@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
-cometcli is a terminal you talk to, the way you use Claude Code, built for running
+cometcli is an AI terminal you talk to in plain language, built for running
[Cosmos SDK](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk) and
[Cosmos-EVM](https://github.com/cosmos/evm) validators. Ask *"is anyone jailed?"* or
*"why is my validator missing blocks?"*. It inspects the node, chain and host, works
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ out the cause, proposes the fix, and carries it out once you approve.
- **Operate** — transactions, governance proposals and votes, upgrades, state sync,
service control, security audits
- **Watch** — live dashboard and alerts to Slack, Discord or Telegram
-- **Extend** — settings, memory, custom commands, hooks, MCP servers and subagents,
- as in Claude Code
+- **Extend** — settings, memory, custom commands, hooks, MCP servers and subagents
@@ -113,7 +112,7 @@ cometcli profile add myval \
## The terminal
-An inline chat like Claude Code's: answers land in your normal scrollback, and only
+An inline chat: answers land in your normal scrollback, and only
the bottom of the screen redraws.
```
@@ -287,7 +286,7 @@ agent.
- **Tiers** — `observe → diagnose → local-change → on-chain`. Reads run; changes ask;
transactions always ask.
-- **Permission rules** — allow / ask / deny in Claude Code syntax
+- **Permission rules** — allow / ask / deny patterns
(`bash(docker logs:*)`, `read(./config/**)`, `node.*`); deny beats ask beats allow.
Every shell command is classified first, scripts and `docker exec` included.
- **Consensus keys are radioactive** — `priv_validator_key.json` is never read into
diff --git a/docs/COMMANDS.md b/docs/COMMANDS.md
index 1a108ed..94d0e5a 100644
--- a/docs/COMMANDS.md
+++ b/docs/COMMANDS.md
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ cometcli runbook run coordinated-upgrade
```bash
cometcli # bare command = chat TUI (when a profile exists)
-cometcli ui # chat-first TUI (Claude Code style): streamed answers,
+cometcli ui # chat-first TUI: streamed answers,
# /run tools, approval modals with diffs, txs broadcast
# from the chat. Overview/fleet/logs/send panes on tabs
cometcli serve --open # same agent in a local web chat (127.0.0.1 only,
diff --git a/docs/EXTENDING.md b/docs/EXTENDING.md
index 90bd38a..98017c9 100644
--- a/docs/EXTENDING.md
+++ b/docs/EXTENDING.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
# Extending cometcli
Settings, memory, custom commands, hooks, MCP servers and subagents all live in plain
-files. The formats follow Claude Code's, so configs written for it mostly carry over.
+files, in the settings format common to AI coding agents, so existing configs mostly carry over.
A **project** is the nearest directory above where you start cometcli that holds a
`.cometcli/` folder, a `COMET.md` or a `.git`.
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ Commands run at points in the loop. Events: `PreToolUse`, `PostToolUse`,
```
`matcher` is a case-insensitive regex over tool names (`bash`, `edit`, `node.status`,
-`mcp__grafana__.*`; Claude Code's `Bash` works); empty or `*` matches all. Hooks run
+`mcp__grafana__.*`; capitalized names like `Bash` work too); empty or `*` matches all. Hooks run
from the project root with `COMETCLI_PROJECT_DIR` (and `CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR`) set, and
get the event as JSON on stdin:
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ cometcli mcp remove grafana
```
Scopes: `user` (default, `~/.cometcli/settings.json`), `project` (`.mcp.json` — the
-same file Claude Code reads), `local` (`.cometcli/settings.local.json`). `${VAR}` and
+the standard project MCP file), `local` (`.cometcli/settings.local.json`). `${VAR}` and
`${VAR:-default}` expand in commands, args, env, URLs and headers.
Servers start with each session; their tools are named `mcp____` and,
diff --git a/internal/agent/commands.go b/internal/agent/commands.go
index 9e2ac7f..37fa266 100644
--- a/internal/agent/commands.go
+++ b/internal/agent/commands.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func RunCommand(a *Agent, c *toolkit.Context, reg *toolkit.Registry, line string
if err := needAgent(); err != nil {
return CmdResult{}, err
}
- // the current setup, like Claude Code's /status; in node mode also
+ // the current setup; in node mode also
// a live snapshot of the node (as a background job: never block)
a.loadMemory()
var b strings.Builder
diff --git a/internal/agent/policy.go b/internal/agent/policy.go
index 264af2c..28b60e1 100644
--- a/internal/agent/policy.go
+++ b/internal/agent/policy.go
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ const (
// Modes lists the approval postures in shift+tab cycling order.
var Modes = []Mode{ModeOps, ModeAcceptEdits, ModeReadOnly, ModeBypass}
-// ParseMode accepts ops | readonly | accept-edits | bypass, plus Claude
-// Code's names (default, plan, acceptEdits, bypassPermissions).
+// ParseMode accepts ops | readonly | accept-edits | bypass, plus the
+// common aliases default, plan, acceptEdits and bypassPermissions.
func ParseMode(s string) (Mode, error) {
switch strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(s)) {
case "", "ops", "rw", "default":
diff --git a/internal/cli/mcpservers.go b/internal/cli/mcpservers.go
index a87d017..d8566ae 100644
--- a/internal/cli/mcpservers.go
+++ b/internal/cli/mcpservers.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import (
)
// mcpScopePath returns the file a scope's servers live in: user settings,
-// the project's .mcp.json (shared with Claude Code), or local settings.
+// the project's .mcp.json (the standard project MCP file), or local settings.
func mcpScopePath(scope string) (string, error) {
switch scope {
case "user", "":
diff --git a/internal/cli/ui.go b/internal/cli/ui.go
index a7a1530..b9ba00b 100644
--- a/internal/cli/ui.go
+++ b/internal/cli/ui.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
)
// UICmd is the chat-first terminal app: an agent conversation on the front
-// pane (Claude Code style) with overview/fleet/logs/send dashboards behind
+// pane with overview/fleet/logs/send dashboards behind
// it — all over the same registry and approval gate as the CLI.
func UICmd(reg *toolkit.Registry) *cobra.Command {
var interval int
diff --git a/internal/hooks/hooks.go b/internal/hooks/hooks.go
index 8022dbd..6cfab5f 100644
--- a/internal/hooks/hooks.go
+++ b/internal/hooks/hooks.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
// Package hooks runs operator-defined commands at points in the agent
-// loop, with Claude Code's contract: the event arrives as JSON on stdin;
+// loop, with the common agent-hook contract: the event arrives as JSON on stdin;
// exit 0 passes (stdout may carry JSON decisions or extra context); exit
// 2 blocks, with stderr as the reason; any other exit is a non-blocking
// error shown to the operator.
diff --git a/internal/hooks/hooks_test.go b/internal/hooks/hooks_test.go
index c5c6592..64be73a 100644
--- a/internal/hooks/hooks_test.go
+++ b/internal/hooks/hooks_test.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func TestExitCodes(t *testing.T) {
}
out = runner(t, PreToolUse, "Bash", `exit 2`).Run(ctx, Input{Event: PreToolUse, ToolName: "bash"})
if !out.Block {
- t.Fatal("matcher should be case-insensitive (Claude Code's Bash)")
+ t.Fatal("matcher should be case-insensitive (Bash)")
}
}
diff --git a/internal/settings/settings.go b/internal/settings/settings.go
index 7c72431..32ecbc9 100644
--- a/internal/settings/settings.go
+++ b/internal/settings/settings.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
// Package settings discovers and merges cometcli's file-based
// extensibility: settings.json at user, project and local scope, COMET.md
// memory files, custom slash commands, subagent definitions and MCP
-// server configs. Formats follow Claude Code's, so its configs carry over.
+// server configs, in the settings format common to AI coding agents.
//
// Project-scope hooks and MCP servers execute commands, so they only take
// effect once the project directory is trusted (`cometcli trust`).
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const (
ScopeLocal Scope = "local" // /.cometcli/settings.local.json
)
-// Permissions mirrors Claude Code's permissions block.
+// Permissions is the allow/ask/deny permissions block.
type Permissions struct {
Allow []string `json:"allow,omitempty"`
Ask []string `json:"ask,omitempty"`
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ func Load(cwd string) (*Settings, error) {
s.Sources = append(s.Sources, sc.path)
s.apply(f, sc.scope)
}
- // a project's .mcp.json (Claude Code's file) adds project servers
+ // a project's .mcp.json (the standard project MCP file) adds project servers
if s.Root != "" {
var mj struct {
MCPServers map[string]MCPServer `json:"mcpServers"`
diff --git a/internal/toolkit/perm.go b/internal/toolkit/perm.go
index b8f42e6..ec36639 100644
--- a/internal/toolkit/perm.go
+++ b/internal/toolkit/perm.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func (d Decision) String() string {
return "default"
}
-// Rule is one permission pattern, in Claude Code's syntax:
+// Rule is one permission pattern:
//
// bash any shell command
// bash(git status) exactly this command
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func (d Decision) String() string {
// val.unjail, node.* registry tools by name or prefix
//
// Tool names match case-insensitively, so Bash(...) and WebFetch(...)
-// from Claude Code configs work too.
+// from other agents' configs work too.
type Rule struct {
Raw string
Tool string // lower-cased; may end in ".*"
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ type Rule struct {
var ruleRe = regexp.MustCompile(`^\s*([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_.*-]*)\s*(?:\((.*)\))?\s*$`)
-// toolAliases maps Claude Code tool names onto ours.
+// toolAliases maps common capitalized tool names (Bash, Read…) onto ours.
var toolAliases = map[string]string{"webfetch": "web_fetch", "todowrite": "todo_write", "multiedit": "edit"}
// ParseRule parses one rule string.
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ func expandPattern(p, root string) string {
case strings.HasPrefix(p, "~/"):
home, _ := os.UserHomeDir()
return filepath.Join(home, p[2:])
- case strings.HasPrefix(p, "//"): // Claude Code's absolute-path form
+ case strings.HasPrefix(p, "//"): // absolute-path form
return p[1:]
case filepath.IsAbs(p):
return p
diff --git a/internal/tui/chat.go b/internal/tui/chat.go
index 5778dbd..b75d27b 100644
--- a/internal/tui/chat.go
+++ b/internal/tui/chat.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import (
)
// chatPane is the conversational front-end: a transcript of user prompts,
-// assistant text, tool calls, and approvals — Claude Code style. The agent
+// assistant text, tool calls, and approvals. The agent
// may be nil (no provider configured); slash commands and /run still work.
type chatPane struct {
agent *agent.Agent
diff --git a/internal/tui/chatui/art.go b/internal/tui/chatui/art.go
index 9850648..0073b46 100644
--- a/internal/tui/chatui/art.go
+++ b/internal/tui/chatui/art.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
)
// The startup art: a comet streaking over "COMETCLI" in block letters,
-// the way Claude Code greets you with its name. Drawn only when the
+// as a startup greeting. Drawn only when the
// terminal is wide enough; colors degrade with the terminal's profile.
// glyphs is the ANSI Shadow figlet font, for the letters we need.
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func along(stops []rgb, t float64) lipgloss.Color {
var (
// tail: deep violet far behind, through blue and cyan, to white-hot
tailStops = []rgb{hex("#3B2A6B"), hex("#6A4FC9"), hex("#4F8EF7"), hex("#7FE3F5"), hex("#F2FBFF")}
- // wordmark: comet gold through Claude-ish orange to violet
+ // wordmark: comet gold through coral to violet
wordStops = []rgb{hex("#FFD27A"), hex("#F09A5B"), hex("#D97757"), hex("#C2609E"), hex("#8E6BE8")}
headSt = lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("#FFF7E0")).Bold(true)
sparkSt = lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("#FFD27A"))
diff --git a/internal/tui/chatui/chatui.go b/internal/tui/chatui/chatui.go
index 1e201f8..6add97c 100644
--- a/internal/tui/chatui/chatui.go
+++ b/internal/tui/chatui/chatui.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
// Package chatui is cometcli's interactive terminal: an inline,
-// scrollback-friendly chat in the style of Claude Code. Finished messages
+// scrollback-friendly chat. Finished messages
// are printed into the terminal's normal scrollback; only a small live
// region (streaming text, spinner, input, approval dialog, status line)
// is redrawn.
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ func (m *model) onEvent(e agent.Event) tea.Cmd {
}
// flushThinking closes a finished stretch of thinking into a collapsed
-// line, the way Claude Code shows it; ctrl+o prints the text.
+// line; ctrl+o prints the text.
func (m *model) flushThinking() tea.Cmd {
t := strings.TrimSpace(m.think)
m.think = ""
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ func (m *model) View() string {
if s := strings.TrimSpace(m.live.String()); s != "" {
b.WriteString("\n" + lastLines("⏺ "+strings.TrimLeft(m.markdown(s), "\n "), 16) + "\n")
}
- // running tool calls: blinking bullet, like Claude Code
+ // running tool calls: blinking bullet
blink := "⏺"
if time.Now().UnixMilli()/500%2 == 1 {
blink = " "
@@ -1273,7 +1273,7 @@ func (m *model) markdown(s string) string {
zero := uint(0)
cfg.Document.Margin = &zero
cfg.Document.BlockPrefix, cfg.Document.BlockSuffix = "", ""
- // Claude Code look: "- " bullets, headings as bold text
+ // "- " bullets, headings as bold text
cfg.Item.BlockPrefix = "- "
// inline code: just a color, no padding or background
codeColor := "#B1B9F9"
@@ -1311,7 +1311,7 @@ func userLine(s string) string {
return "\n" + strings.Join(lines, "\n")
}
-// result indents text under the previous line with Claude Code's ⎿.
+// result indents text under the previous line with ⎿.
func result(s string) string {
if strings.TrimSpace(s) == "" {
return ""
@@ -1431,7 +1431,7 @@ func todoLines(ts []agent.Todo) string {
return strings.Join(out, "\n")
}
-// verbs for the spinner, one picked per turn (Claude Code style)
+// verbs for the spinner, one picked per turn
var verbs = []string{"Thinking", "Pondering", "Investigating", "Digging", "Checking", "Inspecting", "Crunching",
"Mulling", "Percolating", "Synthesizing", "Ruminating", "Deliberating", "Tinkering", "Sleuthing", "Untangling"}
