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Adds lark-cli apps +export, which downloads an app's source code as a zip archive. It is the only path that works for an app shared with you via a link, where cloning the repository is not possible.

Changes

  • New apps +export shortcut. --app-id and --meta-token are mutually exclusive and one is required; they share a single path segment, matching how +get already accepts either identifier.
  • The response body is streamed to disk rather than buffered, so a large archive does not have to fit in memory.
  • Failures are re-typed onto the taxonomy an agent can act on. 422 is the distinguishing one: the app's code is not stored in git at all, so the hint points at the file storage commands that can actually serve it, rather than leaving a caller to retry a request that can never succeed.
  • A JSON error envelope can no longer become the product. The gateway reports some failures as HTTP 200 carrying {"code":...,"msg":...}, and the streaming client only intercepts status >= 400 — so without a guard that envelope was written to disk as the "archive" while the command reported success, leaving the caller with a .zip that is really a few hundred bytes of JSON. That is worse than a plain failure, because nothing looks wrong until the file is opened. The response is now gated on Content-Type before saving, treating an absent type as suspect the way client.HandleResponse already does, and the envelope is routed through the shared classifier so it surfaces as the same typed error a non-streaming command would raise.
  • Skill reference for the new command.

Note on semantics, documented in the command tips: +export returns the last commit on the app's default branch, not the sandbox working tree. Sandbox changes without a checkpoint are not included — otherwise a missing file reads as a bug.

Test Plan

  • Unit tests pass
  • Manual local verification confirms the lark-cli apps +export flow works as expected

shortcuts/apps/apps_export_test.go covers the flag XOR, output path traversal, dry run, streaming to disk, the Content-Disposition filename default, the share-token source, per-status classification, and both envelope cases (typed JSON and untyped body). The envelope tests assert the specific upstream code survives classification, not merely that an error occurred.

Verified end to end against a live server: the identity gate, the missing/empty locator cases, the app_-prefix dispatch (an app id and a share token take different authorization paths and fail with different codes), and the envelope guard.

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  • New Features

    • Added the apps +export command to download an app’s source code as a ZIP archive.
    • Supports app IDs, share tokens, optional checkpoints, custom output paths, and automatic filenames.
    • Prevents unsafe paths and incomplete files when downloads fail.
    • Provides clear errors for invalid requests, permissions, missing apps, oversized exports, and server failures.
  • Documentation

    • Added usage guidance, examples, output details, and error-handling information.
    • Clarified when to use source export versus creating a development workspace.

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Adds the apps +export shortcut to download app source archives. The command validates identifiers and output paths, streams valid archive responses to disk, classifies API failures, and documents usage and routing.

Changes

Apps export workflow

Layer / File(s) Summary
Export command and request construction
shortcuts/apps/apps_export.go, shortcuts/apps/apps_export_test.go
Validates mutually exclusive --app-id and --meta-token inputs, rejects unsafe output paths, supports dry-run behavior, handles checkpoint parameters, and constructs encoded export paths.
Archive writing and error classification
shortcuts/apps/apps_export.go, shortcuts/apps/apps_export_test.go
Accepts only exact archive media types, classifies JSON and non-JSON responses, reports bounded response text, streams valid archives, selects filenames, and verifies that failures leave no partial files.
Shortcut registration and usage contract
shortcuts/apps/shortcuts.go, shortcuts/apps/shortcuts_test.go, skills/lark-apps/SKILL.md, skills/lark-apps/references/lark-apps-export.md
Registers the shortcut, updates the shortcut count to 97, and documents intent routing, command usage, output behavior, and errors.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 02e2a

The new export command safely rejects invalid archive responses, but its tests should verify the documented typed error classification so future changes do not silently alter user-facing failure handling.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant CLI
  participant AppsExport
  participant AppsAPI
  participant FileIO
  CLI->>AppsExport: Provide app ID or meta token
  AppsExport->>AppsExport: Validate inputs and output path
  AppsExport->>AppsAPI: GET code archive
  AppsAPI-->>AppsExport: Return archive or error response
  AppsExport->>FileIO: Save valid archive
  FileIO-->>CLI: Report output path and size
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🧰 CLI update

npm i -g https://pkg.pr.new/larksuite/cli/@larksuite/cli@02e2ab1688fae16b34a139142ebea2246873076d

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npx skills add larksuite/cli#feat/apps-export -y -g

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shortcuts/apps/apps_export.go (1)

202-204: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Use the shared apps error-hint policy.

Apply withAppsHint(err, appIDListHint) after classification instead of assigning appIDListHint only in the 404 branch. This preserves existing recovery hints and keeps app-ID failure handling consistent across apps shortcuts.

Based on learnings: “Call withAppsHint(err, appIDListHint) unconditionally rather than adding per-command business-code gates.”

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In `@shortcuts/apps/apps_export.go` around lines 202 - 204, Update the error
handling in the export flow to call withAppsHint(err, appIDListHint)
unconditionally after error classification, rather than attaching appIDListHint
only in the 404 branch. Preserve the classified error and existing recovery
hints while applying the shared apps hint policy consistently.

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Inline comments:
In `@shortcuts/apps/apps_export_test.go`:
- Around line 51-54: Expand the error assertions in the affected export tests
after errors.As identifies *errs.ValidationError: verify the expected validation
subtype and conflicting flag parameter, and for retyped HTTP 401–413 failures
assert Code, Subtype, Retryable, plus the preserved *errs.NetworkError cause and
its original HTTP status. Keep the existing concrete-type checks while replacing
message-only coverage with typed metadata and cause-preservation assertions.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@shortcuts/apps/apps_export.go`:
- Around line 202-204: Update the error handling in the export flow to call
withAppsHint(err, appIDListHint) unconditionally after error classification,
rather than attaching appIDListHint only in the 404 branch. Preserve the
classified error and existing recovery hints while applying the shared apps hint
policy consistently.
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Comment thread shortcuts/apps/apps_export_test.go
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shortcuts/apps/apps_export.go (1)

197-197: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Use withAppsHint for all mapped export errors.

The branches return errors directly. This bypasses the shared app-error hint policy. Classify the error first, then call withAppsHint(classifiedErr, appIDListHint) before returning it. This preserves existing hints and keeps this command aligned with future central policy changes.

Based on learnings: use withAppsHint(err, appIDListHint) unconditionally for app-ID-related API failures because it preserves typed errors and fills only empty hints.

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In `@shortcuts/apps/apps_export.go` at line 197, Update the mapped-error branches
in the netErr.Code switch to classify each error first, then unconditionally
pass it through withAppsHint with appIDListHint before returning; preserve the
existing typed errors and non-empty hints.

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In `@shortcuts/apps/apps_export.go`:
- Line 197: Update the mapped-error branches in the netErr.Code switch to
classify each error first, then unconditionally pass it through withAppsHint
with appIDListHint before returning; preserve the existing typed errors and
non-empty hints.

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Adds `lark-cli apps +export`, which downloads an app's source code as a zip.

Why this is not just `+init`: `+init` clones the app's git repository, so it
requires repository access. A creative app shared with you via a share link
points at someone else's app, and cloning it is not possible. `+export` only
requires download permission on the app itself, so it is the only path that
works across apps. Accordingly `--app-id` and `--meta-token` (the share-link
token) are mutually exclusive and exactly one is required.

Streaming rather than buffering: the endpoint returns a raw binary body through
the gateway, so the response is streamed straight to disk via FileIO().Save
instead of being read into memory. Archive size is unbounded in practice
(images, media and build output all count), so buffering would scale with the
repository.

Error taxonomy: the stream client cannot inspect a JSON envelope on a binary
response and classifies every 4xx as a transport-level NetworkError. That is
misleading here, so failures are re-typed onto the taxonomy an agent can act on
while preserving the original cause. The distinguishing case is 422: apps whose
code lives outside git keep their artifacts in file storage, which no retry or
permission change will fix, so the hint points at +file-list / +file-download.

Docs note that the export reflects the last commit, not the sandbox working
tree — the server runs git archive against the remote and never reads the
sandbox, so uncommitted sandbox edits are absent by design.

Tests cover the flag XOR, output traversal rejection, dry-run shape, streaming
to disk, Content-Disposition naming, share-token requests, and each mapped
failure status (including that a failed export leaves no partial file).
…rchive

The gateway reports several failures as HTTP 200 carrying {"code":...,"msg":...}.
DoStream only intercepts status >= 400, so the envelope was streamed to disk as
the "archive" and the command reported success — the caller ended up with a .zip
that is really a 300-byte JSON blob. That is worse than a plain failure: nothing
looks wrong until the file is opened.

Gate the body on Content-Type before saving, treating an absent type as suspect
the way client.HandleResponse already does, and route the envelope through the
shared classifier so it surfaces as the same typed error a non-streaming command
would raise. Observed against this endpoint on a test lane.

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In `@shortcuts/apps/apps_export.go`:
- Line 290: Update the archive content-type check around the existing
strings.Contains logic to parse the header’s media type separately from
parameters and accept only exact application/octet-stream or application/zip
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Comment thread shortcuts/apps/apps_export.go Outdated
The gateway returns HTTP 200 with an error body (JSON envelope or a bare
text/plain reason like "permission denied") for api.raw download endpoints;
the previous blacklist gate only caught JSON and empty content types, so a
text/plain error was streamed to disk as the "archive" and reported success.

Switch rejectExportErrorEnvelope to a whitelist: only application/octet-stream
or application/zip is trusted and streamed through. Everything else is read
back (bounded) and refused — JSON goes through the shared classifier, a plain
text body surfaces the servers reason. Matches how db-data-export already
guards the same api.raw channel client-side.

Add TestAppsExport_RejectsPlainTextBodyOn200 covering the two error cases.
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