The page merged from #1401 described --serve and --mcp as one surface.
Rewritten against src/app/automation.rs, src/app/control/mod.rs and
src/mcp.rs: the --serve readiness banner and --port mode, the two request
styles on that channel and how each treats a waiting command
(command_busy versus replacement), measure being available headlessly
while capture is not, --export writing DWG for every extension but .dxf,
startup dialogs belonging to the editor behind --mcp only, MCP sessions
being shared rather than one editor per connection, the MTEXT editor's
own actions, and the legacy run reply fields (blocked_by, unconsumed)
that only that path returns.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Refs #1349. The automation README describes `--mcp` and never mentions
`--serve`, even though every native build accepts it and it is the only channel
that works without a display. It also leaves out the two startup dialogs, the
`document_id` routing, and what `waiting_input` actually means.
`docs/automation/native.md` covers, all measured on a Linux headless machine
with `OpenCADStudio 2026.37+165`:
- choosing between `--mcp` and `--serve`, and what each needs (display,
no-display, `--export` for one-shot conversion);
- the writable `HOME`/`XDG_CONFIG_HOME` requirement, without which
`ocs_sessions` answers `No user configuration directory`;
- the startup dialogs: `AssocPrompt` then `DonationPrompt`, `new` answering
`ok` with no document until `close_modal` clears them, and that the donation
prompt appears once per application version per profile;
- targeting a document: reads and writes follow the active tab, so
`document_id` has to be passed explicitly after `new`;
- feeding a whole line: `waiting_input` means more input is required (not that
nothing happened), `cancel` closes a command, and the `unconsumed` /
`blocked_by` fields added in #1392;
- the interactive `start`/`input` shapes, including that a typed value goes
through `kind: "text"` while a keyword uses `kind: "token"` with its payload
in a field named `text`, and that the `TEXT` content step belongs to the
in-place editor (`text_input` / `text_commit`);
- what only native builds have: `measure`, `ocs_capture` (inline base64, or a
PNG path), and `set_properties` with `collection` and colours as
`{"Index": n}` / `"ByLayer"`;
- the remaining gap: `MTEXT`, `HATCH` and `POLYGON` report `completed` with
`added: 0` on the `--serve` path (#1390).
The README gains one line pointing to the page, placed after the tool list
rather than at the end, so it does not overlap #1394.
Docs only; no code changes.
