fix: migrate Qwen Code CLI from TOML to Markdown format (#1589) (#1730)

* fix: migrate Qwen Code CLI from TOML to Markdown format (#1589)

Qwen Code CLI v0.10.0 deprecated TOML format and fully switched to
Markdown as the core format for configuration and interaction files.

- Update create-release-packages.sh: generate .md files with $ARGUMENTS
  instead of .toml files with {{args}} for qwen agent
- Update create-release-packages.ps1: same change for PowerShell script
- Update AGENTS.md: reflect Qwen's new Markdown format in docs and
  remove Qwen from TOML format section
- Update tests/test_ai_skills.py: add commands_dir_qwen fixture and
  tests covering Markdown-format skills installation for Qwen

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix: update CommandRegistrar qwen config to Markdown format

extensions.py CommandRegistrar.AGENT_CONFIGS['qwen'] was still set to
TOML format, causing `specify extension` to write .toml files into
.qwen/commands, conflicting with Qwen Code CLI v0.10.0+ expectations.

- Change qwen format from toml to markdown
- Change qwen args from {{args}} to $ARGUMENTS
- Change qwen extension from .toml to .md
- Add test to assert qwen config is Markdown format

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

.github/workflows/scripts/create-release-packages.ps1

@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ function Build-Variant {
         }
         'qwen' {
             $cmdDir = Join-Path $baseDir ".qwen/commands"
-            Generate-Commands -Agent 'qwen' -Extension 'toml' -ArgFormat '{{args}}' -OutputDir $cmdDir -ScriptVariant $Script
+            Generate-Commands -Agent 'qwen' -Extension 'md' -ArgFormat '$ARGUMENTS' -OutputDir $cmdDir -ScriptVariant $Script
             if (Test-Path "agent_templates/qwen/QWEN.md") {
                 Copy-Item -Path "agent_templates/qwen/QWEN.md" -Destination (Join-Path $baseDir "QWEN.md")
             }

.github/workflows/scripts/create-release-packages.sh

@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ build_variant() {
       generate_commands cursor-agent md "\$ARGUMENTS" "$base_dir/.cursor/commands" "$script" ;;
     qwen)
       mkdir -p "$base_dir/.qwen/commands"
-      generate_commands qwen toml "{{args}}" "$base_dir/.qwen/commands" "$script"
+      generate_commands qwen md "\$ARGUMENTS" "$base_dir/.qwen/commands" "$script"
       [[ -f agent_templates/qwen/QWEN.md ]] && cp agent_templates/qwen/QWEN.md "$base_dir/QWEN.md" ;;
     opencode)
       mkdir -p "$base_dir/.opencode/command"

AGENTS.md

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Specify supports multiple AI agents by generating agent-specific command files a
 | **Gemini CLI**             | `.gemini/commands/`    | TOML     | `gemini`        | Google's Gemini CLI         |
 | **GitHub Copilot**         | `.github/agents/`      | Markdown | N/A (IDE-based) | GitHub Copilot in VS Code   |
 | **Cursor**                 | `.cursor/commands/`    | Markdown | `cursor-agent`  | Cursor CLI                  |
-| **Qwen Code**              | `.qwen/commands/`      | TOML     | `qwen`          | Alibaba's Qwen Code CLI     |
+| **Qwen Code**              | `.qwen/commands/`      | Markdown | `qwen`          | Alibaba's Qwen Code CLI     |
 | **opencode**               | `.opencode/command/`   | Markdown | `opencode`      | opencode CLI                |
 | **Codex CLI**              | `.codex/commands/`     | Markdown | `codex`         | Codex CLI                   |
 | **Windsurf**               | `.windsurf/workflows/` | Markdown | N/A (IDE-based) | Windsurf IDE workflows      |
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ Work within integrated development environments:
 
 ### Markdown Format
 
-Used by: Claude, Cursor, opencode, Windsurf, Kiro CLI, Amp, SHAI, IBM Bob, Kimi Code
+Used by: Claude, Cursor, opencode, Windsurf, Kiro CLI, Amp, SHAI, IBM Bob, Kimi Code, Qwen
 
 **Standard format:**
 
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ Command content with {SCRIPT} and $ARGUMENTS placeholders.
 
 ### TOML Format
 
-Used by: Gemini, Qwen, Tabnine
+Used by: Gemini, Tabnine
 
 ```toml
 description = "Command description"

src/specify_cli/extensions.py

@@ -748,9 +748,9 @@ class CommandRegistrar:
         },
         "qwen": {
             "dir": ".qwen/commands",
-            "format": "toml",
-            "args": "{{args}}",
-            "extension": ".toml"
+            "format": "markdown",
+            "args": "$ARGUMENTS",
+            "extension": ".md"
         },
         "opencode": {
             "dir": ".opencode/command",

tests/test_ai_skills.py

@@ -132,6 +132,16 @@ def commands_dir_gemini(project_dir):
     return cmd_dir
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def commands_dir_qwen(project_dir):
+    """Create a populated .qwen/commands directory (Markdown format)."""
+    cmd_dir = project_dir / ".qwen" / "commands"
+    cmd_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    for name in ["speckit.specify.md", "speckit.plan.md", "speckit.tasks.md"]:
+        (cmd_dir / name).write_text(f"# {name}\nContent here\n")
+    return cmd_dir
+
+
 # ===== _get_skills_dir Tests =====
 
 class TestGetSkillsDir:
@@ -390,6 +400,28 @@ class TestInstallAiSkills:
         # .toml commands should be untouched
         assert (cmds_dir / "speckit.specify.toml").exists()
 
+    def test_qwen_md_commands_dir_installs_skills(self, project_dir):
+        """Qwen now uses Markdown format; skills should install directly from .qwen/commands/."""
+        cmds_dir = project_dir / ".qwen" / "commands"
+        cmds_dir.mkdir(parents=True)
+        (cmds_dir / "speckit.specify.md").write_text(
+            "---\ndescription: Create or update the feature specification.\n---\n\n# Specify\n\nBody.\n"
+        )
+        (cmds_dir / "speckit.plan.md").write_text(
+            "---\ndescription: Generate implementation plan.\n---\n\n# Plan\n\nBody.\n"
+        )
+
+        result = install_ai_skills(project_dir, "qwen")
+
+        assert result is True
+        skills_dir = project_dir / ".qwen" / "skills"
+        assert skills_dir.exists()
+        skill_dirs = [d.name for d in skills_dir.iterdir() if d.is_dir()]
+        assert len(skill_dirs) >= 1
+        # .md commands should be untouched
+        assert (cmds_dir / "speckit.specify.md").exists()
+        assert (cmds_dir / "speckit.plan.md").exists()
+
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("agent_key", [k for k in AGENT_CONFIG.keys() if k != "generic"])
     def test_skills_install_for_all_agents(self, temp_dir, agent_key):
         """install_ai_skills should produce skills for every configured agent."""
@@ -446,6 +478,15 @@ class TestCommandCoexistence:
         remaining = list(commands_dir_gemini.glob("speckit.*"))
         assert len(remaining) == 3
 
+    def test_existing_commands_preserved_qwen(self, project_dir, templates_dir, commands_dir_qwen):
+        """install_ai_skills must NOT remove pre-existing .qwen/commands files."""
+        assert len(list(commands_dir_qwen.glob("speckit.*"))) == 3
+
+        install_ai_skills(project_dir, "qwen")
+
+        remaining = list(commands_dir_qwen.glob("speckit.*"))
+        assert len(remaining) == 3
+
     def test_commands_dir_not_removed(self, project_dir, templates_dir, commands_dir_claude):
         """install_ai_skills must not remove the commands directory."""
         install_ai_skills(project_dir, "claude")

tests/test_extensions.py

@@ -541,6 +541,15 @@ class TestCommandRegistrar:
         assert "codex" in CommandRegistrar.AGENT_CONFIGS
         assert CommandRegistrar.AGENT_CONFIGS["codex"]["dir"] == ".codex/prompts"
 
+    def test_qwen_agent_config_is_markdown(self):
+        """Qwen should use Markdown format with $ARGUMENTS (not TOML)."""
+        assert "qwen" in CommandRegistrar.AGENT_CONFIGS
+        cfg = CommandRegistrar.AGENT_CONFIGS["qwen"]
+        assert cfg["dir"] == ".qwen/commands"
+        assert cfg["format"] == "markdown"
+        assert cfg["args"] == "$ARGUMENTS"
+        assert cfg["extension"] == ".md"
+
     def test_parse_frontmatter_valid(self):
         """Test parsing valid YAML frontmatter."""
         content = """---