xh

Friendly and fast tool for sending HTTP requests

workhorse Rust ducaale/xh

70% pass rate

3/7 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 Structured output support Structured, Parseable Output --output/--format flag detected but could not validate JSON via safe probes (--help/--version override output flags in most CLIs)
WARN Flags advertise env-var bindings in --help Non-Interactive by Default 51 flag(s) found in --help but no `[env: NAME]` bindings advertised
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)
WARN	Flags advertise env-var bindings in --help	51 flag(s) found in --help but no `[env: NAME]` bindings advertised

P2: Structured, Parseable Output

WARN

Structured output support

--output/--format flag detected but could not validate JSON via safe probes (--help/--version override output flags in most CLIs)

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

PASS

Quiet mode available

Details

Version scored: 0.25.3
Audit date: 2026-05-01 10:09:00 UTC
Duration: 134ms
Platform: linux/x86_64
Mode: command
Anc build: 0.3.0
Install: brew install xh

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