the scaffold command to apply a mode and generate project files:
ForgeFoundary scaffold --mode=MyCustomMode