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Closes #170

Compute-provider discovery (searchComputeResources) + setNodeEnv + grouped help

Adds a network-wide compute-provider search, a one-paste setNodeEnv selector that wires
a search result straight into the next compute command, groups the command help by topic, and
hardens the interactive REPL so a long-running interactive command can no longer replay stray
input.

Builds on ocean.js#2139 (c2dAnnounce /
compute-provider discovery). That API (ProviderInstance.findComputeProviders) is already present
in the pinned @oceanprotocol/libno lib bump required.


1. searchComputeResources (alias findComputeNodes)

Discover which nodes on the Ocean network can run a compute job, filtered by the resources needed,
by free vs paid, and — for paid — by chain(s) / token(s) / price, ordered by preference.

findComputeProviders(node, request) is a DHT lookup with no HTTP equivalent: for each
requested resource it buckets the value to a power of two, looks up announcers on the DHT,
intersects across dimensions, then verifies each candidate against its real compute
environments. The CLI wraps this with the UX below.

Two entry paths (repo's "options win / both work" convention):

  • Interactive wizard (default, no filter flags) — enquirer flow styled like the publish wizard.
    Asks: which resources (cpu / ram / disk / gpu, plus arbitrary names like fpga); an optional
    GPU kind/description; free / paid / both; and for paid — one or more chains, then per chain
    a set of token addresses
    , an optional max price, assumed duration, and ordering.
  • Non-interactive flags (CI / non-TTY): every wizard question has an equivalent flag. --chain
    and --token take comma-separated lists.
# wizard
npm run cli searchComputeResources

# scripted, multiple chains + tokens
npm run cli searchComputeResources --cpu 4 --ram 16 --gpu 1 --gpu-model A100 \
  --paid --chain 8996,137 --token 0xOCEAN,0xUSDC --max-price 5 --duration 3600 --order-by price

# open-ended resource, free tier
npm run cli searchComputeResources --resource fpga:2 --free --order-by leastBusy

Behavior

  • Concurrent tiers. A both search runs the free and paid DHT lookups concurrently
    (Promise.all) on the shared libp2p node, so it finishes in ~one tier's time, not the sum. Each
    tier announces itself and prints its own completion line; a shared heartbeat shows liveness.
  • Bounded, never hangs. A DHT lookup with no answering peers never completes on its own, so
    each tier is bounded by AbortSignal.timeout (default 60s, overridable via
    SEARCH_TIMEOUT_MS). In practice the timeout is the tier duration. A timed-out/failed tier
    contributes no rows and the other tier still stands.
  • Multi-chain fan-out. Pricing is computed per chain; a paid env that prices on several
    requested chains is listed once per chain (each with that chain's cheapest token) so the same
    env can be compared across chains. --order-by price ranks all such rows together.
  • Matches only. Non-matching results are dropped: envs whose resources fall short of the request
    (the DHT returns all of a matching node's envs, including short ones), or paid envs that don't
    price on a requested chain with an accepted token. A note reports how many were filtered out; when
    everything is filtered, it says so instead of printing an empty list.
  • Pasteable first line. Each result's first line is a ready-to-run
    setNodeEnv <node>|<env> command (and nothing else, so the whole line copies clean).
  • P2P-only, node-free. findComputeProviders needs libp2p (ensureP2PReady(); fails under
    DISABLE_P2P=true). The search is network-wide, so an HTTP-configured user can still run it — the
    seed handle comes from the active node if it's P2P, else an Ocean bootstrap peer
    (getSearchSeedNode()). Added to NODE_FREE_COMMANDS — it works before setNode.

2. setNodeEnv (alias useNodeEnv)

Paste a result's first line once to select both the Ocean Node and the compute environment for
the next compute command:

setNodeEnv 16Uiu2HAm…|0xff10…-0xc92e…
  • Tolerates a leading Node+env:/setNodeEnv prefix, splits on |, errors clearly on a malformed
    token.
  • Validates + switches the node exactly like setNode (health-checked; on an unreachable node
    nothing changes — node and env are both left as they were), and remembers the env id.
  • startCompute / startFreeCompute default their --env to the remembered env
    (options.env || <positional> || getCurrentEnvId()); their trailing positionals became optional
    to allow omitting it. An explicit --env always wins. getNode reports the selected env.
  • Stored in process.env.COMPUTE_ENV_ID (same pattern as NODE_URL), so it persists across REPL
    commands. Node-free (in NODE_FREE_COMMANDS).

3. Grouped help

The command list is now printed by topic (Node & session; Discover compute providers; Assets;
Compute → Jobs / Services on demand; Tokens & auth; Escrow; Access lists; Persistent storage;
Admin) instead of one flat list. Used by help/h, bare --help, and the startup banner. A
startup guard (assertHelpGroupsCoverAll) fails fast if any registered command is ungrouped or a
group names a missing command, so the grouping can't silently drift. Per-command arg signatures are
reachable via <cmd> --help in the REPL.


4. REPL hardening (interactive terminal)

The search wizard is the first enquirer-driven command wired into the live REPL, which surfaced two
issues, both fixed in index.ts:

  • No more replayed type-ahead. On a TTY the loop now uses a fresh readline interface closed
    around each command's execution
    , and drains stdin (async, via data events) afterward — so
    keystrokes typed blind during a slow command (or a line an enquirer wizard fed back) are discarded
    instead of re-running a command (previously this silently relaunched the wizard). Piped stdin
    (tests/scripts) keeps the original persistent-iterator loop untouched.
  • History preserved. Command history (↑/↓ recall) is carried across the per-prompt interfaces.

Files

File Change
src/searchResourcesHelpers.ts Pure helpers: flag/chain parsing, per-chain pricing, fan-out row building, match filtering, ordering, formatting, diagnostics.
src/searchResourcesFlow.ts Enquirer wizard — resources, GPU model, tier, multiple chains + per-chain tokens, price, duration, ordering.
src/commands.ts searchComputeResources() — concurrent bounded DHT searches, verify, filter, order, print, with progress.
src/nodeConnection.ts getSearchSeedNode(); getCurrentEnvId() / setCurrentEnvId().
src/cli.ts Register searchComputeResources + setNodeEnv; NODE_FREE_COMMANDS; optional compute-env fallback; topic-grouped help + coverage guard.
src/index.ts REPL: per-prompt interface + stdin drain (no type-ahead replay), history preserved, grouped help entry points.
test/searchResources.unit.test.ts 21 unit tests (parsing, multi-chain pricing, fan-out, per-chain token filter, match filtering, ordering, gpu match), no infra.
test/setup.test.ts Updated help assertions to the grouped format.
README.md Command docs, named-options reference, setNodeEnv, multi-chain/token, filtering, node+env token.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Added multi-chain RPC configuration with chain management commands and persistent settings.
    • Added chain selection for compute, service, mint, escrow, and access-list operations.
    • Added searchComputeResources (findComputeNodes) and setNodeEnv (useNodeEnv) for discovering and selecting compute resources.
    • Added multi-chain search filters for payment tokens and pricing.
  • Improvements
    • Compute commands remember selected environments and provide per-environment payment summaries.
    • Updated grouped CLI help, interactive input handling, and search diagnostics.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Added clearer validation for invalid RPC settings, services, chains, and compute resources.

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The CLI adds a persistent multi-chain RPC registry, chain-aware compute and asset routing, P2P compute-resource discovery, remembered node environments, grouped help, and separate interactive and piped REPL handling.

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Multi-chain CLI and compute workflows

Layer / File(s) Summary
RPC registry and chain configuration
src/rpcRegistry.ts, test/rpcRegistry.test.ts
RPC values support legacy URLs and chain maps. Providers, signers, configs, fallback endpoints, chain verification, persistence, and default-chain resolution are centralized.
Chain-aware command routing
src/cli.ts, src/commands.ts, src/helpers.ts, src/serviceHelpers.ts, test/accessList.test.ts, test/escrow.test.ts
Commands route through explicit, default, or DDO-derived chains. Contract addresses use ConfigHelper configurations and lowercase address fields.
Multi-chain compute and policy flows
src/commands.ts, src/policyServerHelper.ts, src/helpers.ts
Compute validates all asset chains, orders assets on their DDO chains, performs payment and compute operations on the payment chain, and initializes providers for supported download flows.
Multi-chain resource discovery
src/searchResourcesFlow.ts, src/searchResourcesHelpers.ts, src/commands.ts, src/nodeConnection.ts, test/searchResources.unit.test.ts
Resource searches support multiple chains, per-chain token filters, P2P/DHT discovery, resource filtering, price caps, ordering, diagnostics, and copy-pasteable setNodeEnv selections.
CLI state, REPL, help, and validation
src/cli.ts, src/index.ts, src/nodeConnection.ts, test/setup.test.ts, test/replMenu.test.ts, test/setNode.test.ts, README.md, CLAUDE.md, .github/workflows/ci.yml
The CLI adds chain-management commands, remembered compute environments, grouped help, startup validation, provider teardown, separate TTY and piped loops, updated documentation, and default-branch Barge checkout.

Estimated code review effort: 5 (Critical) | ~120 minutes

Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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sequenceDiagram
  participant CLI
  participant RPCRegistry
  participant Commands
  participant ProviderInstance
  participant SearchHelpers
  CLI->>RPCRegistry: load and resolve active chain
  CLI->>Commands: execute chain-aware command
  Commands->>RPCRegistry: obtain provider, signer, and config
  Commands->>ProviderInstance: search providers or start compute
  ProviderInstance-->>Commands: return provider results or compute status
  Commands->>SearchHelpers: filter and format resource results
  SearchHelpers-->>CLI: print results and selected environment
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Several common CLI flows can retain or select an invalid compute environment, and interactive discovery accepts invalid chain IDs. These issues should be corrected before merge to avoid failed compute starts and misleading empty searches.

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Overall risk: low

Summary:
This PR introduces a powerful new P2P compute resource search functionality, a convenient setNodeEnv command to cache node and environment contexts, and restructures the CLI help layout. The code is well-architected, handles asynchronous TTY streams efficiently, and effectively uses concurrency for the DHT network lookups.

Comments:
• [WARNING][bug] Since the <computeEnvId> parameter was modified to an optional [computeEnvId] in the Commander setup (line 662), Commander will no longer block execution if it is omitted. If a user has not cached an environment (so getCurrentEnvId() returns ""), envId will be falsy. This may result in unhandled or obscure errors deeper in the compute execution path. Consider adding an explicit validation check here.
• [WARNING][bug] Similar to startCompute, explicitly validate that envId is set in startFreeCompute since the CLI argument is now optional.
• [INFO][style] Excellent safety measure here. The assertHelpGroupsCoverAll utility is a great piece of defensive programming to ensure CLI documentation does not become decoupled from registered Commander commands over time.
• [INFO][other] The workaround to drain standard input buffers (discardBufferedInput) before resuming the interactive REPL is implemented nicely. It prevents highly problematic "type-ahead" side effects, and safely differentiates between TTY and piped modes.
• [INFO][performance] Good use of Promise.all combined with AbortSignal.timeout() to run multi-tier DHT lookups concurrently without risking infinite hangs in the libp2p network.

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README.md (1)

406-406: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Add a language to the fenced code block.

markdownlint reports MD040 for this block. Use text to silence it.

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In `@README.md` at line 406, Update the fenced code block near the setNodeEnv
example to specify the text language, preserving its existing contents and
formatting.

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src/cli.ts (1)

480-481: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

setNodeEnv stores the environment id without checking that the node offers it.

The command validates the node with validateNode(target), then stores envId unchecked and reports "Using compute env: ${envId}". A typo in the pasted token is only reported later, by startCompute, as "No compute environment matches id". Fetching the node's compute environments here and rejecting an unknown id would fail at the point of selection instead.

The PR description states that setNodeEnv validates both the node and the compute environment, so this also closes that gap.

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In `@src/cli.ts` around lines 480 - 481, Update setNodeEnv after
validateNode(target) to fetch the node’s available compute environments and
verify envId matches one of them before calling setCurrentNodeUrl,
setCurrentEnvId, and reporting success. Reject unknown environment IDs
immediately while preserving the existing behavior for valid selections.
src/nodeConnection.ts (1)

208-212: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Consider seeding the search from more than one bootstrap peer.

getSearchSeedNode always returns OCEAN_BOOTSTRAP_PEERS[0]. If that single peer is unreachable, every non-P2P user's search times out after the full SEARCH_TIMEOUT_MS window, even though three other bootstrap peers are listed. Returning the remaining peers as fallbacks, or picking randomly, removes that single point of failure.

This changes the consumer contract in src/commands.ts Line 1399, so it is optional for this PR.

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In `@src/nodeConnection.ts` around lines 208 - 212, Update getSearchSeedNode so
non-P2P callers can seed searches from multiple OCEAN_BOOTSTRAP_PEERS instead of
always selecting index 0, while preserving the active P2P URI behavior. Adjust
the consumer contract in the search flow that calls getSearchSeedNode, such as
the commands.ts caller, to support the chosen fallback or randomized peer
selection.
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In `@src/cli.ts`:
- Around line 662-668: Clarify the optional computeEnvId argument description
that later positional arguments cannot be used when it is omitted, and update
the startCompute action before its generic missing-arguments check to detect a
numeric computeEnvId when no environment option is set. Emit an actionable error
directing users to pass later values as options or provide the environment ID
explicitly, then return.

In `@src/nodeConnection.ts`:
- Around line 196-198: Clear the remembered compute environment when switching
nodes: add or reuse a clearCurrentEnvId function alongside setCurrentEnvId, and
call it in the setNode action immediately after setCurrentNodeUrl(target).
Preserve environment selection behavior when the node does not change.

In `@src/searchResourcesFlow.ts`:
- Around line 181-182: Update the chainId validator in the manual chainId prompt
to reject blank input and accept only positive integers; ensure values such as
empty strings, zero, and negatives fail validation while valid positive integer
strings continue to pass.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@README.md`:
- Line 406: Update the fenced code block near the setNodeEnv example to specify
the text language, preserving its existing contents and formatting.

In `@src/cli.ts`:
- Around line 480-481: Update setNodeEnv after validateNode(target) to fetch the
node’s available compute environments and verify envId matches one of them
before calling setCurrentNodeUrl, setCurrentEnvId, and reporting success. Reject
unknown environment IDs immediately while preserving the existing behavior for
valid selections.

In `@src/nodeConnection.ts`:
- Around line 208-212: Update getSearchSeedNode so non-P2P callers can seed
searches from multiple OCEAN_BOOTSTRAP_PEERS instead of always selecting index
0, while preserving the active P2P URI behavior. Adjust the consumer contract in
the search flow that calls getSearchSeedNode, such as the commands.ts caller, to
support the chosen fallback or randomized peer selection.

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