chore: filter out some tools from CLI

docs/cli.md

@@ -91,3 +91,11 @@ For more verbose logs, set the `DEBUG` environment variable:
 ```sh
 DEBUG=* chrome-devtools list_pages
 ```
+
+## CLI generation
+
+Implemented in `scripts/generate-cli.ts`. Some commands are excluded from CLI
+generation such as `wait_for` and `fill_form`.
+
+`chrome-devtools-mcp` args are also filtered in `src/bin/chrome-devtools.ts`
+because not all args make sense in a CLI interface.

scripts/generate-cli.ts

@@ -102,8 +102,23 @@ function schemaToCLIOptions(schema: JsonSchema): CliOption[] {
 
 async function generateCli() {
   const tools = await fetchTools();
+
   // Sort tools by name
-  const sortedTools = tools.sort((a, b) => a.name.localeCompare(b.name));
+  const sortedTools = tools
+    .sort((a, b) => a.name.localeCompare(b.name))
+    .filter(tool => {
+      // Skipping fill_form because it is not relevant in shell scripts
+      // and CLI does not handle array/JSON args well.
+      if (tool.name === 'fill_form') {
+        return false;
+      }
+      // Skipping wait_for because CLI does not handle array/JSON args well
+      // and shell scripts have many mechanisms for waiting.
+      if (tool.name === 'wait_for') {
+        return false;
+      }
+      return true;
+    });
 
   const staticTools = createTools(parseArguments());
   const toolNameToCategory = new Map<string, string>();

src/bin/cliDefinitions.ts

@@ -184,25 +184,6 @@ export const commands: Commands = {
       },
     },
   },
-  fill_form: {
-    description: 'Fill out multiple form elements at once',
-    category: 'Input automation',
-    args: {
-      elements: {
-        name: 'elements',
-        type: 'array',
-        description: 'Elements from snapshot to fill out.',
-        required: true,
-      },
-      includeSnapshot: {
-        name: 'includeSnapshot',
-        type: 'boolean',
-        description:
-          'Whether to include a snapshot in the response. Default is false.',
-        required: false,
-      },
-    },
-  },
   get_console_message: {
     description:
       'Gets a console message by its ID. You can get all messages by calling list_console_messages.',
@@ -722,24 +703,4 @@ export const commands: Commands = {
       },
     },
   },
-  wait_for: {
-    description: 'Wait for the specified text to appear on the selected page.',
-    category: 'Navigation automation',
-    args: {
-      text: {
-        name: 'text',
-        type: 'array',
-        description:
-          'Non-empty list of texts. Resolves when any value appears on the page.',
-        required: true,
-      },
-      timeout: {
-        name: 'timeout',
-        type: 'integer',
-        description:
-          'Maximum wait time in milliseconds. If set to 0, the default timeout will be used.',
-        required: false,
-      },
-    },
-  },
 } as const;