chore: deprecate qawolf automate

[Atchyut Preetham Pulavarthi (theonly1me)]

Overview of Changes

qawolf automate is deprecated. The command has no hand-written code in this repo: registerPublicApiCommands mints it from the automate contract in @qawolf/api-contracts, and because that contract name has no dot it registers as a top-level command. The only in-repo lever is the generator's skip list.

• Skip the automate contract so the generator no longer registers the command.
• Split the skip list into handWrittenContractNames and deprecatedContractNames, since its comment gives serving a hand-written command as the only reason to skip a contract.
• Drop request automation of draft flows from the qawolf-cli skill description and regenerate skills/qawolf-cli/SKILL.md.
• Add a test that automate is not registered, so removing the skip-list entry fails.
• Add a changeset with a minor bump.

Breaking Changes

• qawolf automate no longer exists. Running it reports error: unknown command 'automate' and exits 2. The public API endpoint behind it is unchanged.

Testing

bun run typecheck
bun run lint
bun run format:check
bun run knip
bun run test

All pass, 2565 tests and 0 failures.

• bun run dev -- --help no longer lists automate.
• bun run dev -- automate reports error: unknown command 'automate' and exits 2.
• skills/qawolf-cli/SKILL.md regenerates to the committed content, with the only changes being the description line and the qawolf automate table row.

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Walkthrough

The deprecated qawolf automate command is removed from CLI skill descriptions and is verified as absent from the top-level command list. Skipped public API contracts now separate hand-written contracts from deprecated contracts and include automate in the deprecated group. A changeset documents the minor release and notes that the underlying public API endpoint remains unchanged.

Changes

Area	Change
CLI surface	Removed automate references from skill descriptions.
Contract handling	Added a separate deprecated contract list containing automate.
Validation	Added a test for the missing top-level command.
Release notes	Added a minor-release changeset.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Other

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to f9474

The deprecated command removal and related documentation and test updates are consistent, with no actionable merge-blocking risk identified.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title follows Conventional Commits, uses an allowed type, uses imperative wording, identifies the deprecated qawolf automate command, and is under 72 characters.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains the change, breaking behavior, implementation approach, and test results. It omits the template's separate Checklist section and does not report the build command, but it is m…
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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