lf completion

Generate or install shell completion scripts for the lf (and lenserfight) command. Completion covers the top-level subcommand list (agent, battle, schedule, …); per-flag completion is not in scope for the current milestone.

See also: lf profile for managing CLI profiles, and Operate LenserFight from the TUI dashboard.

Supported shells

Shell	Generator	Install target
bash	lf completion bash	appended to ~/.bashrc
zsh	lf completion zsh	appended to ~/.zshrc
fish	lf completion fish	written to ~/.config/fish/completions/lf.fish

Each generator emits a self-contained script prefixed with the sentinel comment # lenserfight-completion. The sentinel is what lf completion install checks for on subsequent runs to stay idempotent.

lf completion <shell>

Print the completion script for the given shell to stdout. Pipe it to a file or source it directly.

# Print the script
lf completion bash
lf completion zsh
lf completion fish

# Source it once for the current shell session
source <(lf completion bash)
source <(lf completion zsh)

# Write it to a file you control
lf completion fish > ~/.config/fish/completions/lf.fish

The script is the same one lf completion install writes — running it manually is useful when you maintain your shell config in a dotfiles repo and want full control over placement.

lf completion install

Install the completion script into the appropriate shell rc file. Idempotent.

lf completion install
lf completion install --shell zsh
lf completion install --shell bash --force

Flag	Description
--shell <name>	One of auto, bash, zsh, fish. Default auto.
--force	Re-install even if the sentinel comment is already present.

Behavior:

• auto resolves the shell from $SHELL. If $SHELL is unset or unrecognised, the command exits 1 — pass --shell explicitly.
• For bash and zsh, the script is appended to the rc file with a leading newline. The sentinel # lenserfight-completion guards against double-append.
• For fish, the script is written to a dedicated completion file at ~/.config/fish/completions/lf.fish. The parent directory is created if missing.
• After install, reload your shell or run source <rc-file>.

Troubleshooting

Completion doesn't activate after install. For bash and zsh, the new block is appended but not loaded into the running shell. Run source ~/.bashrc (or ~/.zshrc) or open a new terminal.

lf completion install says it is already installed. The sentinel # lenserfight-completion was found in the rc file. Pass --force to re-append (useful after a CLI upgrade that changes the top-level command list).

auto shell detection fails. The CLI inspects $SHELL. If you run from a non-interactive context (CI, cron) the variable may be empty. Pass --shell bash|zsh|fish explicitly.

Completion shows commands that no longer exist. The completion script is a static snapshot of the top-level command list at install time. After upgrading lf, re-run lf completion install --force.

Limitations

• Top-level subcommand completion only — per-subcommand flag completion (e.g. completing --workflow after lf schedule create) is intentionally out of scope.
• The script binds completion to both lf and lenserfight so either entry point works.

lf completion

Generate or install shell completion scripts for lf.

lf completion bash

Print bash completion script to stdout.

lf completion zsh

Print zsh completion script to stdout.

lf completion fish

Print fish completion script to stdout.

lf completion install

Install the completion script into the appropriate shell rc file (idempotent).

Flag	Type	Required	Description
--shell	string	no	auto
--force	boolean	no	Re-install even if the sentinel comment is already present