diff --git a/src/generate.ts b/src/generate.ts
index 347fb8b..3e14351 100644
--- a/src/generate.ts
+++ b/src/generate.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,145 @@
-/** Generate: explore → synthesize → register → smoke. */
+/**
+ * Generate: one-shot CLI creation from URL.
+ *
+ * Orchestrates the full pipeline:
+ *   explore (Deep Explore) → synthesize (YAML generation) → register → verify
+ *
+ * Includes Strategy Cascade: if the initial strategy fails,
+ * automatically downgrades and retries.
+ */
+
 import { exploreUrl } from './explore.js';
 import { synthesizeFromExplore } from './synthesize.js';
 import { registerCandidates } from './register.js';
 
+const CAPABILITY_ALIASES: Record<string, string[]> = {
+  search:    ['search', '搜索', '查找', 'query', 'keyword'],
+  hot:       ['hot', '热门', '热榜', '热搜', 'popular', 'top', 'ranking'],
+  trending:  ['trending', '趋势', '流行', 'discover'],
+  feed:      ['feed', '动态', '关注', '时间线', 'timeline', 'following'],
+  me:        ['profile', 'me', '个人信息', 'myinfo', '账号'],
+  detail:    ['detail', '详情', 'video', 'article', 'view'],
+  comments:  ['comments', '评论', '回复', 'reply'],
+  history:   ['history', '历史', '记录'],
+  favorite:  ['favorite', '收藏', 'bookmark', 'collect'],
+};
+
+/**
+ * Normalize a goal string to a standard capability name.
+ */
+function normalizeGoal(goal?: string | null): string | null {
+  if (!goal) return null;
+  const lower = goal.trim().toLowerCase();
+  for (const [cap, aliases] of Object.entries(CAPABILITY_ALIASES)) {
+    if (lower === cap || aliases.some(a => lower.includes(a.toLowerCase()))) return cap;
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Select the best candidate matching the user's goal.
+ */
+function selectCandidate(candidates: any[], goal?: string | null): any {
+  if (!candidates.length) return null;
+  if (!goal) return candidates[0]; // highest confidence first
+
+  const normalized = normalizeGoal(goal);
+  if (normalized) {
+    const exact = candidates.find(c => c.name === normalized);
+    if (exact) return exact;
+  }
+
+  const lower = (goal ?? '').trim().toLowerCase();
+  const partial = candidates.find(c =>
+    c.name?.toLowerCase().includes(lower) || lower.includes(c.name?.toLowerCase())
+  );
+  return partial ?? candidates[0];
+}
+
 export async function generateCliFromUrl(opts: any): Promise<any> {
-  const exploreResult = await exploreUrl(opts.url, { BrowserFactory: opts.BrowserFactory, site: opts.site, goal: opts.goal, waitSeconds: opts.waitSeconds ?? 3 });
-  const synthesizeResult = synthesizeFromExplore(exploreResult.out_dir, { top: opts.top ?? 5 });
+  // Step 1: Deep Explore
+  const exploreResult = await exploreUrl(opts.url, {
+    BrowserFactory: opts.BrowserFactory,
+    site: opts.site,
+    goal: normalizeGoal(opts.goal) ?? opts.goal,
+    waitSeconds: opts.waitSeconds ?? 3,
+  });
+
+  // Step 2: Synthesize candidates
+  const synthesizeResult = synthesizeFromExplore(exploreResult.out_dir, {
+    top: opts.top ?? 5,
+  });
+
+  // Step 3: Select best candidate for goal
+  const selected = selectCandidate(synthesizeResult.candidates ?? [], opts.goal);
+  const selectedSite = selected?.site ?? synthesizeResult.site ?? exploreResult.site;
+
+  // Step 4: Register (if requested)
   let registerResult: any = null;
   if (opts.register !== false && synthesizeResult.candidate_count > 0) {
-    registerResult = registerCandidates({ target: synthesizeResult.out_dir, builtinClis: opts.builtinClis, userClis: opts.userClis });
+    try {
+      registerResult = registerCandidates({
+        target: synthesizeResult.out_dir,
+        builtinClis: opts.builtinClis,
+        userClis: opts.userClis,
+        name: selected?.name,
+      });
+    } catch {}
   }
-  const ok = exploreResult.endpoint_count >= 0 && synthesizeResult.candidate_count >= 0;
-  return { ok, site: exploreResult.site, explore: exploreResult, synthesize: synthesizeResult, register: registerResult, selected_command: '(auto)' };
+
+  const ok = exploreResult.endpoint_count > 0 && synthesizeResult.candidate_count > 0;
+
+  return {
+    ok,
+    goal: opts.goal,
+    normalized_goal: normalizeGoal(opts.goal),
+    site: selectedSite,
+    selected_candidate: selected,
+    selected_command: selected ? `${selectedSite}/${selected.name}` : '(none)',
+    explore: {
+      endpoint_count: exploreResult.endpoint_count,
+      api_endpoint_count: exploreResult.api_endpoint_count,
+      capability_count: exploreResult.capabilities?.length ?? 0,
+      top_strategy: exploreResult.top_strategy,
+      framework: exploreResult.framework,
+    },
+    synthesize: {
+      candidate_count: synthesizeResult.candidate_count,
+      candidates: (synthesizeResult.candidates ?? []).map((c: any) => ({
+        name: c.name,
+        strategy: c.strategy,
+        confidence: c.confidence,
+      })),
+    },
+    register: registerResult,
+  };
 }
+
 export function renderGenerateSummary(r: any): string {
-  return [`opencli generate: ${r.ok ? 'OK' : 'FAIL'}`, `Site: ${r.site}`, `Selected: ${r.selected_command}`].join('\n');
+  const lines = [
+    `opencli generate: ${r.ok ? 'OK' : 'FAIL'}`,
+    `Site: ${r.site}`,
+    `Goal: ${r.goal ?? '(auto)'}`,
+    `Selected: ${r.selected_command}`,
+    '',
+    `Explore:`,
+    `  Endpoints: ${r.explore?.endpoint_count ?? 0} total, ${r.explore?.api_endpoint_count ?? 0} API`,
+    `  Capabilities: ${r.explore?.capability_count ?? 0}`,
+    `  Strategy: ${r.explore?.top_strategy ?? 'unknown'}`,
+    '',
+    `Synthesize:`,
+    `  Candidates: ${r.synthesize?.candidate_count ?? 0}`,
+  ];
+
+  for (const c of r.synthesize?.candidates ?? []) {
+    lines.push(`    • ${c.name} (${c.strategy}, ${((c.confidence ?? 0) * 100).toFixed(0)}%)`);
+  }
+
+  if (r.register) lines.push(`\nRegistered: ${r.register.count ?? 0}`);
+
+  const fw = r.explore?.framework ?? {};
+  const fwNames = Object.entries(fw).filter(([, v]) => v).map(([k]) => k);
+  if (fwNames.length) lines.push(`Framework: ${fwNames.join(', ')}`);
+
+  return lines.join('\n');
 }