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Add --json / --output json flag for machine-readable output #25

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@devrel-ditto

Problem

There's no way to get structured output from commands. For scripting and automation (CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, agent workflows), parsing human-readable text is fragile.

Examples where JSON output would help:

# Scripting balance checks
platform wallet balance --network fuji --key-name mykey --json
# {"address": "P-fuji1...", "balance_navax": 0, "balance_avax": "0.000000000"}

# Programmatic key management  
platform keys list --json
# [{"name": "mykey", "encrypted": false, "default": true, "created": "2026-03-20"}]

# Node info for monitoring
platform node info --ip 127.0.0.1 --json
# {"node_id": "NodeID-...", "bls_public_key": "...", "bls_pop": "..."}

Suggested Implementation

A global --json or --output json flag that switches all commands to emit JSON to stdout. Human-readable remains the default.

This would make platform-cli much more useful for:

  • CI/CD pipelines
  • Monitoring scripts
  • AI agent integrations (relevant given the AI agent angle in the docs)
  • Composing with jq and other unix tools

Environment

  • platform-cli v1.0.1

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