docs: hint --path + --extension combo for unregistered checkouts#283
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The Homeboy AGENTS.md section described --path under Git verbs but left agents to discover on their own that homeboy lint --path <repo> on an unregistered checkout also needs --extension <id>. Without it resolution synthesizes a component id from the path and fails with extension.unsupported. Add a single trailing sentence under Quality: so future agents reach for the working invocation directly instead of bouncing off the error. Discovered while validating Automattic/studio#3377.
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Summary
The Homeboy section in DMC's AGENTS.md described
--pathunder Git verbs but didn't tell agents that runninghomeboy lint --path <repo>on an unregistered checkout also needs--extension <id>. Without it Homeboy synthesizes a component id from the path basename and fails withextension.unsupported, sending the agent on a detour throughhomeboy component set/homeboy extension listhints that don't apply for one-off--pathprobes.This adds a single trailing sentence to the Quality: bullet so future agents reach for the working invocation directly.
Repro this avoids
```bash
homeboy lint --path /Users/chubes/Developer/studio@test-dashboard-update-checks --summary
-> error: No extension provider configured for component 'studio@test-dashboard-update-checks'
homeboy lint --path /Users/chubes/Developer/studio@test-dashboard-update-checks --extension nodejs --summary
-> works: runs npm run lint via the nodejs extension
```
Why a doc fix and not a code fix
The functional path already exists —
--extension <id>is a fully working one-shot override (see HomeboyExtensionOverrideArgs). The gap was purely discoverability in the agent prompt.Discovery
Discovered while validating Automattic/studio#3377; the Homeboy issue was tracked at Extra-Chill/homeboy#2361 and closed as not a functional gap.
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