From 6dd3a6af9f28f4700a8c69acb9f404351b9c8d45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Waleed Latif <walif6@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2026 16:17:39 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(sim-cli): an unknown option on a command with no options
 says so

---
 packages/sim-cli/src/embed-isolation.test.ts | 7 ++++++-
 packages/sim-cli/src/runtime/build.ts        | 6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/sim-cli/src/embed-isolation.test.ts b/packages/sim-cli/src/embed-isolation.test.ts
index 89626b908ad..674910611d6 100644
--- a/packages/sim-cli/src/embed-isolation.test.ts
+++ b/packages/sim-cli/src/embed-isolation.test.ts
@@ -92,13 +92,14 @@ describe('embedded CLI output ownership', () => {
     const transport = async () => {
       throw new Error('a parse error must not reach the API')
     }
-    const [guessed, dashedId, noArguments] = await Promise.all([
+    const [guessed, dashedId, noArguments, noOptions] = await Promise.all([
       runEmbeddedCli(['tables', 'rows', 'batch-delete', 'tbl_1', '--row-ids', 'row_1', '--yes'], {
         ...identity,
         transport,
       }),
       runEmbeddedCli(['audit-logs', 'get', '-X9abc'], { ...identity, transport }),
       runEmbeddedCli(['logs', 'list', '-X9abc'], { ...identity, transport }),
+      runEmbeddedCli(['workspaces', 'get', 'ws_1', '--verbose'], { ...identity, transport }),
     ])
     expect(guessed.exitCode).toBe(1)
     expect(guessed.stderr).toContain("unknown option '--row-ids'")
@@ -111,5 +112,9 @@ describe('embedded CLI output ownership', () => {
     expect(noArguments.exitCode).toBe(1)
     expect(noArguments.stderr).toContain('Options for sim logs list:')
     expect(noArguments.stderr).not.toContain('Example:')
+    // An empty list reads as truncated output rather than as an answer.
+    expect(noOptions.exitCode).toBe(1)
+    expect(noOptions.stderr).toContain('sim workspaces get takes no options.')
+    expect(noOptions.stderr).not.toContain('Options for')
   })
 })
diff --git a/packages/sim-cli/src/runtime/build.ts b/packages/sim-cli/src/runtime/build.ts
index 950c7d3b4b8..9fe44184a61 100644
--- a/packages/sim-cli/src/runtime/build.ts
+++ b/packages/sim-cli/src/runtime/build.ts
@@ -123,7 +123,11 @@ function addParseErrorGuidance(command: Command): Command {
         return
       }
       const flags = command.options.filter((option) => !option.hidden).map((option) => option.flags)
-      write(`Options for ${commandPath(command)}: ${flags.join(', ')}\n`)
+      write(
+        flags.length > 0
+          ? `Options for ${commandPath(command)}: ${flags.join(', ')}\n`
+          : `${commandPath(command)} takes no options.\n`
+      )
     },
   })
   return command