install-extension & self-update

docref install-extension [--all] [--editor <list>]

Bootstrap the editor from the CLI: download the VS Code extension .vsix from the latest GitHub release and install it into the VS Code-family editors found on PATH. With no flags on a terminal it shows the detected editors (VS Code, Insiders, VSCodium, Cursor, Windsurf, Positron) as a checkbox list: arrow keys move, space toggles, a toggles all, Enter confirms, Esc cancels (all checked to start). --all skips the prompt; --editor code,cursor chooses explicitly (and may name a fork CLI not auto-detected). Off a terminal, one of those flags is required rather than guessing. The extension is a plain .vsix, so it installs the same regardless of which marketplace an editor uses; per-editor failures are reported and exit non-zero, but the others still install.

docref self-update

Replace the running single-file binary with the latest release build for this platform, then refresh the extension in lockstep: reinstalling the matching .vsix into every editor that already has it, so the editor's field-level support never lags the CLI. --skip-extension updates only the binary. The compiled binary only; a node/source install updates through its package manager. Set GITHUB_TOKEN or DOCREF_GITHUB_TOKEN for a private fork.