{
  "name": "irc",
  "section": 1,
  "title": "irc",
  "synopsis": [
    "irc [libera|HOST] [--tls|--plain] [--nick N]",
    "irc send TARGET TEXT",
    "irc join #channel",
    "irc whois NICK",
    "irc status"
  ],
  "description": "Modern IRC client (IRCv3 CAP LS 302). Default network is Libera.Chat over TLS at irc.libera.chat:6697. On a TTY, opens a full-screen ctx.tui session with a room browser (/rooms) and a random nick when none is configured. Without a TTY, use send/join/whois/status. Config lives in ~/.irc/config.json; SASL secrets in ~/.irc/secrets.json.",
  "options": [
    {
      "flag": "--tls",
      "meaning": "Require TLS (default)."
    },
    {
      "flag": "--plain",
      "meaning": "Plaintext TCP. Blocked for libera.chat unless --insecure-plain."
    },
    {
      "flag": "--insecure-plain",
      "meaning": "Allow plaintext even for Libera hostnames."
    },
    {
      "flag": "--nick",
      "meaning": "Nickname (else ~/.irc/config.json, BARE_IRC_NICK, or a random osXXXXX nick)."
    },
    {
      "flag": "--sasl-user",
      "meaning": "SASL PLAIN account. Password from ~/.irc/secrets.json."
    }
  ],
  "keywords": ["irc", "libera", "tui", "chat"],
  "bareOsNotes": "TLS via ctx.bareOsTlsConnect (ctx API 1.57.0) or ctx.bare.bareTls on older Bare standalone binaries. Disable with BARE_OS_IRC=0."
}