UAT: `--format color` outputs plain text without ANSI color codes #6952

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opened 2026-04-10 06:02:38 +00:00 by HAL9000 · 0 comments

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What was tested

CLI / UX System — global --format handling for the color output mode

Expected behavior (spec)

The spec requires the color format to mirror the plain layout but include ANSI color codes for headings, keys, and values (docs/specification.md §Global Options — Available Output Formats).

Actual behavior

Invoking python3 -m cleveragents --format color version prints unstyled plain text with no ANSI escape sequences.

$ python3 -m cleveragents --format color version
version: 1.0.0
channel: stable
python: 3.13.3
build_date: 2026-04-10
commit: 51aab184
schema: v3
platform: linux-x86_64
dependencies:
  langgraph: 1.1.6
  langchain-core: 1.2.28
  pydantic: 2.12.5
  typer: 0.23.1

Steps to reproduce

Checkout commit 51aab18411
From the repo root, run python3 -m cleveragents --format color version

Code reference

src/cleveragents/cli/formatting.py — the format_output function returns _format_plain when format_type == "color", so no color codes are emitted.

## What was tested - CLI / UX System — global `--format` handling for the `color` output mode ## Expected behavior (spec) The spec requires the `color` format to mirror the `plain` layout but include ANSI color codes for headings, keys, and values (docs/specification.md §Global Options — Available Output Formats). ## Actual behavior Invoking `python3 -m cleveragents --format color version` prints unstyled plain text with no ANSI escape sequences. ``` $ python3 -m cleveragents --format color version version: 1.0.0 channel: stable python: 3.13.3 build_date: 2026-04-10 commit: 51aab184 schema: v3 platform: linux-x86_64 dependencies: langgraph: 1.1.6 langchain-core: 1.2.28 pydantic: 2.12.5 typer: 0.23.1 ``` ## Steps to reproduce 1. Checkout commit 51aab184112728471a44d5a91c334663cf8cd016 2. From the repo root, run `python3 -m cleveragents --format color version` ## Code reference `src/cleveragents/cli/formatting.py` — the `format_output` function returns `_format_plain` when `format_type == "color"`, so no color codes are emitted.

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UAT: --format color outputs plain text without ANSI color codes #6952