pa-set-flag

# pa-set-flag

Set a flag value in JSON output, parsing input as JSON types (boolean, number, object) or string.

## Installation

This is a CmdForge tool. It should be installed in `~/.cmdforge/pa-set-flag/` and available via the `pa-set-flag` command.

## Usage

```bash
# Set a string flag with no input (uses default empty string)
pa-set-flag --flag status --value pending

# Set a boolean flag from piped input
echo "true" | pa-set-flag --flag is_complete

# Set a numeric flag
echo "42" | pa-set-flag --flag count

# Set an object flag
echo '{"name": "example"}' | pa-set-flag --flag metadata

# Typical pipeline usage: pass JSON value through pipe
echo "false" | pa-set-flag --flag should_retry | other-tool
```

## Arguments

| Flag | Variable | Default | Description |
|------|----------|---------|-------------|
| `--flag` | `flag` | (required) | The flag/key name to set |
| `--value` | `value` | `""` | Default value if no stdin provided (optional) |

## How It Works

1. **set_flag**: Reads input from stdin (or uses default `--value`), attempts to parse as JSON (boolean, number, object), falls back to string if parsing fails, then outputs JSON with the specified flag as key.

## Dependencies

None