affaan-m/ECC · error · Error

Missing work item id.

Error message

Missing work item id.

What it means

The 'show' subcommand of work-items.js needs an item identifier: resolveWorkItemId(options) returned null because neither a positional id nor --id was passed to the CLI.

Solutions

1. Provide the id positionally or via --id when running the show command
2. Run item list to discover valid work item ids

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at scripts/work-items.js:438 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of affaan-m/ECC@8321021c54 (2026-09-16). Data as JSON: /api/errors/1f2b52597bb2b94b. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at scripts/work-items.js:438

    store = await createStateStore({
      dbPath: options.dbPath,
      homeDir: process.env.HOME || os.homedir()
    });

    if (options.command === 'list') {
      const payload = store.listWorkItems({ limit: normalizeLimit(options.limit) });
      if (options.json) {
        console.log(JSON.stringify(payload, null, 2));
      } else {
        printWorkItemList(payload);
      }
      return;
    }

    if (options.command === 'show') {
      const id = resolveWorkItemId(options);
      if (!id) {
        throw new Error('Missing work item id.');
      }
      const item = store.getWorkItemById(id);
      if (!item) {
        throw new Error(`Work item not found: ${id}`);
      }
      if (options.json) {
        console.log(JSON.stringify(item, null, 2));
      } else {
        printWorkItem(item);
      }
      return;
    }

    if (options.command === 'upsert') {
      const id = resolveWorkItemId(options);
      const existing = id ? store.getWorkItemById(id) : null;
      const item = store.upsertWorkItem(buildUpsertPayload(options, existing));
      if (options.json) {

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