bat

A cat clone with syntax highlighting and Git integration

workhorse Rust sharkdp/bat

78% pass rate

4/7 principles met

Spec Coverage

How many of the spec's requirements were verified for this tool. See /coverage for the full matrix.

Level	Total	Verified	Unverified
MUST	23	9	14
SHOULD	16	0	16
MAY	7	0	7

Top Issues

WARN Quiet mode available Bounded, High-Signal Responses no --quiet/-q flag detected in --help output
WARN Pager-using CLI ships --no-pager escape hatch Composable, Predictable Command Structure pager referenced in --help but no --no-pager escape hatch advertised

All Checks

P1: Non-Interactive by Default

PASS	Non-interactive by default
SKIP	Non-interactive gate flag advertised in --help	target satisfies P1 via alternative gate (help-on-bare or stdin-primary)
PASS	Flags advertise env-var bindings in --help

P2: Structured, Parseable Output

SKIP

Structured output support

no --output/--format flag detected

P3: Progressive Help Discovery

PASS	Help flag produces useful output
PASS	Version flag works

P4: Fail-Fast, Actionable Errors

PASS

Rejects invalid arguments

P6: Composable, Predictable Command Structure

PASS	Handles SIGPIPE gracefully
WARN	Pager-using CLI ships --no-pager escape hatch	pager referenced in --help but no --no-pager escape hatch advertised
PASS	Respects NO_COLOR

P7: Bounded, High-Signal Responses

WARN

Quiet mode available

no --quiet/-q flag detected in --help output

Details

Version scored: 0.26.1
Audit date: 2026-05-01 10:08:58 UTC
Duration: 54ms
Platform: linux/x86_64
Mode: command
Anc build: 0.3.0
Install: brew install bat

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Reproduce this scorecard for bat locally and inspect the failing checks:

anc check --command bat --output json

Install anc first if you don't have it. Add --output json to get the same JSON shape committed under scorecards/.