Function cbm_cmd_install

src/cli/cli.c:3747–3891

}

int cbm_cmd_install(int argc, char **argv) {
    parse_auto_answer(argc, argv);
    bool dry_run = false;
    bool force = false;
    bool plan = false;
    bool reset_indexes = false;
    for (int i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
        if (strcmp(argv[i], "--dry-run") == 0) {
            dry_run = true;
        }
        if (strcmp(argv[i], "--force") == 0) {
            force = true;
        }
        if (strcmp(argv[i], "--plan") == 0) {
            plan = true;
        }
        /* Opt-in: delete existing indexes during install. Default preserves
         * the indexed graph (#607). Only this flag triggers deletion. */
        if (strcmp(argv[i], "--reset-indexes") == 0) {
            reset_indexes = true;
        }
    }

    const char *home = cbm_get_home_dir();
    if (!home) {
        (void)fprintf(stderr, "error: HOME not set (use USERPROFILE on Windows)\n");
        return CLI_TRUE;
    }

    /* --plan: emit the machine-readable install receipt and exit WITHOUT
     * mutating anything (no config writes, no index deletion, no network) so
     * an agent can inspect exactly what install would touch first (#388). */
    if (plan) {
        char self_path[CLI_BUF_1K] = {0};
        cbm_detect_self_path(self_path, sizeof(self_path), home);
        char *json = cbm_build_install_plan_json(home, self_path);
        if (!json) {
            (void)fprintf(stderr, "error: failed to build install plan\n");
            return CLI_TRUE;
        }
        printf("%s\n", json);
        free(json);
        return 0;
    }

    printf("codebase-memory-mcp install %s\n\n", CBM_VERSION);

    /* (#607) Default: preserve existing indexes. `--reset-indexes` opts into
     * the old prompt-and-delete behaviour. The helper returns 0 only when the
     * user declines the reset prompt, in which case we abort the install. */
    if (cbm_install_handle_existing_indexes(home, reset_indexes, dry_run) == 0) {
        return CLI_TRUE;
    }

    /* Step 1b: Kill running MCP server instances so agents pick up new config */
    if (!dry_run) {
        int killed = cbm_kill_other_instances();
        if (killed > 0) {