feat: add UTM attribution to the CLI login URL

[seancdavis]

Summary

Adds UTM params to the netlify login URL so we can count signups that come from the CLI, and credit them to an agent when one is driving.

What changed

• New buildAuthorizeUrl helper, used by both login paths
• Every login URL gets utm_source=cli and utm_campaign=integrations
• When an agent is detected, adds utm_content (agent name) and utm_term (the env var that identified it, plus its value for AI_AGENT and NETLIFY_AGENT)
• Login fails early if the API doesn't return a ticket ID
• Documents NETLIFY_AGENT in docs/index.md

Linear: https://linear.app/netlify/issue/EX-3038/cli-signup-attribution-via-agent

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📝 Summary

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Login URLs now include integration context to improve the sign-in experience when launched from supported AI agents.
  • AI-agent identification can be provided through the NETLIFY_AGENT environment variable, optionally including a version.

• Bug Fixes

  • Improved login error handling when authorization details cannot be created.
  • Login URLs consistently use the configured Netlify web interface.

• Documentation

  • Added guidance for running the CLI from an AI agent, including safe handling of agent identification values.

Walkthrough

The change adds a shared authorization URL builder with attribution parameters and optional AI agent metadata. Login flows use this helper and reject ticket responses without an ID. Unit tests cover URL construction and authentication output. Documentation describes the NETLIFY_AGENT environment variable and its handling of sensitive values.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Suggested reviewers: sean-roberts

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to d7b6d

This change adds login attribution while preserving ticket validation and covered authentication behavior. No actionable correctness, security, or availability risk is identified, so it is mergeable with normal checks.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the primary change: adding UTM attribution to the CLI login URL.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description directly explains the UTM parameters, agent attribution, shared URL helper, ticket validation, and documentation changes.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 5…
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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Comparing with 2d4360c

• Dependency count: 1,067 (no change)
• Package size: 405 MB ⬆️ 0.00% increase vs. 2d4360c
• Number of ts-expect-error directives: 346 (no change)

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🧹 Nitpick comments (1)

src/utils/login-url.ts (1)

3-4: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Remove implementation comments from this TypeScript module.

Rename the constant to express the URL-disclosure restriction. Then remove these comments.

Proposed refactor

-// By contract these two hold only a non-sensitive agent name[`@version`]. Every other marker's value is a flag,
-// a session or run id, or a path, none of which may reach a URL.
-const SOURCES_WITH_ANNOUNCED_VALUE = new Set(['NETLIFY_AGENT', 'AI_AGENT'])
+const SOURCES_ALLOWED_TO_INCLUDE_ENV_VALUE_IN_UTM = new Set(['NETLIFY_AGENT', 'AI_AGENT'])
 
-  const value = SOURCES_WITH_ANNOUNCED_VALUE.has(source) ? env[source] : undefined
+  const value = SOURCES_ALLOWED_TO_INCLUDE_ENV_VALUE_IN_UTM.has(source) ? env[source] : undefined

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In `@src/utils/login-url.ts` around lines 3 - 4, Rename the constant in the login
URL module to clearly express that only approved agent-name markers may be
disclosed in URLs, then remove the implementation comments around it without
changing the filtering behavior.

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In `@src/utils/login-url.ts`:
- Around line 3-4: Rename the constant in the login URL module to clearly
express that only approved agent-name markers may be disclosed in URLs, then
remove the implementation comments around it without changing the filtering
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• docs/index.md
• src/commands/base-command.ts
• src/commands/login/login-request.ts
• src/utils/login-url.ts
• tests/unit/commands/login/login-request.test.ts
• tests/unit/utils/login-url.test.ts

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