CLI Color Pick

`ed color pick`

Requests the same system colour sampler as Edith's menu bar eyedropper, shelf tile and global shortcut.

Usage:

ed color pick [--json]

Options:

Name	Type / values	Default	What it does
`--json`	flag	off	Emits one JSON document on stdout.

There are no positional arguments. The plain response is one line:

color picker requested

The JSON response has two stable fields:

{
  "operation": "color.pick",
  "requested": true
}

requested means the fire-and-forget request was sent to the running menu bar app. The command exits after requesting the loupe. It does not wait for a colour, and canceling the loupe does not change the already completed command. A successful sample is copied in colorPickerCopyFormat, added to the front of the shared history and visible through ed color ls.

The command does not read stdin or require a terminal, so a script can request it with redirected streams. The interaction still happens on the logged-in desktop. A headless session cannot usefully finish the pick.

Exit codes:

Code	Meaning
0	The sampler request was sent.
2	The command line was invalid.
4	The Color Picker extension is off, or Edith's menu bar app is not running.

When the extension is off, enable it first:

ed extensions enable colorPicker
ed color pick

When Edith is closed, start it and retry. The command never starts Edith by itself, never changes the extension setting and never writes a synthetic swatch. Screen Recording access is still enforced by macOS when the system sampler opens.