docs(readme): fix instructions that block a first-time user - #186
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Verified the README against the code and the running binary (v0.16.0). Three of the documented flows do not work as written, plus several statements no longer match the implementation. Blocking fixes: - Remove the hard-coded example Mostro pubkey. It pointed at an instance that publishes nothing, so a new user following the Quick start saw an empty orderbook and no way to tell why. Mostro is a federation and any single pubkey can go dead, so the README now explains how to obtain one instead of shipping one: ask the operator, discover instances via their kind-38385 info event, or run your own daemon (MostroP2P/mostro). - Rewrite "Restoring on a new machine". The old flow had the user hand-create ~/.mcli/mcli.db with only a `users` table, but db::connect creates the schema only when the file is absent, so `orders` was never created and the first trade command died with `no such table: orders`. The DB is now created by the CLI and the mnemonic overwritten afterwards. The trade-index sync is also promoted from "optional" to required, since a restored DB restarts at index 1 and Mostro rejects a replayed index. - Document that global flags must precede the subcommand. They are not `global = true` in clap, so the FAQ's advice to "pass -m <npub>" failed with `error: unexpected argument '-m' found`. Accuracy fixes: - Rust 1.74 -> 1.89, matching rust-toolchain.toml. - Drop the stale "Directory ... created." line from the first-run output. - RUST_LOG only takes effect together with -v; the logger is initialised nowhere else. - sendadmindmattach is not in is_admin_command and needs no ADMIN_NSEC; the command reference claimed otherwise, contradicting its own Setup section. - --secret has a -s short form. New explanations: - The CLI polls and exits; it does not stay connected waiting for the counterpart. Added a Quick start section and a FAQ entry. - Pending orders expire (expiration_hours on the node's info event). - FAQ entries for `no such table: orders`, rejected orders after a restore, and an expanded "listorders returns nothing" checklist.
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For a user restoring with active trades, this command only prints the IDs, trade indexes, and statuses returned by Mostro (Action::RestoreSession in src/parser/dms.rs); it never inserts any records into the freshly created orders table. Consequently, commands such as release, cancel, senddm, and addinvoice still fail at Order::get_by_id, so this procedure does not actually let the user rejoin or complete those trades as promised.
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| | `TRANSPORT` | `-t, --transport` | Wire transport: `gift-wrap` (protocol v1) or `nip44` (protocol v2). Leave unset to auto-detect from the instance's info event. | | ||
| | `ADMIN_NSEC` | — | Admin/solver private key in `nsec1...` or hex format. Only read when an `adm*` command is invoked. | | ||
| | `RUST_LOG` | `-v, --verbose` | Verbose logging. The `-v` flag sets `RUST_LOG=info` for you. | | ||
| | `RUST_LOG` | `-v, --verbose` | Log level. **Only takes effect together with `-v`** — the logger is initialised solely when `-v` is passed, so exporting `RUST_LOG` on its own produces no output. `-v` sets `RUST_LOG=info` for you. | |
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When a user follows this advice with a custom level such as RUST_LOG=debug mostro-cli -v ..., get_env_var unconditionally calls set_var("RUST_LOG", "info") before initializing the logger (src/cli.rs:359-361). Thus RUST_LOG does not take effect together with -v; it is overwritten, and the only available behavior is the fixed info level.
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In `@README.md`:
- Around line 481-485: The README recovery instructions must not embed the
mnemonic in shell commands or SQL. Replace the inline sqlite3 update with a
parameterized helper that reads the mnemonic through hidden input and binds it
to the database update, while preserving the reset of last_trade_index.
- Line 168: Update the warning near the MOSTRO_PUBKEY placeholder guidance to
state that trading and other networked commands do not work without a live node,
while preserving the existing configuration instructions and link.
- Around line 473-479: Update the README setup sequence before the `mostro-cli
listorders` bootstrap command to provide the required `MOSTRO_PUBKEY` and
`RELAYS` configuration, either through an explicit export step or global CLI
flags, so validation succeeds and the database can be created on a new machine.
- Around line 32-33: Align the Rust minimum-version declarations across the
README, the CI workflow’s MSRV setting, and Cargo.toml’s rust-version field;
choose the intended supported version and make all three references consistent.
- Around line 481-487: Update the mnemonic restoration instructions so i0_pubkey
is set to the identity derived from the restored mnemonic, keeping it consistent
with the mnemonic and User::save lookup behavior; do not leave the throwaway
identity in the database.
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| - **Rust** 1.89 or higher. The repository pins this in `rust-toolchain.toml`, so a `rustup` install picks it up automatically when you build from source. | ||
| - **A Mostro node to connect to** — its pubkey is mandatory configuration. See [Choosing a Mostro instance](#choosing-a-mostro-instance). |
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Align the documented Rust minimum with CI. README.md requires Rust 1.89, but .github/workflows/ci.yml tests MSRV 1.86.0, and Cargo.toml declares no rust-version. Set the intended minimum consistently.
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Do not place the mnemonic in the shell command.
This command can expose the wallet seed in shell history and process arguments. That conflicts with the warning in README.md Line 467.
Use a parameterized helper that reads the mnemonic through hidden input and binds it to SQLite. Do not interpolate the mnemonic into command text or SQL text.
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In `@README.md` around lines 481 - 485, The README recovery instructions must not
embed the mnemonic in shell commands or SQL. Replace the inline sqlite3 update
with a parameterized helper that reads the mnemonic through hidden input and
binds it to the database update, while preserving the reset of last_trade_index.
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| The `i0_pubkey` column is only a primary key for display — every identity and trade key is derived from the `mnemonic` column at runtime, so a stale value there is harmless. |
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CREATE TABLE users (
i0_pubkey TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
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last_trade_index INTEGER,
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Keep i0_pubkey consistent during mnemonic restoration.
The commands derive the identity from mnemonic, but the documented SQL leaves i0_pubkey set to the throwaway identity. Update i0_pubkey to the restored identity, or redefine it as a non-authoritative field and document that contract. User::save still uses this stale primary key in its WHERE clause.
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In `@README.md` around lines 481 - 487, Update the mnemonic restoration
instructions so i0_pubkey is set to the identity derived from the restored
mnemonic, keeping it consistent with the mnemonic and User::save lookup
behavior; do not leave the throwaway identity in the database.
All seven findings verified against the code before applying.
Codex P1 — `restore` does not persist orders. `Action::RestoreSession`
in src/parser/dms.rs only prints the IDs, trade indexes and statuses
Mostro returns; nothing is written to the local `orders` table, so
release/cancel/addinvoice/senddm still fail at `Order::get_by_id`. The
previous wording promised the new machine could "rejoin the
conversations", which was wrong. The section is restructured: copying
`~/.mcli/mcli.db` is now presented first as the only way to continue an
in-flight trade, and the mnemonic-only path carries an explicit
limitation note plus a FAQ entry.
Codex P2 — `-v` overwrites `RUST_LOG`. get_env_var calls
`set_var("RUST_LOG", "info")` unconditionally (src/cli.rs:359-361), so
`RUST_LOG=debug -v` still logs at info. The previous phrasing ("only
takes effect together with -v") implied the level was configurable. It
is not; documented as such in both tables and in the flag list.
CodeRabbit — MSRV inconsistency. .github/workflows/ci.yml builds at
1.86.0 while rust-toolchain.toml pins 1.89.0 and Cargo.toml declared no
`rust-version`. README now states 1.86 as the floor and explains that a
clone fetches the pinned 1.89; `rust-version = "1.86"` added to
Cargo.toml so cargo enforces the same number CI tests.
CodeRabbit — restore step ran before configuration. `MOSTRO_PUBKEY` and
`RELAYS` are validated before `connect()` creates the database (#179),
so the bootstrap command aborted with no database on a fresh machine.
Added the export step ahead of it.
CodeRabbit — mnemonic exposed in argv and shell history. Replaced the
inline `sqlite3 "UPDATE ... '<12 words>'"` with `read -rs` into a
variable expanded inside a heredoc, so the words reach sqlite3 on stdin
and never appear in `argv` or history.
CodeRabbit — stale `i0_pubkey` after restore. Nothing derives from that
column and `User::save` matches on the stored value, so the database
stays self-consistent; documented as a non-authoritative field, with an
optional realignment step using the identity pubkey that `restore`
prints.
CodeRabbit — "Nothing works until MOSTRO_PUBKEY..." overstated, since
`--version` and `--help` do not need configuration. Narrowed to
networked commands.
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Thanks both — all seven findings were valid. I verified each against the code before acting; pushed in c43cb05. Codex P1 —
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Summary
I went through the README line by line against the code and against the actual binary (
v0.16.0), running each documented flow. Three of them do not work as written, and several statements no longer match the implementation.The README is well structured and its identity/NIP-06 explanation is excellent — this PR fixes what a newcomer would actually trip over.
Blocking problems fixed
1. The example Mostro pubkey pointed at a dead instance
The README used a concrete
npubin Suggested setup, in the.envexample, and implicitly in the Quick start. Runninglistorderswith it returns:That pubkey publishes no
38383events on the relay the README suggested. A first-time user hits this on step 1 of the Quick start and has no way to tell whether the orderbook is empty, the relay is wrong, or the node is gone.Rather than swapping in a currently-live pubkey, the example pubkey is removed entirely. Mostro is a federation of independently operated daemons: any pubkey committed here is a pubkey that eventually goes stale and misleads people. The README now has a Choosing a Mostro instance section explaining how to get one:
38385info event on a relay (which also carriesfee,pow,protocol_version,max_order_amount),Config examples now use
<npub-of-your-mostro-node>placeholders.2. The restore procedure left the database unusable
Restoring on a new machine told the user to hand-create
~/.mcli/mcli.dbcontaining only auserstable. Butdb::connect()creates the schema only when the file does not exist (src/db.rs:17), soorderswas never created. Reproduced by following the README verbatim:listordersstill worked (it never touchesorders), which made this worse — the restore looked successful and blew up at the first real trade.The flow is now: let the CLI create the database, then overwrite the mnemonic with
UPDATE. Verified end to end.Two related corrections in the same section:
getlasttradeindex) was listed as optional. It is required: a restored DB restarts at index 1 and the daemon rejects an index it has already seen. The command does persist the value locally (src/parser/dms.rs:714).<your-i0_pubkey-hex>, which the user typically doesn't have. That column is only a primary key —User::get()doesSELECT ... LIMIT 1and all keys derive from themnemoniccolumn — so the README now says so instead of blocking on it.3. Global flags don't work after the subcommand
The FAQ said "Export it or pass
-m <npub>". The top-level args are notglobal = truein clap:Documented that they must precede the subcommand, with an example and a new FAQ entry. Also noted the letter collisions this avoids (
-mis--payment-methodonneworderand--messageonsenddm;-pis--premium/--pubkey).Accuracy fixes
rust-toolchain.tomlpins1.89.0Directory ... created.ensure_private_diris silentRUST_LOGlisted as a plain env varif cli.verbose, soRUST_LOGalone does nothingsendadmindmattachgrouped under "requireADMIN_NSEC"is_admin_command(); it signs with the order's trade key. The Setup section already said this — the two sections contradicted each other--secretlisted without a short form-sexistsAdded explanations
expiration_hourson the node's info event, typically 24h), and--expiration-daysadjusts it.no such table: orders, orders rejected after a restore,unexpected argument '-m', and a step-by-step checklist replacing the one-line "listorders returns nothing" answer.Verified as correct (no change needed)
cargo install mostro-cli— 0.16.0 is published on crates.io.~/.mcli/,mcli.db, theusersschema, and the 0600/0700 permission hardening.TRANSPORTauto-detection from the kind-38385 info event.Test plan
READMEexample flow works with a real node pubkey passed as a global flag before the subcommandusersandorderstables; order commands no longer fail with a schema errormostro-cli listorders -m <npub>reproduces the documentedunexpected argumenterror;mostro-cli -m <npub> listordersworks$HOMEreproduces the documented first-run output exactlyDocs-only change; no code touched.
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