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+# nerve daemon — E2E Scenarios
+
+## daemon start
+
+- ✅ starts daemon, writes PID file, kernel comes up (via lifecycle test)
+- 🔲 start when already running — error or no-op
+- 🔲 start with `--foreground` flag
+
+## daemon stop
+
+- ✅ stops daemon, clears PID file (via lifecycle test)
+- 🔲 stop when not running — graceful message
+
+## daemon status
+
+- ✅ reports "running" when daemon is up, "not running" when stopped (via lifecycle test)
+- 🔲 `--json` output
+
+## daemon restart
+
+- 🔲 restarts daemon — stop + start round-trip
+- 🔲 restart when not running — starts fresh
+
+## daemon logs (nerve logs)
+
+- ✅ shows "log file not found" when no log exists
+- ✅ displays last N lines (tail mode)
+- ✅ respects `-n` flag to limit lines
+- ✅ supports `--offset` for pagination
+- ✅ shows pagination hint when earlier lines exist
+- ✅ shows empty message for empty log file
+- 🔲 `--follow` / `-f` streams new lines
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/__tests__/e2e/dev.md b/packages/cli/src/__tests__/e2e/dev.md
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+# nerve dev — E2E Scenarios
+
+- 🔲 runs foreground kernel session with hot-reload
+- 🔲 exits cleanly on Ctrl+C / SIGINT
+- 🔲 detects sense file changes and reloads
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/__tests__/e2e/init.md b/packages/cli/src/__tests__/e2e/init.md
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+# nerve init — E2E Scenarios
+
+## init (workspace)
+
+- ✅ `--force` creates workspace layout (nerve.yaml, senses/, workflows/)
+- ✅ generated nerve.yaml passes validate
+- ✅ init without `--force` on existing dir exits 1
+- 🔲 init in empty dir without `--force` — succeeds
+- 🔲 `--from <git-url>` clones and sets up workspace
+
+## init workflow
+
+- 🔲 creates workflow scaffold under workflows/
+- 🔲 generated workflow has valid structure
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/__tests__/e2e/remote.md b/packages/cli/src/__tests__/e2e/remote.md
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+# nerve remote — E2E Scenarios
+
+## remote add
+
+- 🔲 adds a named remote, persists to config
+- 🔲 duplicate name — error message
+
+## remote list
+
+- 🔲 lists all remotes with name and host
+- 🔲 empty state — no remotes
+
+## remote show
+
+- 🔲 shows remote details (host, token masked)
+- 🔲 non-existent remote — error message
+
+## remote set-url
+
+- 🔲 updates remote host
+- 🔲 non-existent remote — error message
+
+## remote set-token
+
+- 🔲 updates remote token
+- 🔲 non-existent remote — error message
+
+## remote remove
+
+- 🔲 removes a remote
+- 🔲 non-existent remote — error message
+
+## remote default
+
+- 🔲 set default remote
+- 🔲 show current default
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/__tests__/e2e/sense.md b/packages/cli/src/__tests__/e2e/sense.md
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+# nerve sense — E2E Scenarios
+
+## sense list
+
+- ✅ prints sense list with name, group, throttle, triggers, and last signal time
+- 🔲 empty state — no senses registered, prints empty message
+- 🔲 `--json` — outputs valid JSON array
+
+## sense trigger
+
+- ✅ trigger known sense exits 0, stdout contains "Triggered"
+- ✅ trigger non-existent sense writes error to stderr and exits 1
+- ✅ sends correct IPC message `{ type: trigger-sense, sense: <name> }` to daemon
+
+## sense query
+
+- ✅ after trigger, persisted `_signals` table has at least one row
+- ✅ default output lists payload column and counter count
+- ✅ `--json` prints valid JSON array with payload on each row
+- ✅ `--sql` runs custom read-only SQL and prints result
+- 🔲 query non-existent sense — error message
+- 🔲 `--limit` / `--offset` pagination
+
+## sense schema
+
+- ✅ prints CREATE TABLE statements for the sense database
+- ✅ includes `_signals` table in output
+- ✅ `--json` prints valid JSON array of SQL strings
+- 🔲 schema for non-existent sense — error message
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/__tests__/e2e/smoke.md b/packages/cli/src/__tests__/e2e/smoke.md
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+# nerve smoke — E2E Scenarios
+
+Full round-trip integration tests that exercise multiple subcommands together.
+
+- ✅ sense list + sense query after trigger — registers sense, triggers, verifies persisted signal and query output
+- 🔲 init → dev → trigger workflow → thread inspect round-trip
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/__tests__/e2e/store.md b/packages/cli/src/__tests__/e2e/store.md
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+# nerve store — E2E Scenarios
+
+## store archive
+
+- ✅ archives old workflow logs to JSONL, removes rows from logs DB, thread list still reads workflow_runs
+- ✅ `--vacuum` completes VACUUM after archiving
+- 🔲 archive with no old data — exits cleanly with "nothing to archive"
+- 🔲 archive with custom `--before` date filter
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/__tests__/e2e/thread.md b/packages/cli/src/__tests__/e2e/thread.md
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+# nerve thread — E2E Scenarios
+
+## thread list
+
+- ✅ `--all` completes without throwing
+- 🔲 lists active threads with run ID, workflow name, status
+- 🔲 empty state — no threads
+
+## thread inspect
+
+- ✅ inspect `<runId>` completes without throwing
+- 🔲 inspect non-existent runId — error message
+- 🔲 output contains workflow name, roles, round count
+
+## thread show
+
+- ✅ show `<runId>` completes without throwing (role rounds path)
+- 🔲 show non-existent runId — error message
+- 🔲 output contains conversation messages
+
+## thread kill
+
+- 🔲 kill active thread — exits 0, thread stops
+- 🔲 kill non-existent thread — error message
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/__tests__/e2e/validate.md b/packages/cli/src/__tests__/e2e/validate.md
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+# nerve validate — E2E Scenarios
+
+- ✅ exits 0 for valid nerve.yaml
+- ✅ exits 1 for invalid nerve.yaml
+- ✅ exits 1 for malformed config (missing required fields)
+- ✅ exits 1 when nerve.yaml is missing
+- 🔲 `--json` outputs structured validation errors
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/__tests__/e2e/workflow.md b/packages/cli/src/__tests__/e2e/workflow.md
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+# nerve workflow — E2E Scenarios
+
+## workflow list
+
+- 🔲 lists registered workflows with name and status
+- 🔲 empty state — no workflows registered
+
+## workflow status
+
+- 🔲 shows status of a specific workflow
+- 🔲 non-existent workflow — error message
+
+## workflow trigger
+
+- ✅ trigger + thread list/inspect/show round-trip (echo workflow)
+- 🔲 trigger non-existent workflow — error message
+- 🔲 trigger with `--input` JSON payload