CLI Overview

shadowforge provides a single binary with subcommands grouped by function.

shadowforge <COMMAND>

Core Commands

Command	Description
`version`	Print version and git SHA
`keygen`	Generate a post-quantum key pair
`embed`	Embed a payload into a cover medium
`extract`	Extract a hidden payload from a stego cover
`embed-distributed`	Split a payload across multiple covers with Reed-Solomon coding
`extract-distributed`	Reconstruct a payload from distributed stego covers
`analyse`	Estimate cover capacity and detectability
`archive`	Pack/unpack archive bundles (ZIP, TAR, TAR.GZ)
`completions`	Generate shell completion scripts

Command	Threat Addressed
`scrub`	Stylometric source identification
`dead-drop`	Traffic analysis / sender-recipient linking
`time-lock`	Time-sensitive source protection
`watermark`	Internal leak attribution detection
`corpus`	Statistical steganalysis signature

-h, --help     Print help
-V, --version  Print version

Most commands accept a --technique flag. Available techniques:

Value	Cover Type	Description
`lsb`	PNG, BMP	Least-significant-bit substitution
`dct`	JPEG	DCT coefficient modulation
`palette`	GIF, indexed PNG	Palette index substitution
`lsb-audio`	WAV	Audio LSB substitution
`phase`	WAV	Phase encoding
`echo`	WAV	Echo hiding
`zero-width`	Plain text	Zero-width Unicode characters
`pdf-stream`	PDF	Content-stream LSB
`pdf-meta`	PDF	Metadata field embedding
`corpus`	Image set	Zero-modification cover selection

The embed and embed-distributed commands support --profile:

Profile	Behaviour
`standard`	Default — no detectability constraint
`adaptive`	STC-inspired optimisation to bound detectability
`survivable`	Survives platform recompression (requires `--platform`)