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Search output format aliases should be consistent across map, symbols, and inspect #3446

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@Widthdom

Summary

While dogfooding, search advertises --format <...> but map, symbols, and inspect use different JSON/compact flag shapes. It is easy to try --format json consistently and get a parser failure.

Evidence

  • cdidx search --help exposes --format <text|json|count|compact|csv|tsv|lsp|qf|sarif|issue-drafts>.
  • cdidx map --help and cdidx symbols --help expose --json/--compact style flags instead.
  • This makes scripted audit flows branch per command even when requesting the same output shape.

Expected

Either accept common --format json|compact|count aliases across these commands, or return a targeted hint that names the command-specific flag.

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