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CLI/pd briefing
CLI command · v3.30.6

pd briefing

Generate `.portdaddy/briefing.md` and `.portdaddy/briefing.json` for the current project.

Syntax

Run pd briefing like this

pd briefing
API spec

Command contract

Canonical command

pd briefing

Reference route

/docs/cli/briefing

Reference group

Sessions, Notes, Recovery, And Evidence

Runtime path

daemon-backed CLI command

Source

cli/commands/sugar.ts, cli/commands/sessions.ts, cli/commands/say.ts, cli/commands/look.ts, cli/commands/sitrep.ts, cli/commands/resurrection.ts

Aliases

none

Output mode

human display with command-specific state changes

Page type

generated API spec from the source-backed catalog

See the command surfaces this reference keeps in play

This clip shows the daemon health check, command discovery, and message-loop patterns that recur across the CLI reference. Here it grounds the pd briefing reference: daemon health, discovery, and message-loop patterns these pages keep pointing back to.

Usage patterns

Common ways this command shows up in practice

pd briefing belongs to Sessions, Notes, Recovery, And Evidence. Create the audit trail: sessions, file claims, notes, activity, briefing, salvage, and catch-up commands.

daemon-backed CLI command. Validate live behavior from the daemon and handler source when changing this command.

Use this page as the stable public contract for pd briefing; aliases resolve to the same contract.

Examples

Example 01

Run pd briefing from a coordinated checkout

CLI
pd briefing
Output
Runs the pd briefing command family and prints the resulting Port Daddy state, ids, or readiness/error details.
Example 02

Find this command from the full CLI reference

CLI
pd help briefing
open /docs/cli/briefing
Output
The help topic and docs route both describe pd briefing, including aliases, flags, and source provenance.