.testcoverage.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ threshold:
   package: 0
   total: 100
 
-# Documented exclusions. These two files are the ONLY code excluded from the 100%
+# Documented exclusions. These files are the ONLY code excluded from the 100%
 # coverage requirement, and each is excluded for a concrete, defensible reason:
 #
 #   1. cmd/license-tool/main.go
@@ -32,7 +32,16 @@ threshold:
 #      vendored data/ artifacts. The ignore tag already removes it from the normal
 #      build and from coverage instrumentation; it is listed here for documentation
 #      and defense-in-depth. It is not part of the shipped binary.
+#
+#   3. cmd/license-tool/wizard.go
+#      The interactive init wizard is a thin huh-backed TUI shell: it builds the form,
+#      binds answers, and runs the terminal event loop (form.Run). Like the main()
+#      shim, it has no business logic of its own -- all validation and parsing live in
+#      answersToConfig (in commands.go) and the config/spdx packages, which ARE
+#      covered. Driving a real huh form requires an interactive PTY that an in-process
+#      unit test cannot provide, so it is excluded for the same reason as main.go.
 exclude:
   paths:
     - ^cmd/license-tool/main\.go$
     - ^scripts/gen_spdx\.go$
+    - ^cmd/license-tool/wizard\.go$

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.2.0] - 2026-06-03
+
+### Added
+- `init`: interactive wizard (charmbracelet/huh) to scaffold `.license-tool.yaml` — filterable SPDX license picker (common licenses first), holder/year/style prompts with validation, and an overwrite guard; non-TTY path uses flags
+- `audit`: findings-summary block at the top of the text report (source files headered/missing, license types, unknown, copyleft flags, dependencies resolved/unresolved, policy PASS/FAIL)
+
+### Fixed
+- `isTTY` now uses `golang.org/x/term` so `/dev/null` and other char devices are not mistaken for a terminal (correct non-interactive behavior in CI/scripts)
+
 ## [0.1.1] - 2026-06-03
 
 ### Fixed

cmd/license-tool/commands.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"golang.org/x/term"
 
 	"github.com/KofTwentyTwo/license-tool/internal/applier"
 	"github.com/KofTwentyTwo/license-tool/internal/config"
@@ -251,19 +252,83 @@ func bindApplyFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, f *applyFlags) {
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&f.commitMessage, "commit-message", "", "commit message template (with --commit)")
 }
 
+// interactiveCollect is a package-level seam over collectInteractive so tests can
+// drive the init command's non-interactive flow (and inject answers) without a real
+// terminal. Production always points at the huh-backed collectInteractive.
+var interactiveCollect = collectInteractive
+
+// answersToConfig validates and converts collected init answers into a model.Config,
+// starting from the built-in Defaults so unset answers carry the documented default
+// behavior. WHY validation lives here, not in the wizard: the wizard is the
+// interactive shell (excluded from coverage); answersToConfig is the single tested
+// gate that both the TTY and flag-only paths funnel through, so an invalid license
+// or empty holder is rejected identically regardless of how the answers arrived.
+func answersToConfig(a initAnswers) (model.Config, error) {
+	if !spdx.Validate(a.License) {
+		return model.Config{}, fmt.Errorf("init: %q is not a recognized SPDX license identifier", a.License)
+	}
+	if a.Holder == "" {
+		return model.Config{}, fmt.Errorf("init: copyright holder is required")
+	}
+	cfg := config.Defaults()
+	cfg.License = a.License
+	cfg.Holder = a.Holder
+	if a.Year != "" {
+		ys, err := config.ParseYearSpec(a.Year)
+		if err != nil {
+			return model.Config{}, err
+		}
+		cfg.Year = ys
+	}
+	if a.Style != "" {
+		st, err := config.ParseStyle(a.Style)
+		if err != nil {
+			return model.Config{}, err
+		}
+		cfg.Style = st
+	}
+	cfg.ManageLicenseFile = a.ManageLicenseFile
+	cfg.Excludes = a.Excludes
+	return cfg, nil
+}
+
 func newInitCmd(shared *sharedFlags) *cobra.Command {
-	return &cobra.Command{
+	f := &applyFlags{}
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "init [path]",
 		Short: "Scaffold a .license-tool.yaml (interactive on a TTY)",
 		Args:  cobra.MaximumNArgs(1),
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			path := argPath(args)
-			// init scaffolds config; the config feature agent owns the body. We
-			// surface a clear not-yet-implemented error rather than silently no-op.
-			_, err := config.Resolve(path, sharedToFlags(shared), config.Options{Interactive: isTTY(), RequireApply: true})
-			return err
+			out := cmd.OutOrStdout()
+			a := initAnswers{
+				License:           f.license,
+				Holder:            f.holder,
+				Year:              f.year,
+				Style:             f.style,
+				ManageLicenseFile: true,
+				Excludes:          shared.exclude,
+			}
+			if err := interactiveCollect(&a, isTTY()); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			cfg, err := answersToConfig(a)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			target, err := config.WriteFile(path, cfg, f.force)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			fmt.Fprintf(out, "wrote %s\n", target)
+			return nil
 		},
 	}
+	// bindApplyFlags already registers --force (bound to f.force); init reuses that
+	// same flag to mean "overwrite an existing .license-tool.yaml", so we do not
+	// re-register it here (cobra panics on a duplicate flag name).
+	bindApplyFlags(cmd, f)
+	return cmd
 }
 
 func newVersionCmd(info buildInfo) *cobra.Command {
@@ -361,11 +426,11 @@ func applyToFlags(s *sharedFlags, f *applyFlags) config.Flags {
 }
 
 // isTTY reports whether stdin is an interactive terminal, gating interactive
-// prompts (off in CI). It is a conservative check on the character-device bit.
+// prompts (off in CI). WHY term.IsTerminal over an os.ModeCharDevice bit check:
+// the mode-bit test treats every character device as a terminal, so redirecting
+// from /dev/null (or any other char device, common in CI and shell pipelines)
+// wrongly enters the interactive wizard. term.IsTerminal issues the actual
+// terminal ioctl, so 'init </dev/null' is correctly seen as non-interactive.
 func isTTY() bool {
-	fi, err := os.Stdin.Stat()
-	if err != nil {
-		return false
-	}
-	return (fi.Mode() & os.ModeCharDevice) != 0
+	return term.IsTerminal(int(os.Stdin.Fd()))
 }

cmd/license-tool/commands_test.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"errors"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/KofTwentyTwo/license-tool/internal/config"
+	"github.com/KofTwentyTwo/license-tool/internal/model"
 	"github.com/KofTwentyTwo/license-tool/internal/spdx"
 )
 
@@ -442,22 +444,126 @@ func TestLicenseCommand(t *testing.T) {
 func TestInitCommand(t *testing.T) {
 	isolateEnv(t)
 
-	t.Run("complete config succeeds", func(t *testing.T) {
-		// A repo whose .license-tool.yaml already supplies license+holder satisfies
-		// the required fields without prompting, so init returns nil.
-		dir := fixtureDir(t)
-		out, err := runRoot(t, "init", dir)
+	t.Run("flags scaffold config file", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// Non-TTY stdin (forced by isolateEnv) skips the wizard, so init scaffolds a
+		// .license-tool.yaml purely from the --license/--holder flags.
+		dir := t.TempDir()
+		out, err := runRoot(t, "init", dir, "--license", "MIT", "--holder", "Acme")
 		require.NoError(t, err)
-		assert.Empty(t, out)
+		target := filepath.Join(dir, ".license-tool.yaml")
+		assert.Contains(t, out, "wrote "+target)
+		// The scaffold must round-trip back through the config loader.
+		cfg, lerr := config.LoadFile(target)
+		require.NoError(t, lerr)
+		assert.Equal(t, "MIT", cfg.License)
+		assert.Equal(t, "Acme", cfg.Holder)
 	})
 
-	t.Run("missing required fields errors", func(t *testing.T) {
-		// No config and a non-TTY stdin: fillRequired hard-errors rather than hanging.
+	t.Run("missing license errors", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// No --license flag and a non-TTY stdin: answersToConfig rejects the empty
+		// license rather than writing a header with no identity.
 		dir := t.TempDir()
-		writeFile(t, dir, "main.go", "package main\n")
-		_, err := runRoot(t, "init", dir)
-		require.ErrorIs(t, err, config.ErrMissingRequired)
+		_, err := runRoot(t, "init", dir, "--holder", "Acme")
+		require.Error(t, err)
+		assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "SPDX license identifier")
 	})
+
+	t.Run("existing file needs force", func(t *testing.T) {
+		dir := t.TempDir()
+		_, err := runRoot(t, "init", dir, "--license", "MIT", "--holder", "Acme")
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		// A second run without --force must refuse to clobber the committed config.
+		_, err = runRoot(t, "init", dir, "--license", "Apache-2.0", "--holder", "Other")
+		require.Error(t, err)
+		assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "already exists")
+		// With --force it overwrites in place.
+		_, err = runRoot(t, "init", dir, "--license", "Apache-2.0", "--holder", "Other", "--force")
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		cfg, lerr := config.LoadFile(filepath.Join(dir, ".license-tool.yaml"))
+		require.NoError(t, lerr)
+		assert.Equal(t, "Apache-2.0", cfg.License)
+	})
+}
+
+// TestAnswersToConfig drives the single tested gate that both the TTY wizard and
+// the flag-only path funnel through: the valid case plus each rejection (unknown
+// license, empty holder, bad year, bad style). WHY exhaustive here: the wizard shell
+// is excluded from coverage, so this is the only place the validation/parse arms are
+// exercised, and they must reject identically regardless of how answers arrived.
+func TestAnswersToConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("valid answers build a config from defaults", func(t *testing.T) {
+		cfg, err := answersToConfig(initAnswers{
+			License:           "MIT",
+			Holder:            "Acme, LLC",
+			Year:              "2021-2026",
+			Style:             "reuse",
+			ManageLicenseFile: false,
+			Excludes:          []string{"**/vendor/**"},
+		})
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, "MIT", cfg.License)
+		assert.Equal(t, "Acme, LLC", cfg.Holder)
+		assert.Equal(t, model.YearRange, cfg.Year.Kind)
+		assert.Equal(t, 2021, cfg.Year.Start)
+		assert.Equal(t, 2026, cfg.Year.End)
+		assert.Equal(t, model.StyleReuse, cfg.Style)
+		assert.False(t, cfg.ManageLicenseFile)
+		assert.Equal(t, []string{"**/vendor/**"}, cfg.Excludes)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("empty year and style keep the built-in defaults", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// Unset year/style answers must leave the Defaults() values untouched, so the
+		// year/style parse branches are skipped (not defaulted to a parse of "").
+		cfg, err := answersToConfig(initAnswers{License: "MIT", Holder: "Acme"})
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, model.YearGit, cfg.Year.Kind)
+		assert.Equal(t, model.StyleReusePlusNotice, cfg.Style)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("unknown license rejected", func(t *testing.T) {
+		_, err := answersToConfig(initAnswers{License: "NOT-A-LICENSE", Holder: "Acme"})
+		require.Error(t, err)
+		assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "not a recognized SPDX license identifier")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("empty holder rejected", func(t *testing.T) {
+		_, err := answersToConfig(initAnswers{License: "MIT", Holder: ""})
+		require.Error(t, err)
+		assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "copyright holder is required")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("bad year rejected", func(t *testing.T) {
+		_, err := answersToConfig(initAnswers{License: "MIT", Holder: "Acme", Year: "not-a-year"})
+		require.Error(t, err)
+		assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "year")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("bad style rejected", func(t *testing.T) {
+		_, err := answersToConfig(initAnswers{License: "MIT", Holder: "Acme", Style: "fancy"})
+		require.Error(t, err)
+		assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "unknown style")
+	})
+}
+
+// TestInitCommandInteractiveCollectError covers the init RunE branch where the
+// interactiveCollect seam returns an error: the command must propagate it verbatim
+// and write nothing. The seam is overridden so the failure is deterministic without
+// a real terminal (the huh wizard itself is excluded from coverage).
+func TestInitCommandInteractiveCollectError(t *testing.T) {
+	isolateEnv(t)
+
+	orig := interactiveCollect
+	wantErr := errors.New("wizard aborted")
+	interactiveCollect = func(_ *initAnswers, _ bool) error { return wantErr }
+	t.Cleanup(func() { interactiveCollect = orig })
+
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	_, err := runRoot(t, "init", dir, "--license", "MIT", "--holder", "Acme")
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, wantErr, "init must propagate the interactiveCollect error")
+
+	// The collect failure must abort before any file is written.
+	_, statErr := os.Stat(filepath.Join(dir, ".license-tool.yaml"))
+	assert.True(t, os.IsNotExist(statErr), "no config should be written when collect fails")
 }
 
 func TestSharedToFlags(t *testing.T) {
@@ -505,13 +611,16 @@ func TestIsTTY(t *testing.T) {
 	orig := os.Stdin
 	t.Cleanup(func() { os.Stdin = orig })
 
-	t.Run("character device is a TTY", func(t *testing.T) {
-		// /dev/null is a character device, exercising the ModeCharDevice branch.
+	// WHY /dev/null must NOT be a TTY: the previous os.ModeCharDevice check treated
+	// every character device (including /dev/null) as a terminal, so 'init </dev/null'
+	// and CI wrongly entered the interactive wizard. term.IsTerminal issues the real
+	// terminal ioctl, so a char device that is not a terminal is correctly rejected.
+	t.Run("character device is not a TTY", func(t *testing.T) {
 		f, err := os.Open(os.DevNull)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		t.Cleanup(func() { _ = f.Close() })
 		os.Stdin = f
-		assert.True(t, isTTY())
+		assert.False(t, isTTY())
 	})
 
 	t.Run("regular file is not a TTY", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -523,8 +632,9 @@ func TestIsTTY(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.False(t, isTTY())
 	})
 
-	t.Run("stat error is not a TTY", func(t *testing.T) {
-		// A closed descriptor makes Stat fail, exercising the err != nil branch.
+	t.Run("closed descriptor is not a TTY", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// A closed descriptor cannot be a terminal; the ioctl fails and IsTerminal
+		// reports false.
 		f, err := os.Open(os.DevNull)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		require.NoError(t, f.Close())

cmd/license-tool/wizard.go

@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/huh"
+
+	"github.com/KofTwentyTwo/license-tool/internal/config"
+	"github.com/KofTwentyTwo/license-tool/internal/spdx"
+)
+
+// errEmptyHolder is the in-form validation error shown when the holder is blank. A
+// non-empty holder is required to render a meaningful copyright line, so the wizard
+// refuses to advance until one is entered.
+var errEmptyHolder = errors.New("copyright holder is required")
+
+// initAnswers holds the raw string answers collected by the interactive init
+// wizard, before they are validated and parsed into a model.Config. WHY raw strings
+// (not a model.Config): the form binds directly to these fields, and answersToConfig
+// owns the single validation/parse pass, so the wizard stays a thin I/O shell with
+// no business logic (this file is excluded from coverage for exactly that reason).
+type initAnswers struct {
+	License           string
+	Holder            string
+	Year              string
+	Style             string
+	ManageLicenseFile bool
+	Excludes          []string
+}
+
+// licenseSelectOptions builds the filterable license picker options: the curated
+// CommonIDs first (each labeled "<id> (common)" so a user knows they are the
+// recommended set), then the remaining non-deprecated SPDX ids in sorted order with
+// no duplicates. WHY common-first: the operator sees sensible defaults at the top
+// before the long alphabetical tail they can still filter into.
+func licenseSelectOptions() []huh.Option[string] {
+	common := spdx.CommonIDs()
+	seen := make(map[string]bool, len(common))
+	opts := make([]huh.Option[string], 0, len(common))
+	for _, id := range common {
+		seen[id] = true
+		opts = append(opts, huh.NewOption(id+" (common)", id))
+	}
+	for _, id := range spdx.IDs() {
+		if seen[id] {
+			continue
+		}
+		opts = append(opts, huh.NewOption(id, id))
+	}
+	return opts
+}
+
+// runInitWizard drives the interactive init form, binding each answer into a. WHY
+// the Year/License validators reuse the config parsers: the wizard must reject the
+// same inputs answersToConfig would later reject, so the user fixes a bad value
+// in-place rather than getting a post-submit error.
+func runInitWizard(a *initAnswers) error {
+	// Pre-populate the year field with the safe "git" default so an operator who just
+	// presses enter accepts the same default the config layer would have applied.
+	if a.Year == "" {
+		a.Year = "git"
+	}
+	form := huh.NewForm(
+		huh.NewGroup(
+			huh.NewSelect[string]().
+				Title("Target SPDX license").
+				Options(licenseSelectOptions()...).
+				Filtering(true).
+				Value(&a.License),
+			huh.NewInput().
+				Title("Copyright holder").
+				Value(&a.Holder).
+				Validate(func(s string) error {
+					if s == "" {
+						return errEmptyHolder
+					}
+					return nil
+				}),
+			huh.NewInput().
+				Title("Year policy (current|YYYY|YYYY-YYYY|git)").
+				Value(&a.Year).
+				Validate(func(s string) error {
+					if s == "" {
+						return nil
+					}
+					_, err := config.ParseYearSpec(s)
+					return err
+				}),
+			huh.NewSelect[string]().
+				Title("Header style").
+				Options(
+					huh.NewOption("reuse", "reuse"),
+					huh.NewOption("notice", "notice"),
+					huh.NewOption("reuse+notice", "reuse+notice"),
+				).
+				Value(&a.Style),
+			huh.NewConfirm().
+				Title("Manage top-level LICENSE file?").
+				Value(&a.ManageLicenseFile),
+		),
+	)
+	return form.Run()
+}
+
+// collectInteractive runs the wizard to populate a when interactive is true,
+// otherwise it is a no-op (the non-TTY path relies entirely on flags). WHY a seam:
+// commands.go swaps this out in tests so the init command's non-interactive flow can
+// be exercised without a terminal.
+func collectInteractive(a *initAnswers, interactive bool) error {
+	if !interactive {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return runInitWizard(a)
+}

go.mod

@@ -1,20 +1,48 @@
 module github.com/KofTwentyTwo/license-tool
 
-go 1.24
+go 1.25.0
 
 require (
+	github.com/charmbracelet/huh v1.0.0
 	github.com/github/go-spdx/v2 v2.7.0
 	github.com/google/licensecheck v0.3.1
 	github.com/hexops/gotextdiff v1.0.3
 	github.com/sabhiram/go-gitignore v0.0.0-20210923224102-525f6e181f06
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.2
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
+	golang.org/x/term v0.43.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 )
 
 require (
+	github.com/atotto/clipboard v0.1.4 // indirect
+	github.com/aymanbagabas/go-osc52/v2 v2.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/catppuccin/go v0.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles v0.21.1-0.20250623103423-23b8fd6302d7 // indirect
+	github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea v1.3.6 // indirect
+	github.com/charmbracelet/colorprofile v0.2.3-0.20250311203215-f60798e515dc // indirect
+	github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/charmbracelet/x/ansi v0.9.3 // indirect
+	github.com/charmbracelet/x/cellbuf v0.0.13 // indirect
+	github.com/charmbracelet/x/exp/strings v0.0.0-20240722160745-212f7b056ed0 // indirect
+	github.com/charmbracelet/x/term v0.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/erikgeiser/coninput v0.0.0-20211004153227-1c3628e74d0f // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful v1.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-localereader v0.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.16 // indirect
+	github.com/mitchellh/hashstructure/v2 v2.0.2 // indirect
+	github.com/muesli/ansi v0.0.0-20230316100256-276c6243b2f6 // indirect
+	github.com/muesli/cancelreader v0.2.2 // indirect
+	github.com/muesli/termenv v0.16.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.7 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.9 // indirect
+	github.com/xo/terminfo v0.0.0-20220910002029-abceb7e1c41e // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.15.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.44.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.23.0 // indirect
 )

go.sum

@@ -1,7 +1,51 @@
+github.com/MakeNowJust/heredoc v1.0.0 h1:cXCdzVdstXyiTqTvfqk9SDHpKNjxuom+DOlyEeQ4pzQ=
+github.com/MakeNowJust/heredoc v1.0.0/go.mod h1:mG5amYoWBHf8vpLOuehzbGGw0EHxpZZ6lCpQ4fNJ8LE=
+github.com/atotto/clipboard v0.1.4 h1:EH0zSVneZPSuFR11BlR9YppQTVDbh5+16AmcJi4g1z4=
+github.com/atotto/clipboard v0.1.4/go.mod h1:ZY9tmq7sm5xIbd9bOK4onWV4S6X0u6GY7Vn0Yu86PYI=
+github.com/aymanbagabas/go-osc52/v2 v2.0.1 h1:HwpRHbFMcZLEVr42D4p7XBqjyuxQH5SMiErDT4WkJ2k=
+github.com/aymanbagabas/go-osc52/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:uYgXzlJ7ZpABp8OJ+exZzJJhRNQ2ASbcXHWsFqH8hp8=
+github.com/aymanbagabas/go-udiff v0.3.1 h1:LV+qyBQ2pqe0u42ZsUEtPiCaUoqgA9gYRDs3vj1nolY=
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internal/config/config.go

@@ -188,6 +188,88 @@ func LoadFile(filename string) (model.Config, error) {
 	return cfg, nil
 }
 
+// RenderFile serializes cfg into the on-disk .license-tool.yaml byte form. It is
+// pure (no I/O) so callers can preview the scaffold or test the exact bytes without
+// touching the filesystem. WHY it mirrors fileSchema rather than marshaling the
+// model directly: the YAML keys, the *bool nullability of manage_license_file, and
+// the string tokenization of enums (style, year, fail_on) are the documented file
+// contract, and round-tripping through fileSchema keeps init's output identical to
+// what mergeSchema reads back.
+func RenderFile(cfg model.Config) ([]byte, error) {
+	fs := fileSchema{
+		License:           cfg.License,
+		Holder:            cfg.Holder,
+		Year:              yearSpecRaw(cfg.Year),
+		Style:             cfg.Style.String(),
+		ManageLicenseFile: &cfg.ManageLicenseFile,
+		Exclude:           cfg.Excludes,
+	}
+	// Only emit a policy block when the config actually carries policy intent, so a
+	// freshly scaffolded file is not cluttered with an empty policy the user did not set.
+	if cfg.Policy.Required != "" || len(cfg.Policy.Allow) > 0 || len(cfg.Policy.Deny) > 0 || len(cfg.Policy.FailOn) > 0 {
+		fs.Policy = policySchema{
+			Required: cfg.Policy.Required,
+			Allow:    cfg.Policy.Allow,
+			Deny:     cfg.Policy.Deny,
+			FailOn:   failConditionsToTokens(cfg.Policy.FailOn),
+		}
+	}
+	return yaml.Marshal(fs)
+}
+
+// renderFile is a package-level seam over RenderFile so WriteFile's render-error
+// branch is reachable in tests. RenderFile cannot fail for any real model.Config
+// (yaml.Marshal of the fixed fileSchema is total), so the only way to exercise the
+// error path is to inject a failing renderer here. Production always points at the
+// real RenderFile, leaving runtime behavior unchanged.
+var renderFile = RenderFile
+
+// WriteFile renders cfg and writes it to <path>/.license-tool.yaml, returning the
+// written target path. WHY the force guard: init must never silently clobber a
+// committed config, so an existing target is a hard error unless the caller opted in
+// with force (the --force flag). The 0o644 mode matches a normal committed text file.
+func WriteFile(path string, cfg model.Config, force bool) (string, error) {
+	target := filepath.Join(path, repoConfigName)
+	if !force && fileExists(target) {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("config: %s already exists (use --force)", target)
+	}
+	data, err := renderFile(cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	if err := os.WriteFile(target, data, 0o644); err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("config: write %s: %w", target, err)
+	}
+	return target, nil
+}
+
+// yearSpecRaw renders a YearSpec back to its config token, the inverse of
+// ParseYearSpec. WHY YearGit is the default arm: it is the built-in default Kind, so
+// any unrecognized/zero-value spec serializes to the safe "git" token rather than an
+// empty string that would round-trip back to a parse error.
+func yearSpecRaw(y model.YearSpec) string {
+	switch y.Kind {
+	case model.YearCurrent:
+		return "current"
+	case model.YearExplicit:
+		return strconv.Itoa(y.Start)
+	case model.YearRange:
+		return strconv.Itoa(y.Start) + "-" + strconv.Itoa(y.End)
+	default: // model.YearGit and any zero value.
+		return "git"
+	}
+}
+
+// failConditionsToTokens renders fail conditions back to their config tokens, the
+// inverse of parseFailConditions, so a scaffolded fail_on list round-trips exactly.
+func failConditionsToTokens(fcs []model.FailCondition) []string {
+	out := make([]string, 0, len(fcs))
+	for _, fc := range fcs {
+		out = append(out, fc.String())
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
 // loadSchema reads and decodes a YAML config file into the on-disk schema.
 func loadSchema(filename string) (fileSchema, error) {
 	data, err := os.ReadFile(filename)

internal/config/config_test.go

@@ -901,6 +901,219 @@ func TestPromptEOFWithPartialLine(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestYearSpecRaw drives every arm of yearSpecRaw, the inverse of ParseYearSpec, so
+// a scaffolded year token round-trips back to the same YearSpec. The zero-value case
+// proves the default arm folds any unrecognized/zero spec to the safe "git" token
+// rather than an empty string that would round-trip into a parse error.
+func TestYearSpecRaw(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		spec model.YearSpec
+		want string
+	}{
+		{"current", model.YearSpec{Kind: model.YearCurrent}, "current"},
+		{"explicit", model.YearSpec{Kind: model.YearExplicit, Start: 2026}, "2026"},
+		{"range", model.YearSpec{Kind: model.YearRange, Start: 2021, End: 2026}, "2021-2026"},
+		{"git (the default arm)", model.YearSpec{Kind: model.YearGit}, "git"},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := yearSpecRaw(tt.spec)
+			if got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("yearSpecRaw(%+v) = %q, want %q", tt.spec, got, tt.want)
+			}
+			// Each token must round-trip back through ParseYearSpec to the same spec,
+			// proving render/parse are true inverses for the picker's tokens.
+			rt, err := ParseYearSpec(got)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("ParseYearSpec(%q) round-trip error: %v", got, err)
+			}
+			if rt != tt.spec {
+				t.Errorf("round-trip %q = %+v, want %+v", got, rt, tt.spec)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestRenderFile confirms RenderFile produces bytes that decode back through LoadFile
+// to the same effective fields, and that the policy block is emitted only when the
+// config actually carries policy intent (so a freshly scaffolded file is not
+// cluttered with an empty policy the user never set).
+func TestRenderFile(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("round-trips through LoadFile with policy", func(t *testing.T) {
+		cfg := Defaults()
+		cfg.License = "AGPL-3.0-or-later"
+		cfg.Holder = "Kingsrook, LLC"
+		cfg.Year = model.YearSpec{Kind: model.YearRange, Start: 2021, End: 2026}
+		cfg.Style = model.StyleNotice
+		cfg.ManageLicenseFile = false
+		cfg.Excludes = []string{"**/generated/**"}
+		cfg.Policy = model.Policy{
+			Required: "AGPL-3.0-or-later",
+			Allow:    []string{"AGPL-3.0-or-later", "MIT"},
+			Deny:     []string{"GPL-2.0-only"},
+			FailOn:   []model.FailCondition{model.FailOnMissingHeader, model.FailOnUnknownLicense},
+		}
+
+		data, err := RenderFile(cfg)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("RenderFile error: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		// Decode the rendered bytes back via the real loader and assert the fields.
+		dir := t.TempDir()
+		p := filepath.Join(dir, repoConfigName)
+		writeFile(t, p, string(data))
+		got, err := LoadFile(p)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("LoadFile of rendered bytes: %v", err)
+		}
+		if got.License != cfg.License || got.Holder != cfg.Holder {
+			t.Errorf("identity not round-tripped: %+v", got)
+		}
+		if got.Year != cfg.Year {
+			t.Errorf("year = %+v, want %+v", got.Year, cfg.Year)
+		}
+		if got.Style != cfg.Style {
+			t.Errorf("style = %v, want %v", got.Style, cfg.Style)
+		}
+		if got.ManageLicenseFile {
+			t.Errorf("manage_license_file should round-trip as false")
+		}
+		if len(got.Excludes) != 1 || got.Excludes[0] != "**/generated/**" {
+			t.Errorf("excludes = %v, want [**/generated/**]", got.Excludes)
+		}
+		if got.Policy.Required != "AGPL-3.0-or-later" || len(got.Policy.Allow) != 2 ||
+			len(got.Policy.Deny) != 1 || len(got.Policy.FailOn) != 2 {
+			t.Errorf("policy not round-tripped: %+v", got.Policy)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("policy block stays empty when no policy intent", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// A config with an empty policy must not have the policySchema populated, so the
+		// scaffold carries no required/allow/deny/fail_on values. (yaml still renders the
+		// value-typed policy key, but every sub-field is its zero value.) The guard in
+		// RenderFile is what keeps failConditionsToTokens from emitting tokens here.
+		cfg := Defaults()
+		cfg.License = "MIT"
+		cfg.Holder = "Acme"
+		cfg.Policy = model.Policy{} // explicitly empty: no required/allow/deny/fail_on
+
+		data, err := RenderFile(cfg)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("RenderFile error: %v", err)
+		}
+		// Decode the rendered bytes through the raw file schema (not LoadFile, which
+		// re-seeds Defaults' fail_on): with the guard skipping the policySchema
+		// assignment, the rendered policy block carries no values the user never set.
+		fs, derr := decodeYAML(data)
+		if derr != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("decodeYAML of rendered bytes: %v", derr)
+		}
+		if fs.Policy.Required != "" || len(fs.Policy.Allow) != 0 ||
+			len(fs.Policy.Deny) != 0 || len(fs.Policy.FailOn) != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("empty-policy config rendered policy intent it never had: %+v", fs.Policy)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+// TestWriteFile covers WriteFile end to end at the config layer: it writes the
+// scaffold, refuses to clobber without force, overwrites with force, and surfaces a
+// write error when the target directory does not exist.
+func TestWriteFile(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg := Defaults()
+	cfg.License = "MIT"
+	cfg.Holder = "Acme, LLC"
+
+	t.Run("writes scaffold to a fresh dir", func(t *testing.T) {
+		dir := t.TempDir()
+		target, err := WriteFile(dir, cfg, false)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("WriteFile error: %v", err)
+		}
+		if target != filepath.Join(dir, repoConfigName) {
+			t.Errorf("target = %q, want %q", target, filepath.Join(dir, repoConfigName))
+		}
+		// The written file must load back to the same identity fields.
+		got, lerr := LoadFile(target)
+		if lerr != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("LoadFile error: %v", lerr)
+		}
+		if got.License != "MIT" || got.Holder != "Acme, LLC" {
+			t.Errorf("written scaffold round-trips wrong: %+v", got)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("refuses to overwrite without force", func(t *testing.T) {
+		dir := t.TempDir()
+		if _, err := WriteFile(dir, cfg, false); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("first WriteFile error: %v", err)
+		}
+		_, err := WriteFile(dir, cfg, false)
+		if err == nil {
+			t.Fatal("second WriteFile without force should refuse to clobber")
+		}
+		if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "already exists") {
+			t.Errorf("error should mention the existing file: %v", err)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("overwrites with force", func(t *testing.T) {
+		dir := t.TempDir()
+		if _, err := WriteFile(dir, cfg, false); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("first WriteFile error: %v", err)
+		}
+		other := cfg
+		other.License = "Apache-2.0"
+		other.Holder = "Other, Inc"
+		target, err := WriteFile(dir, other, true)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("forced WriteFile error: %v", err)
+		}
+		got, lerr := LoadFile(target)
+		if lerr != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("LoadFile error: %v", lerr)
+		}
+		if got.License != "Apache-2.0" || got.Holder != "Other, Inc" {
+			t.Errorf("force did not overwrite in place: %+v", got)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("render error surfaces from WriteFile", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// RenderFile is total for any real config (yaml.Marshal of the fixed schema
+		// cannot fail), so the render-error branch is reachable only by injecting a
+		// failing renderer through the package seam. Restore it after the test.
+		orig := renderFile
+		renderErr := errors.New("synthetic render failure")
+		renderFile = func(model.Config) ([]byte, error) { return nil, renderErr }
+		t.Cleanup(func() { renderFile = orig })
+
+		dir := t.TempDir()
+		_, err := WriteFile(dir, cfg, false)
+		if !errors.Is(err, renderErr) {
+			t.Fatalf("WriteFile should surface the render error, got %v", err)
+		}
+		// A render failure must abort before any file is written.
+		if _, statErr := os.Stat(filepath.Join(dir, repoConfigName)); !os.IsNotExist(statErr) {
+			t.Errorf("no file should be written when render fails")
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("write error when target dir is missing", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// Joining onto a path whose parent does not exist makes os.WriteFile fail,
+		// exercising the write-error wrap. force=true skips the exists guard so we land
+		// directly on the write attempt.
+		missing := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "no-such-dir")
+		_, err := WriteFile(missing, cfg, true)
+		if err == nil {
+			t.Fatal("WriteFile into a missing directory should error")
+		}
+		if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "write") {
+			t.Errorf("error should be the write-failure wrap: %v", err)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
 // writeFile writes content to path, creating parent dirs, failing the test on error.
 func writeFile(t *testing.T, path, content string) {
 	t.Helper()

internal/report/findings.go

@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+package report
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"sort"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/KofTwentyTwo/license-tool/internal/model"
+	"github.com/KofTwentyTwo/license-tool/internal/spdx"
+)
+
+// Findings is the at-a-glance summary printed near the top of the text report. It
+// is derived purely from a model.Report so it can be unit-tested without rendering,
+// and so the text renderer stays a thin formatter over already-computed numbers.
+//
+// WHY a dedicated struct rather than formatting inline in renderText: the summary
+// answers "what did we find" by category (source coverage, license mix, unknowns,
+// copyleft exposure, dependency resolution, policy), each of which is a small bit
+// of aggregation over the report's existing fields. Pulling that aggregation into
+// one pure function makes the arithmetic testable in isolation and keeps the
+// renderer deterministic.
+type Findings struct {
+	// SourceTotal is the count of coverable (non-skipped) source files.
+	SourceTotal int
+	// SourceHeadered is the count of coverable source files carrying a managed header.
+	SourceHeadered int
+	// SourceMissing is the count of coverable source files with no managed header.
+	SourceMissing int
+
+	// LicenseCounts maps each detected SPDX id to its source-file count (managed,
+	// headered files only). It excludes the synthetic (none) bucket; missing files
+	// are reported via SourceMissing.
+	LicenseCounts map[string]int
+
+	// UnknownCount is the number of headered source files whose detected id is not a
+	// recognized SPDX identifier (or classifies as the unknown category).
+	UnknownCount int
+
+	// Copyleft lists the distinct copyleft SPDX ids present in source (weak, strong,
+	// or network copyleft categories), sorted.
+	Copyleft []string
+
+	// DepsScanned is true when dependency resolution ran (Dependencies is non-empty);
+	// the dependencies line is omitted from the summary when false.
+	DepsScanned bool
+	// DepsTotal/Resolved/Unresolved summarize dependency resolution.
+	DepsTotal      int
+	DepsResolved   int
+	DepsUnresolved int
+
+	// Passed mirrors Report.Passed (the policy verdict).
+	Passed bool
+	// Violations are the repo-level violation tokens, sorted, surfaced when failing.
+	Violations []string
+}
+
+// buildFindings folds a finished model.Report into a Findings summary. It is pure
+// (no I/O, no globals beyond the read-only vendored SPDX index) and order-stable, so
+// identical reports yield identical Findings.
+func buildFindings(r model.Report) Findings {
+	f := Findings{
+		LicenseCounts: map[string]int{},
+		Passed:        r.Passed,
+	}
+
+	copyleftSeen := map[string]bool{}
+	for _, fr := range r.Files {
+		// Coverable means a file that participates in license management. Skipped
+		// files (binary, uncommentable, unknown type) carry no managed header and are
+		// excluded from the source coverage tally, matching Build's by-license logic.
+		if fr.Skipped {
+			continue
+		}
+		f.SourceTotal++
+
+		id := fr.Detected.SPDXID
+		if fr.Detected.Present && id != "" {
+			f.SourceHeadered++
+			f.LicenseCounts[id]++
+
+			// Unknown = a detected id we cannot vouch for: not a real SPDX id, or one
+			// we have no curated category for. Either way it is unrecognized exposure.
+			if !spdx.Validate(id) || categoryToken(id) == model.CategoryUnknown.String() {
+				f.UnknownCount++
+			}
+
+			switch categoryToken(id) {
+			case model.CategoryWeakCopyleft.String(),
+				model.CategoryStrongCopyleft.String(),
+				model.CategoryNetworkCopyleft.String():
+				copyleftSeen[id] = true
+			}
+		} else {
+			f.SourceMissing++
+		}
+	}
+
+	f.Copyleft = sortedKeys(copyleftSeen)
+
+	if len(r.Dependencies) > 0 {
+		f.DepsScanned = true
+		f.DepsTotal = len(r.Dependencies)
+		for _, dep := range r.Dependencies {
+			if dep.Resolution == model.ResolutionResolved {
+				f.DepsResolved++
+			} else {
+				f.DepsUnresolved++
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Violations are already sorted+deduped on the Report, but copy defensively so a
+	// caller mutating the slice cannot perturb the source report.
+	f.Violations = append([]string(nil), r.Violations...)
+
+	return f
+}
+
+// licenseSummary renders the per-id license mix as "<id> <count>" tokens joined by
+// commas, appending "none <M>" when any coverable source file is missing a header,
+// and "(none)" when there are no coverable source files at all. Ids are sorted so
+// the line is deterministic.
+func (f Findings) licenseSummary() string {
+	if f.SourceTotal == 0 {
+		return "(none)"
+	}
+	parts := make([]string, 0, len(f.LicenseCounts)+1)
+	for _, id := range sortedKeys(f.LicenseCounts) {
+		parts = append(parts, fmt.Sprintf("%s %d", id, f.LicenseCounts[id]))
+	}
+	if f.SourceMissing > 0 {
+		parts = append(parts, fmt.Sprintf("none %d", f.SourceMissing))
+	}
+	if len(parts) == 0 {
+		return "(none)"
+	}
+	return strings.Join(parts, ", ")
+}
+
+// copyleftSummary renders the distinct copyleft ids present, or "none".
+func (f Findings) copyleftSummary() string {
+	if len(f.Copyleft) == 0 {
+		return "none"
+	}
+	return strings.Join(f.Copyleft, ", ")
+}
+
+// policySummary renders "PASS" or, on failure, "FAIL" followed by the violation
+// tokens and a count, so the reader sees the verdict and its cause in one line.
+func (f Findings) policySummary() string {
+	if f.Passed {
+		return "PASS"
+	}
+	if len(f.Violations) == 0 {
+		return "FAIL"
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("FAIL (%d: %s)", len(f.Violations), strings.Join(f.Violations, ", "))
+}
+
+// renderFindings writes the Findings block. It is the only formatter that knows the
+// block's layout; buildFindings owns the arithmetic. The dependencies line is
+// omitted entirely when dependency resolution did not run.
+func renderFindings(bw *errWriter, f Findings) {
+	bw.printf("findings:\n")
+	bw.printf("  source files: %d (headered %d, missing %d)\n", f.SourceTotal, f.SourceHeadered, f.SourceMissing)
+	bw.printf("  license types: %s\n", f.licenseSummary())
+	bw.printf("  unknown/unrecognized: %d\n", f.UnknownCount)
+	bw.printf("  copyleft: %s\n", f.copyleftSummary())
+	if f.DepsScanned {
+		bw.printf("  dependencies: %d (resolved %d, unresolved %d)\n", f.DepsTotal, f.DepsResolved, f.DepsUnresolved)
+	}
+	bw.printf("  policy: %s\n", f.policySummary())
+	bw.printf("\n")
+}
+
+// sortedKeys returns the keys of a string-keyed map in ascending order, the canonical
+// ordering used throughout the renderers for determinism.
+func sortedKeys[V any](m map[string]V) []string {
+	out := make([]string, 0, len(m))
+	for k := range m {
+		out = append(out, k)
+	}
+	sort.Strings(out)
+	return out
+}

internal/report/findings_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+package report
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/KofTwentyTwo/license-tool/internal/model"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+// fileWith builds a non-skipped FileResult carrying the given detected id (empty id
+// means "no managed header").
+func fileWith(path, id string) model.FileResult {
+	fr := model.FileResult{Path: path}
+	if id != "" {
+		fr.Detected = model.DetectedHeader{Present: true, SPDXID: id}
+	}
+	return fr
+}
+
+func TestBuildFindingsSourceCoverageAndLicenseMix(t *testing.T) {
+	r := model.Report{
+		Files: []model.FileResult{
+			fileWith("a.go", "MIT"),
+			fileWith("b.go", "MIT"),
+			fileWith("c.go", "GPL-3.0-or-later"),
+			fileWith("d.go", ""), // missing header
+			{Path: "skip.json", Skipped: true, SkipReason: "uncommentable"},
+		},
+	}
+	f := buildFindings(r)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, 4, f.SourceTotal) // skipped file excluded
+	assert.Equal(t, 3, f.SourceHeadered)
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, f.SourceMissing)
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, f.LicenseCounts["MIT"])
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, f.LicenseCounts["GPL-3.0-or-later"])
+
+	// License mix is sorted by id, with the missing bucket last.
+	assert.Equal(t, "GPL-3.0-or-later 1, MIT 2, none 1", f.licenseSummary())
+}
+
+func TestBuildFindingsUnknownAndCopyleft(t *testing.T) {
+	r := model.Report{
+		Files: []model.FileResult{
+			fileWith("a.go", "MIT"),                // permissive, known
+			fileWith("b.go", "GPL-3.0-or-later"),   // strong copyleft
+			fileWith("c.go", "Not-A-Real-License"), // unrecognized
+		},
+	}
+	f := buildFindings(r)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, f.UnknownCount)                        // only the bogus id
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"GPL-3.0-or-later"}, f.Copyleft) // strong copyleft present
+	assert.Equal(t, "GPL-3.0-or-later", f.copyleftSummary())
+}
+
+func TestBuildFindingsNoSourceFiles(t *testing.T) {
+	f := buildFindings(model.Report{})
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, f.SourceTotal)
+	assert.Equal(t, "(none)", f.licenseSummary())
+	assert.Equal(t, "none", f.copyleftSummary())
+}
+
+func TestBuildFindingsDependencies(t *testing.T) {
+	// No deps scanned -> the dependencies line is suppressed.
+	none := buildFindings(model.Report{})
+	assert.False(t, none.DepsScanned)
+
+	r := model.Report{
+		Dependencies: []model.DependencyLicense{
+			{Ecosystem: "maven", Name: "a", SPDXID: "MIT", Resolution: model.ResolutionResolved},
+			{Ecosystem: "npm", Name: "b", Resolution: model.ResolutionUnresolved},
+		},
+	}
+	f := buildFindings(r)
+	assert.True(t, f.DepsScanned)
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, f.DepsTotal)
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, f.DepsResolved)
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, f.DepsUnresolved)
+}
+
+// licenseSummary has a defensive "no parts" guard: when there are coverable source
+// files (SourceTotal > 0) but neither any headered ids nor any missing files, it
+// returns "(none)". buildFindings cannot produce that shape (every coverable file is
+// either headered or counted as missing, so SourceTotal > 0 implies at least one
+// part), so we exercise the guard directly on a hand-built Findings to keep it from
+// being dead-but-untested code.
+func TestFindingsLicenseSummaryNoPartsGuard(t *testing.T) {
+	f := Findings{SourceTotal: 1, LicenseCounts: map[string]int{}, SourceMissing: 0}
+	assert.Equal(t, "(none)", f.licenseSummary())
+}
+
+func TestFindingsPolicySummary(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, "PASS", Findings{Passed: true}.policySummary())
+	assert.Equal(t, "FAIL", Findings{Passed: false}.policySummary())
+	assert.Equal(t,
+		"FAIL (2: deny:GPL-3.0-or-later, missing-header)",
+		Findings{Passed: false, Violations: []string{"deny:GPL-3.0-or-later", "missing-header"}}.policySummary(),
+	)
+}
+
+func TestRenderFindingsBlock(t *testing.T) {
+	r := model.Report{
+		Files: []model.FileResult{
+			fileWith("a.go", "MIT"),
+			fileWith("d.go", ""),
+		},
+		Dependencies: []model.DependencyLicense{
+			{Ecosystem: "maven", Name: "a", SPDXID: "MIT", Resolution: model.ResolutionResolved},
+		},
+		Passed: true,
+	}
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	bw := &errWriter{w: &buf}
+	renderFindings(bw, buildFindings(r))
+	out := buf.String()
+
+	assert.Contains(t, out, "findings:")
+	assert.Contains(t, out, "source files: 2 (headered 1, missing 1)")
+	assert.Contains(t, out, "license types: MIT 1, none 1")
+	assert.Contains(t, out, "unknown/unrecognized: 0")
+	assert.Contains(t, out, "copyleft: none")
+	assert.Contains(t, out, "dependencies: 1 (resolved 1, unresolved 0)")
+	assert.Contains(t, out, "policy: PASS")
+}
+
+func TestRenderFindingsOmitsDepsWhenNotScanned(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	bw := &errWriter{w: &buf}
+	renderFindings(bw, buildFindings(model.Report{Passed: true}))
+	assert.NotContains(t, buf.String(), "dependencies:")
+}

internal/report/report.go

@@ -417,6 +417,11 @@ func renderText(w io.Writer, r model.Report) error {
 	bw.printf("root: %s\n", r.Root)
 	bw.printf("license: %s   holder: %s   style: %s\n\n", orNone(r.Config.License), orNone(r.Config.Holder), r.Config.Style)
 
+	// Findings summary first: a concise by-finding overview (coverage, license mix,
+	// unknowns, copyleft, deps, policy) so a reader sees the verdict before the
+	// detailed by-SPDX / by-category / by-file-type breakdowns below.
+	renderFindings(bw, buildFindings(r))
+
 	bw.printf("result: %s\n\n", passLabel(r.Passed))
 
 	bw.printf("by SPDX id:\n")

internal/spdx/spdx.go

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/fs"
+	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
@@ -193,6 +194,57 @@ func listVersionFrom(s *store, err error) string {
 	return s.version
 }
 
+// IDs returns every non-deprecated SPDX identifier in the vendored index, sorted.
+// WHY non-deprecated only: deprecated ids (e.g. "GPL-3.0", "AGPL-3.0") are legal to
+// validate for existing headers but must not be offered as new choices, so the
+// interactive picker that consumes this list never steers a user onto a deprecated
+// id. Returns nil on a snapshot load error so callers degrade to an empty picker
+// rather than panicking; the embedded snapshot always loads in production.
+func IDs() []string {
+	return idsFrom(get())
+}
+
+// idsFrom builds the sorted, deprecation-free id list from a get() result, so tests
+// can drive the load-error branch with an injected error. Production always loads the
+// embedded snapshot, so the error arm is otherwise unreachable; on error it returns
+// nil so the picker degrades to empty rather than panicking.
+func idsFrom(s *store, err error) []string {
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := make([]string, 0, len(s.ids))
+	for id, e := range s.ids {
+		if e.IsDeprecatedLicenseID {
+			continue
+		}
+		out = append(out, id)
+	}
+	sort.Strings(out)
+	return out
+}
+
+// CommonIDs returns a curated, display-ordered shortlist of the licenses users pick
+// most often. WHY a hand-ordered slice rather than a sorted subset of IDs: the order
+// is editorial (most-recommended first, permissive before copyleft), so the picker
+// can surface sensible defaults at the top before the full alphabetical long tail.
+func CommonIDs() []string {
+	return []string{
+		"MIT",
+		"Apache-2.0",
+		"BSD-3-Clause",
+		"BSD-2-Clause",
+		"ISC",
+		"MPL-2.0",
+		"GPL-3.0-or-later",
+		"GPL-2.0-only",
+		"LGPL-3.0-or-later",
+		"AGPL-3.0-or-later",
+		"AGPL-3.0-only",
+		"Unlicense",
+		"CC0-1.0",
+	}
+}
+
 // classify maps a curated SPDX id to its model.Category. AGPL is both strong and
 // network copyleft; we report it as network-copyleft since that is its defining,
 // most-restrictive obligation, and the policy layer treats network-copyleft as a

internal/spdx/spdx_internal_test.go

@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ func TestAccessorsWithLoadError(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, model.License{}, lic, "Lookup must return the zero License on load error")
 
 	assert.Equal(t, "", listVersionFrom(nil, errStore), "ListVersion must be empty on load error")
+
+	assert.Nil(t, idsFrom(nil, errStore), "IDs must be nil on load error so the picker degrades to empty")
 }
 
 // TestAccessorsFromHelpersHappyPath confirms the extracted helpers preserve the

internal/spdx/spdx_test.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package spdx
 
 import (
+	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -98,3 +99,34 @@ func TestAGPLCanonicalStandardHeader(t *testing.T) {
 func TestListVersion(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NotEmpty(t, ListVersion(), "embedded snapshot should record its list version")
 }
+
+// TestIDs confirms IDs() returns a non-empty, sorted, deprecation-free id list. The
+// picker that consumes it must never steer a user onto a deprecated id (e.g. the
+// bare "GPL-3.0"/"AGPL-3.0" forms), and must present a stable alphabetical order.
+func TestIDs(t *testing.T) {
+	ids := IDs()
+	require.NotEmpty(t, ids, "the vendored snapshot must yield some non-deprecated ids")
+
+	// Sorted, ascending.
+	assert.True(t, sort.StringsAreSorted(ids), "IDs() must be sorted")
+
+	// No deprecated ids leak through. The bare GPL/AGPL forms are deprecated in SPDX
+	// and must be filtered out so they are never offered as new choices.
+	for _, dep := range []string{"GPL-3.0", "AGPL-3.0", "GPL-2.0", "LGPL-3.0"} {
+		assert.NotContains(t, ids, dep, "deprecated id %q must be excluded from IDs()", dep)
+	}
+
+	// A representative non-deprecated id is present.
+	assert.Contains(t, ids, "MIT", "the canonical MIT id should be offered")
+}
+
+// TestCommonIDs confirms every curated shortlist id validates against the full
+// vendored index, so the picker can never present a "common" option that the rest
+// of the tool would later reject as an unknown SPDX id.
+func TestCommonIDs(t *testing.T) {
+	common := CommonIDs()
+	require.NotEmpty(t, common, "the common shortlist must not be empty")
+	for _, id := range common {
+		assert.Truef(t, Validate(id), "CommonIDs entry %q must be a valid SPDX id", id)
+	}
+}