Polish: colorize skills audit + animate update check

cmd/root.go

@@ -467,7 +467,12 @@ var updateCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		if ver == "" {
 			ver = "dev"
 		}
+		prog := NewCLIProgress("Update check", []string{"Checking GitHub for updates"})
+		defer prog.Abort()
+		prog.StartStep(0)
 		release, err := update.Check(ver)
+		prog.CompleteStep(0)
+		prog.Done()
 		if err != nil {
 			cmd.Println(auditTint("Update check failed: "+err.Error(), errorCoral))
 			return nil

cmd/skills_cmd.go

@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ var skillsAuditCmd = &cobra.Command{
 					fmt.Println(string(data))
 					return nil
 				}
-				fmt.Println(plugin.FormatAuditResult(r))
+				fmt.Println(plugin.FormatAuditResultColored(r))
 				return nil
 			}
 			if _, path, ok := plugin.InstalledSkillInfo(target); ok {
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ var skillsAuditCmd = &cobra.Command{
 					fmt.Println(string(data))
 					return nil
 				}
-				fmt.Println(plugin.FormatAuditResult(r))
+				fmt.Println(plugin.FormatAuditResultColored(r))
 				return nil
 			}
 			return fmt.Errorf("skill or file %q not found", target)
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ var skillsAuditCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			fmt.Println(string(data))
 			return nil
 		}
-		fmt.Println(plugin.FormatAuditResult(result))
+		fmt.Println(plugin.FormatAuditResultColored(result))
 		return nil
 	},
 }

internal/plugin/audit.go

@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@ package plugin
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"image/color"
 	"io/fs"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"unicode"
 
+	"github.com/GrayCodeAI/graycode-cli/internal/theme"
 	"github.com/GrayCodeAI/graycode-cli/internal/ui/icons"
 )
 
@@ -138,8 +140,31 @@ func AuditAllSkills() AuditResult {
 
 // FormatAuditResult formats audit findings for display.
 func FormatAuditResult(r AuditResult) string {
+	return formatAuditResult(r, false)
+}
+
+// FormatAuditResultColored formats audit findings with semantic severity
+// colors for direct terminal display (e.g. `graycode skills audit`). Prefer
+// FormatAuditResult when embedding the result inside another styled surface
+// (e.g. chat system messages) to avoid nested ANSI codes.
+func FormatAuditResultColored(r AuditResult) string {
+	return formatAuditResult(r, true)
+}
+
+func formatAuditResult(r AuditResult, colored bool) string {
+	sev := func(s AuditSeverity) string {
+		label := fmt.Sprintf("[%s]", s)
+		if !colored {
+			return label
+		}
+		return theme.Tint(label, severityColor(s))
+	}
 	if len(r.Findings) == 0 && len(r.Validation) == 0 {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("Scanned %d file(s). No security issues found. "+icons.CheckBold(), r.Files)
+		ok := fmt.Sprintf("Scanned %d file(s). No security issues found. "+icons.CheckBold(), r.Files)
+		if colored {
+			ok = theme.Tint(ok, theme.ReportSuccess)
+		}
+		return ok
 	}
 
 	var b strings.Builder
@@ -155,25 +180,50 @@ func FormatAuditResult(r AuditResult) string {
 		case SeverityInfo:
 			info++
 		}
-		_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(&b, "  [%s] %s:%d:%d — %s\n", f.Severity, f.File, f.Line, f.Column, f.Message)
+		_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(&b, "  %s %s:%d:%d — %s\n", sev(f.Severity), f.File, f.Line, f.Column, f.Message)
 	}
 
 	b.WriteString("\n")
 	for _, f := range r.Validation {
-		_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(&b, "  [%s] %s — %s\n", f.Severity, f.Path, f.Message)
+		_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(&b, "  %s %s — %s\n", sev(f.Severity), f.Path, f.Message)
 	}
 	if critical > 0 {
-		_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(&b, icons.Alert()+" %d CRITICAL finding(s) — these skills may contain hidden malicious content.\n", critical)
+		line := icons.Alert() + fmt.Sprintf(" %d CRITICAL finding(s) — these skills may contain hidden malicious content.\n", critical)
+		if colored {
+			line = theme.Tint(line, theme.ReportError)
+		}
+		b.WriteString(line)
 	}
 	if warning > 0 {
-		_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(&b, "  %d WARNING(s) — invisible characters that may hide content.\n", warning)
+		line := fmt.Sprintf("  %d WARNING(s) — invisible characters that may hide content.\n", warning)
+		if colored {
+			line = theme.Tint(line, theme.ReportWarn)
+		}
+		b.WriteString(line)
 	}
 	if info > 0 {
-		_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(&b, "  %d INFO — potential homoglyphs (may be legitimate non-Latin text).\n", info)
+		line := fmt.Sprintf("  %d INFO — potential homoglyphs (may be legitimate non-Latin text).\n", info)
+		if colored {
+			line = theme.Tint(line, theme.ReportInfo)
+		}
+		b.WriteString(line)
 	}
 	return b.String()
 }
 
+// severityColor maps an audit severity to its semantic report color.
+func severityColor(sev AuditSeverity) color.Color {
+	switch sev {
+	case SeverityCritical:
+		return theme.ReportError
+	case SeverityWarning:
+		return theme.ReportWarn
+	case SeverityInfo:
+		return theme.ReportInfo
+	}
+	return theme.ReportMuted
+}
+
 // StripDangerousChars removes dangerous Unicode characters from content.
 func StripDangerousChars(content string) string {
 	var b strings.Builder

internal/plugin/auto_skill_audit_test.go

@@ -212,6 +212,24 @@ func TestFormatAuditResultFindings(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestFormatAuditResultColored(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Setenv("NO_COLOR", "")
+	t.Setenv("FORCE_COLOR", "1")
+	r := AuditResult{
+		Files: 1,
+		Findings: []AuditFinding{
+			{File: "test.md", Line: 1, Column: 5, Severity: SeverityCritical, Category: "bidi-override", Message: "BiDi override (U+202E)"},
+		},
+	}
+	out := FormatAuditResultColored(r)
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "\x1b[") {
+		t.Error("expected ANSI escape in colored output under FORCE_COLOR")
+	}
+	if plain := FormatAuditResult(r); strings.Contains(plain, "\x1b[") {
+		t.Error("plain FormatAuditResult should not emit ANSI")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestStripDangerousChars(t *testing.T) {
 	input := "Hello\u202E world\u200B end"
 	result := StripDangerousChars(input)