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James Russo c8acd8abd8 feat(cli)!: rename --template to --example (#255)
## What

PR 4/17 of the catalog system rollout. **Single clean cut** — the old flag is gone, replaced by `--example`. Alias changes from `-t` to `-e`. Stacks on #254.

- Rename `--template` → `--example` (alias `-e`) on `hyperframes init`
- Accept `--template` as a recognized-but-errored flag so users get a clear rename hint instead of citty silently ignoring the flag and producing a blank project
- Update all user-visible strings that referenced "template" as a user-facing concept in the init flow (picker prompt, step comments, offline-fallback suggestion)
- New `init.test.ts` covering both the success case (`--example` scaffolds) and the error case (`--template` exits 1 with rename hint)

Design doc: [Hyperframes Catalog System](https://www.notion.so/heygen/Hyperframes-Catalog-System-Design-Plan-341449792c69813f899dcd53b4c0383a).

## ⚠️ Breaking change

`--template` is no longer accepted. Example:

```bash
# before
npx hyperframes init my-video --template warm-grain

# after
npx hyperframes init my-video --example warm-grain
```

Users who still type the old flag will see:

```
The --template flag was renamed to --example. Example:
  npx hyperframes init my-video --example warm-grain
```

and the command exits with code 1. This is **user guidance, not backwards compat** — the old flag's behavior is fully gone.

## Docs (bundled per the tracker principle)

- `docs/templates.mdx` — every `--template` reference
- `docs/quickstart.mdx` — agent-mode and video-mode examples
- `docs/packages/cli.mdx` — prose, `--help` flag table, `-e` alias
- `packages/cli/src/docs/templates.md` — CLI-embedded help topic
- `README.md` and `CONTRIBUTING.md` — not affected (no flag references)

User-facing renames of the `templates.mdx` page title, nav entry, and URL route are deferred to PR 11 (catalog discoverability UX) as planned.

## Why

1. **"examples"** matches shadcn + Remotion convention for full-project scaffolds and frees the word "template" for future parameterization work (string templating, placeholder substitution)
2. Once `hyperframes add` lands in PR 5, "template" vs "block" vs "component" would be three subtly different concepts sharing one word — renaming the old one to "example" makes the taxonomy self-explaining

## How

- **citty silently ignores unknown flags.** Naively removing `--template` would cause `hyperframes init my-video --template warm-grain` to silently fall through and scaffold a blank project. So `--template` stays declared in the args schema, but its run handler immediately errors with a rename hint and exits 1
- **Internal names unchanged** — `templateId` local variables, `getStaticTemplateDir` function, `BUNDLED_TEMPLATES` constant. They're implementation details; their rename is scheduled for PR 5 when the compat shims in `packages/cli/src/templates/` are fully removed alongside the `init` refactor

## Test plan

- [x] `bun run test` in `packages/cli`: **72 passed** (was 70 on #254, +2 new `init.test.ts` cases). Same 4 pre-existing failures unchanged
- [x] **New unit tests** in `init.test.ts`:
  - `--example blank` non-interactive: exits 0, writes `index.html` to the target dir
  - `--template blank` non-interactive: exits non-zero, stderr contains the rename hint + corrected command line, target dir is **not** created
- [x] **Manual smoke:**
  - `npx hyperframes init /tmp/x --example blank` → "Created /tmp/x/"
  - `npx hyperframes init /tmp/y --template blank` → "The --template flag was renamed to --example..." exit=1
- [x] `bunx oxfmt --check` + `bunx oxlint` on changed files: clean
- [x] Pre-commit typecheck (core + studio): clean

## Incidental fix

Resolver test regression from PR 3's simplify follow-up: `loadAllItems`' warning-path test was still spying on `console.warn` after the `onWarn` callback refactor. Now uses the callback directly.

## Stacks on

#254 — base branch. When #254 merges, this rebases onto `main`.

## Next in stack

PR 5 — `feat(cli): add command + hyperframes.json`. The big UX PR where:
- `init.ts` gets fully ported to the new registry resolver
- Compat shims in `packages/cli/src/templates/` are removed
- Users gain the `add` verb for installing blocks and components into existing projects
- `hyperframes.json` project-config file lands

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