Add shared parseBooleanValue()/isTruthyEnvValue() and apply across CLI, gateway, memory, and live-test flags for consistent env handling.
Introduce route-first fast paths, lazy subcommand registration, and deferred plugin loading to reduce CLI startup overhead.
Centralize config validation via ensureConfigReady() and add config caching/deferred shell env fallback for fewer IO passes.
Harden logger initialization/imports and add focused tests for argv, boolean parsing, frontmatter, and CLI subcommands.
Peter Steinberger
Gustavo Madeira Santana