Shared CLI options

Most metacrafter scan … commands accept the same classification and output flags.

Classification

Flag	Meaning
--contexts	Comma-separated context filters (pii, finance, …)
--langs	Comma-separated language filters (en, ru, fr)
--country-codes	Restrict rules to ISO country codes
--confidence, -c	Minimum confidence (0–100, default 5.0)
--stop-on-match	Stop after the first matching rule per field
--no-dates	Disable qddate pattern detection
--include-imprecise	Include imprecise rules that are ignored by default
--include-empty	Include empty values in statistics and confidence
--fields	Process only specific fields (comma-separated)
--rulepath	Extra YAML rule directories (comma-separated)
--limit	Maximum records sampled per field

LLM

Flag	Meaning
--classification-mode	rules (default), llm, or hybrid
--llm-only	Shortcut for --classification-mode llm
--use-llm	Shortcut for --classification-mode hybrid
--llm-provider	openai, openrouter, ollama, lmstudio, perplexity
--llm-model	Model name for the selected provider
--llm-api-key	API key for cloud providers
--llm-base-url	Base URL for Ollama, LM Studio, or custom endpoints
--llm-registry	Path to registry JSONL
--llm-index	Path to vector index directory
--llm-min-confidence	Minimum LLM confidence (default 50.0)

Output

Flag	Meaning
--format	short or full result detail
--output-format	table, json, yaml, or csv
--output, -o	Output file path
--stdout	Write to stdout
--pretty / --indent	JSON formatting
--table-format	auto, rich, plain, or a tabulate format
--stats-only	Statistics without classification

Set METACRAFTER_PLAIN to disable rich table rendering globally.

Remote API

Flag	Meaning
--remote	Base URL of a running metacrafter server
--timeout	Request timeout in seconds (<=0 disables)
--retries	Retry attempts
--retry-delay	Delay between retries

Logging

--debug, --verbose, --quiet, --progress.

See LLM classification and API server for provider and remote details.