feat(cli): deprecate console and dev modes in favor of lk agent - #6656
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Point users at the LiveKit CLI before console mode is removed from the Python framework.
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Console and dev modes are being removed from the Python framework. This adds the deprecation notices first, pointing users at
lk agent console/lk agent devand the CLI setup docs.Surfaces, all in the legacy rich CLI:
Recordingnotice), so it shows in both audio and text mode:devlogs a deprecation warning at startup (alongside the existing auto-reload warning).console --helpanddev --helpboth readDeprecated: use lk agent <cmd> instead.run_appalready emits a genericDeprecationWarningfor the whole legacy Python CLI, so no second command-specificwarnings.warnhere — this fills the gap in per-command migration guidance.The TCP console in
cli.pyis untouched; that is the pathlk agent consoledrives, not the one being deprecated.