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Expand Up @@ -51,6 +51,17 @@ The CLI (`bin/`, `scripts/`) is type-checked separately:
npm run typecheck:cli # or: npx tsc -p tsconfig.cli.json
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### Local Development Testing

After building, link the CLI so the `nemoclaw` command is available locally:

```bash
npm link
nemoclaw --version # verify the linked version
```

To unlink when you are done: `npm unlink -g nemoclaw`

## Main Tasks

These are the primary `make` and `npm` targets for day-to-day development:
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