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+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Dennis Fink <me+coding@dennisfink.me>
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+import click_extra as click
+
+
+class FlexibleColorOption(click.ColorOption):
+    """Allow the color option value to be passed with or without ``=``."""
+
+    _gnu_optional_value = False
+
+
+def emit(prefix: str, color: str, *message: str, enabled: bool = True) -> None:
+    """Render a styled prefix and message to stdout.
+
+    Internal helper used by error(), msg(), warn(), verbose(), and debug()
+    to avoid duplicating the Click styling and echo logic. The first message
+    argument is rendered in bold, subsequent arguments are appended unstyled.
+
+    Args:
+        prefix: The prefix string shown before the message (e.g. "==>", "==> ERROR:").
+        color: A Click-compatible color name (e.g. "red", "green") applied to the prefix.
+        *message: One or more message parts to display. At least one is required.
+        enabled: If False, the function returns immediately without printing.
+                 Defaults to True.
+
+    Raises:
+        TypeError: If no message arguments are provided.
+    """
+    if not message:
+        raise TypeError("emit() missing 1 required positional argument: 'message'")
+
+    if not enabled:
+        return
+
+    click.echo(
+        " ".join(
+            [
+                click.style(prefix, fg=color, bold=True),
+                click.style(message[0], bold=True),
+                *message[1:],
+            ]
+        )
+    )
+
+
+def error(*message: str) -> None:
+    """Print a formatted error message to stdout in red.
+
+    The first argument is rendered in bold, subsequent arguments are appended
+    unstyled. Always prints regardless of quiet or verbose flags.
+
+    Args:
+        *message: One or more message parts to display.
+    """
+    emit("==> ERROR:", "red", *message)
+
+
+@click.pass_obj
+def msg(obj: dict[str, bool], *message: str) -> None:
+    """Print a formatted informational message to stdout in green.
+
+    Suppressed when the quiet flag is set. The first argument is rendered
+    in bold, subsequent arguments are appended unstyled.
+
+    Args:
+        *message: One or more message parts to display.
+    """
+    emit("==>", "green", *message, enabled=not obj.get("quiet", False))
+
+
+@click.pass_obj
+def warn(obj: dict[str, bool], *message: str) -> None:
+    """Print a formatted warning message to stdout in yellow.
+
+    Suppressed when the quiet flag is set. The first argument is rendered
+    in bold, subsequent arguments are appended unstyled.
+
+    Args:
+        *message: One or more message parts to display.
+    """
+    emit("==>", "yellow", *message, enabled=not obj.get("quiet", False))
+
+
+@click.pass_obj
+def verbose(obj: dict[str, bool], *message: str) -> None:
+    """Print a formatted verbose message to stdout in blue.
+
+    Only prints when the verbose flag is set and the quiet flag is not.
+    The first argument is rendered in bold, subsequent arguments are
+    appended unstyled.
+
+    Args:
+        *message: One or more message parts to display.
+    """
+    emit(
+        "==>",
+        "blue",
+        *message,
+        enabled=obj.get("verbose", False) and not obj.get("quiet", False),
+    )
+
+
+@click.pass_obj
+def debug(obj: dict[str, bool], *message: str) -> None:
+    """Print a formatted debug message to stdout in magenta.
+
+    Only prints when the DEBUG environment variable is set to a truthy
+    value (1, true, yes). The first argument is rendered in bold,
+    subsequent arguments are appended unstyled.
+
+    Args:
+        *message: One or more message parts to display.
+    """
+    emit("==>", "magenta", *message, enabled=obj.get("debug", False))