Make MCP the default path and demote CLI to optional in skills - #29
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Commit #22 framed the CLI as preferred and MCP as a degraded "fallback (only if CLI confirmed unavailable)", and told agents to run `command -v unblocked` each session. In MCP-only environments (e.g. the desktop app) this primes the agent to announce "CLI is not installed, so I'm using the MCP fallback" — noisy and misleading since context_research works fine there. Rebalance every skill's "How to Invoke" so the context_research / context_get_urls call reads as the normal first-class path, with the CLI presented as an optional enhancement for source-scoped search or exhaustive enumeration when it happens to be installed. Remove the command -v unblocked probing and the alarmist "MCP surface tells you nothing" framing from unblocked-tools-guide. Keeps the genuine facts intact: fine-grained tools are CLI-only, and context_query_* enumerates while context_research only ranks.
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context_research/context_get_urls(MCP) call reads as the normal first-class path, with the CLI demoted to an optional enhancement — reversing commit Make Unblocked CLI availability unmissable in skills #22's "CLI preferred / MCP fallback" framing that made agents announce "CLI is not installed, using the MCP fallback" in MCP-only environments like the desktop app.command -v unblockedper-session probing and the alarmist "MCP surface tells you nothing" / "single most common failure mode" framing fromunblocked-tools-guide; replace with calmer "What's Available Where" + "Default to MCP" guidance.context_search_*/context_query_*tools remain CLI-only, and the query skills keep the ranked-vs-exhaustive caveat so ranked results aren't passed off as complete.