fix(cli): accept urls without a protocol

[Kikobeats]

Summary

• Treat protocol-less CLI targets like kikobeats.com as https:// URLs
• Same default for product commands (microlink metadata example.com); search stays a query

Test plan

• ava test/cli.mjs in packages/core
• microlink kikobeats.com returns metadata
• microlink screenshot example.com still works
• microlink nope https://example.com still errors as unknown command

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • CLI commands now accept bare hostnames and host-and-port targets by automatically adding https://.
  • URL inputs are normalized consistently across commands, while preserving existing bare-URL metadata behavior.
  • Only HTTP and HTTPS URLs are accepted.

• Bug Fixes

  • Improved handling of URL inputs without an explicitly provided protocol.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The CLI now converts bare hostnames and host:port inputs to HTTPS URLs, accepts only HTTP(S) URLs, and applies normalization except for search. Tests cover the supported input forms.

Changes

CLI URL normalization

Layer / File(s)	Summary
URL validation and target normalization packages/core/bin/index.js	Added HTTP(S) URL validation and HTTPS conversion for bare inputs. Command detection and non-search targets use the normalized URL.
Bare URL CLI coverage packages/core/test/cli.mjs	Added trace-based tests for bare domains, metadata targets, and host:port inputs.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 44093

The change can mis-handle explicit non-HTTP(S) URLs and may treat arbitrary unknown commands as metadata requests, potentially contacting the configured endpoint unexpectedly. The PR is not merge-ready until these fallback behaviors are restricted or explicitly accepted.

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Inline comments:
In `@packages/core/bin/index.js`:
- Around line 254-257: Update the asUrl function so the HTTPS fallback is used
only for inputs without an explicit URI scheme; reject explicit non-HTTP(S)
schemes instead of passing them through httpUrl with an added HTTPS prefix,
while preserving direct parsing of valid HTTP(S) URLs.
- Around line 336-338: Update the fallback around asUrl(command) so it only
treats commands as implicit metadata targets when they satisfy the CLI’s
existing URL policy, rather than accepting arbitrary unknown strings after
https:// normalization. Preserve normal URL-target behavior, and add coverage
verifying an unknown command exits with “Unknown command” without contacting the
configured endpoint.

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