chore: standardize distributed CLI naming

[patrickleet]

Summary

• Replace stale dctl references in code comments, test helper names, fixtures, and the GraphQL dry-run script with distributed.
• Keep the internal distributed_cli crate name unchanged; it is not the user-facing executable name.
• Preserve historical KB task evidence while updating current KB context/specs and documenting dctl as superseded.
• No compatibility alias is added.

Validation

• cargo test -p distributed_cli --test cli_client --test cli_skills_init
• npm run build in js/
• node --test tests/sveltekit-vite.test.mjs in js/
• git diff --check

cargo fmt --all -- --check still reports pre-existing repository-wide formatting drift; no formatter changes are included.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation

  • Updated CLI references throughout GraphQL, schema, and project documentation to use the distributed CLI terminology.
  • Clarified development and client-generation instructions, including committed generated clients and build behavior.

• Tests

  • Renamed test helpers and fixtures to consistently reflect the distributed CLI.
  • Test commands and behavior remain unchanged.

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📒 Files selected for processing (13)

• distributed_cli/tests/cli_client.rs
• distributed_cli/tests/cli_skills_init.rs
• js/tests/sveltekit-vite.test.mjs
• scripts/graphql-skill-dry-run.sh
• src/graphql/client_manifest/codec.rs
• src/graphql/client_manifest/mod.rs
• src/graphql/mod.rs
• src/graphql/sdl.rs
• src/graphql/surface/application.rs
• src/graphql/surface/mod.rs
• src/lib.rs
• tests/e2e-ui/ui/.gitops/deploy/values.yaml
• tests/e2e-ui/ui/vite.config.ts

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The change replaces remaining dctl references with distributed naming across CLI tests, scripts, fixtures, and documentation. Runtime command behavior remains unchanged.

Changes

CLI naming alignment

Layer / File(s)	Summary
CLI test helper renames distributed_cli/tests/cli_client.rs, distributed_cli/tests/cli_skills_init.rs	Test helpers and their call sites now use distributed names.
Tooling and fixture name updates scripts/graphql-skill-dry-run.sh, js/tests/sveltekit-vite.test.mjs	Local script variables and the embedded compiler fixture now use distributed names.
CLI documentation references src/graphql/..., src/lib.rs, tests/e2e-ui/ui/...	Documentation and comments now reference the distributed CLI and commands.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 922f2

This PR standardizes stale CLI naming across comments, tests, fixtures, scripts, and documentation without changing the internal crate name or adding compatibility behavior. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review.

Possibly related PRs

• hops-ops/distributed#98: This PR continues the CLI binary rename from dctl to distributed.
• hops-ops/distributed#186: This PR extends the same CLI naming updates across tests and documentation.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the main change: standardizing user-facing distributed CLI naming.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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• Commit unit tests in branch chore/distributed-cli-naming-cleanup

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