feat(cli): kebab search --max-tokens / --snippet-chars / --cursor (fb-34)

JSON output wrapped in search_response.v1 (breaking — agent must
adapt). Plain output unchanged + [truncated; use --cursor X]
stderr hint when budget tripped.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

crates/kebab-app/src/schema.rs

@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ pub const SCHEMA_V1_ID: &str = "schema.v1";
 const WIRE_SCHEMAS: &[&str] = &[
     "answer.v1",
     "search_hit.v1",
+    "search_response.v1",
     "doc_summary.v1",
     "chunk_inspection.v1",
     "doctor.v1",

crates/kebab-cli/src/main.rs

@@ -108,6 +108,23 @@ enum Cmd {
         /// future TUI cache-aware search and for explicit intent.
         #[arg(long)]
         no_cache: bool,
+
+        /// p9-fb-34: cap result wire JSON size at approximately N tokens
+        /// (chars/4 estimate). When set, smaller snippets and fewer hits
+        /// may be returned; check `truncated` in the JSON wire.
+        #[arg(long)]
+        max_tokens: Option<usize>,
+
+        /// p9-fb-34: per-hit snippet character cap, overrides
+        /// `config.search.snippet_chars` for this call only.
+        #[arg(long)]
+        snippet_chars: Option<usize>,
+
+        /// p9-fb-34: opaque cursor from a previous response's
+        /// `next_cursor` to fetch the next page. Mismatched
+        /// `corpus_revision` returns `error.v1.code = stale_cursor`.
+        #[arg(long)]
+        cursor: Option<String>,
     },
 
     /// Retrieval-augmented question answering.
@@ -515,6 +532,9 @@ fn run(cli: &Cli) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
             mode,
             explain: _,
             no_cache,
+            max_tokens,
+            snippet_chars,
+            cursor,
         } => {
             let cfg = kebab_config::Config::load(cli.config.as_deref())?;
             let q = kebab_core::SearchQuery {
@@ -523,16 +543,24 @@ fn run(cli: &Cli) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
                 k: *k,
                 filters: kebab_core::SearchFilters::default(),
             };
-            // p9-fb-19: --no-cache routes to the uncached facade.
+            let opts = kebab_core::SearchOpts {
-            // Both calls go through the same App; only the cache
+                max_tokens: *max_tokens,
-            // lookup/insert is skipped.
+                snippet_chars: *snippet_chars,
-            let hits = if *no_cache {
+                cursor: cursor.clone(),
-                kebab_app::search_uncached_with_config(cfg, q)?
-            } else {
-                kebab_app::search_with_config(cfg, q)?
             };
+            // p9-fb-34: budget-aware path. --no-cache still bypasses the
+            // App-level LRU; wire wrapper applies regardless.
+            let app = kebab_app::App::open_with_config(cfg)?;
+            if *no_cache {
+                app.clear_search_cache();
+            }
+            let resp = app.search_with_opts(q, opts)?;
+
             if cli.json {
-                println!("{}", serde_json::to_string(&wire::wire_search_hits(&hits))?);
+                println!(
+                    "{}",
+                    serde_json::to_string(&wire::wire_search_response(&resp))?
+                );
             } else {
                 // p9-fb-32: prefix `[stale]` on the doc_path for hits
                 // whose `stale: true`. Yellow on TTY, plain otherwise —
@@ -542,7 +570,7 @@ fn run(cli: &Cli) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
                 // lands on); no new dep.
                 use std::io::IsTerminal;
                 let color = std::io::stdout().is_terminal();
-                for h in &hits {
+                for h in &resp.hits {
                     // Show 4-digit score so RRF fused scores (bounded
                     // ~0–0.033 for k_rrf=60) don't all collapse to "0.02".
                     // Append heading_path so multiple chunks from the same
@@ -570,6 +598,12 @@ fn run(cli: &Cli) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
                         heading,
                     );
                 }
+                // p9-fb-34: truncation hint goes to stderr so it
+                // doesn't pollute the stdout hit list.
+                if resp.truncated {
+                    let next = resp.next_cursor.as_deref().unwrap_or("(none)");
+                    eprintln!("[truncated; use --cursor {next} for the next page]");
+                }
             }
             Ok(())
         }

crates/kebab-cli/src/wire.rs

@@ -75,10 +75,18 @@ pub fn wire_search_hit(h: &SearchHit) -> Value {
     tag_object(v, "search_hit.v1")
 }
 
-/// Wrap a list of [`SearchHit`] values as a JSON array of `search_hit.v1`
+/// p9-fb-34: tag a `SearchResponse` as `search_response.v1`. Wraps
-/// objects (one tag per element, per design §2.2).
+/// the existing `search_hit.v1[]` array with pagination + truncation
-pub fn wire_search_hits(hits: &[SearchHit]) -> Value {
+/// metadata. Replaces the previous bare `search_hit.v1[]` top-level
-    Value::Array(hits.iter().map(wire_search_hit).collect())
+/// array (`wire_search_hits`) — see HOTFIXES / fb-34 for the
+/// breaking shape change.
+pub fn wire_search_response(r: &kebab_app::SearchResponse) -> Value {
+    let v = serde_json::json!({
+        "hits": r.hits.iter().map(wire_search_hit).collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+        "next_cursor": r.next_cursor,
+        "truncated": r.truncated,
+    });
+    tag_object(v, "search_response.v1")
 }
 
 /// Wrap an [`Answer`] as `answer.v1`.
@@ -234,13 +242,6 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(v.as_array().unwrap().len(), 0);
     }
 
-    #[test]
-    fn search_hits_wraps_each_element() {
-        let v = wire_search_hits(&[]);
-        assert!(v.is_array());
-        assert_eq!(v.as_array().unwrap().len(), 0);
-    }
-
     #[test]
     fn tag_object_inserts_into_object() {
         let v = Value::Object(serde_json::Map::new());
@@ -248,6 +249,30 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(schema_of(&tagged), Some("x.v1"));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn search_response_carries_pagination_metadata() {
+        // p9-fb-34: empty-hits SearchResponse round-trips through the
+        // wrapper with its `next_cursor` + `truncated` fields preserved
+        // and the top-level `schema_version` set to `search_response.v1`.
+        let r = kebab_app::SearchResponse {
+            hits: vec![],
+            next_cursor: Some("opaque-cursor-abc".to_string()),
+            truncated: true,
+        };
+        let v = wire_search_response(&r);
+        assert_eq!(schema_of(&v), Some("search_response.v1"));
+        assert!(v.get("hits").and_then(|h| h.as_array()).is_some());
+        assert_eq!(
+            v.get("hits").and_then(|h| h.as_array()).unwrap().len(),
+            0
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            v.get("next_cursor").and_then(|c| c.as_str()),
+            Some("opaque-cursor-abc")
+        );
+        assert_eq!(v.get("truncated").and_then(|t| t.as_bool()), Some(true));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn schema_wrapper_tags_schema_version() {
         use kebab_app::{Capabilities, Models, SchemaV1, Stats, WireBlock};

crates/kebab-cli/tests/wire_search_stale.rs

@@ -45,10 +45,21 @@ fn search_json_includes_indexed_at_and_stale() {
 
     let out = run_search_lexical(&cfg, "apples", true);
     let stdout = String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stdout);
-    let arr: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(stdout.trim())
+    // p9-fb-34: top-level wire is now `search_response.v1` wrapping the
-        .unwrap_or_else(|e| panic!("expected JSON array, got {stdout:?}: {e}"));
+    // legacy `search_hit.v1[]` under a `hits` field (with pagination +
-    let arr = arr.as_array().unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("expected array, got {stdout}"));
+    // truncation metadata). Hit shape inside `hits` is unchanged.
-    let first = arr.first().unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("expected ≥1 hit, got empty array: {stdout}"));
+    let resp: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(stdout.trim())
+        .unwrap_or_else(|e| panic!("expected JSON object, got {stdout:?}: {e}"));
+    assert_eq!(
+        resp.get("schema_version").and_then(|v| v.as_str()),
+        Some("search_response.v1"),
+        "expected search_response.v1 wrapper, got {resp}"
+    );
+    let arr = resp
+        .get("hits")
+        .and_then(|h| h.as_array())
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("expected hits array, got {stdout}"));
+    let first = arr.first().unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("expected ≥1 hit, got empty hits: {stdout}"));
     assert!(
         first.get("indexed_at").is_some(),
         "missing indexed_at in {first}"