add limit clause

.doc/doki/doc/ruki/examples.md

@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ select where status = "done" order by updatedAt desc
 select where "bug" in tags order by priority asc, createdAt desc
 ```
 
+Select with limit:
+
+```sql
+select order by priority limit 3
+select where "bug" in tags order by priority limit 5
+select id, title order by priority limit 2 | clipboard()
+```
+
 Create a tiki:
 
 ```sql

.doc/doki/doc/ruki/quick-start.md

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ select
 select title, status
 select id, title where status = "done"
 select where "bug" in tags and priority <= 2
+select where status != "done" order by priority limit 3
 ```
 
 `create` writes one or more assignments:

.doc/doki/doc/ruki/semantics.md

@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ This page explains how `ruki` statements, triggers, conditions, and expressions
 - Duplicate fields are rejected.
 - Only bare field names are allowed — `old.` and `new.` qualifiers are not valid in `order by`.
 
+`limit`
+
+- Must be a positive integer.
+- Applied after filtering and sorting, before any pipe action.
+- If the limit exceeds the result count, all results are returned (no error).
+
 `create`
 
 - `create` is a list of assignments.
@@ -172,8 +178,8 @@ For the detailed type rules and built-ins, see [Types And Values](types-and-valu
 `select` statements may include an optional pipe suffix:
 
 ```text
-select <fields> where <condition> | run(<command>)
-select <fields> where <condition> | clipboard()
+select <fields> where <condition> [order by ...] [limit N] | run(<command>)
+select <fields> where <condition> [order by ...] [limit N] | clipboard()
 ```
 
 ### `| run(...)` — shell execution

.doc/doki/doc/ruki/syntax.md

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ The following EBNF-style summary shows the grammar:
 ```text
 statement        = selectStmt | createStmt | updateStmt | deleteStmt ;
 
-selectStmt       = "select" [ fieldList | "*" ] [ "where" condition ] [ orderBy ] [ pipeAction ] ;
+selectStmt       = "select" [ fieldList | "*" ] [ "where" condition ] [ orderBy ] [ "limit" int ] [ pipeAction ] ;
 fieldList        = identifier { "," identifier } ;
 pipeAction       = "|" ( runAction | clipboardAction ) ;
 clipboardAction  = "clipboard" "(" ")" ;
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ Notes:
 - `update` requires both `where` and `set`.
 - `delete` requires `where`.
 - `order by` is only valid on `select`, not on subqueries inside `count(...)`.
-- `asc`, `desc`, `order`, and `by` are contextual keywords — they are only special in the ORDER BY clause.
+- `limit` truncates the result set to at most N rows, applied after filtering and sorting but before any pipe action.
+- `asc`, `desc`, `order`, `by`, and `limit` are contextual keywords — they are only special in the SELECT clause.
 - Bare `select` and `select *` both mean all fields. A field list like `select title, status` projects only the named fields.
 - `every` wraps a CRUD statement with a periodic interval. Only `create`, `update`, and `delete` are allowed
 
@@ -145,6 +146,14 @@ select where status = "done" order by updatedAt desc
 select where "bug" in tags order by priority asc, createdAt desc
 ```
 
+Limit:
+
+```sql
+select order by priority limit 3
+select where status != "done" order by priority limit 5
+select limit 1
+```
+
 ## Expression grammar
 
 Expressions support literals, field references, qualifiers, function calls, list literals, parenthesized expressions, subqueries, and left-associative `+` or `-` chains:

.doc/doki/doc/ruki/validation-and-errors.md

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 - [Type and operator errors](#type-and-operator-errors)
 - [Enum and list errors](#enum-and-list-errors)
 - [Order by errors](#order-by-errors)
+- [Limit errors](#limit-errors)
 - [Built-in and subquery errors](#built-in-and-subquery-errors)
 
 ## Overview
@@ -216,6 +217,22 @@ Order by inside a subquery:
 select where count(select where status = "done" order by priority) >= 1
 ```
 
+## Limit errors
+
+Validation error (must be positive):
+
+```sql
+select limit 0
+```
+
+Parse errors (invalid token after `limit`):
+
+```sql
+select limit -1
+select limit "three"
+select limit
+```
+
 ## Pipe validation errors
 
 Pipe actions (`| run(...)` and `| clipboard()`) on `select` have several restrictions:

ruki/ast.go

@@ -13,11 +13,12 @@ type Statement struct {
 	Delete *DeleteStmt
 }
 
-// SelectStmt represents "select [fields] [where <condition>] [order by <field> [asc|desc], ...] [| run(...) | clipboard()]".
+// SelectStmt represents "select [fields] [where <condition>] [order by ...] [limit N] [| run(...) | clipboard()]".
 type SelectStmt struct {
 	Fields  []string        // nil = all ("select" or "select *"); non-nil = specific fields
 	Where   Condition       // nil = select all
 	OrderBy []OrderByClause // nil = unordered
+	Limit   *int            // nil = no limit; positive = max result count
 	Pipe    *PipeAction     // optional pipe suffix: "| run(...)" or "| clipboard()"
 }
 

ruki/executor.go

@@ -153,6 +153,10 @@ func (e *Executor) executeSelect(sel *SelectStmt, tasks []*task.Task) (*Result,
 		e.sortTasks(filtered, sel.OrderBy)
 	}
 
+	if sel.Limit != nil && *sel.Limit < len(filtered) {
+		filtered = filtered[:*sel.Limit]
+	}
+
 	if sel.Pipe != nil {
 		switch {
 		case sel.Pipe.Run != nil:

ruki/executor_test.go

@@ -299,6 +299,72 @@ func TestExecuteSelectNoOrderByPreservesInputOrder(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// --- limit ---
+
+func TestExecuteSelectLimit(t *testing.T) {
+	e := newTestExecutor()
+	p := newTestParser()
+	tasks := makeTasks()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		input   string
+		wantIDs []string
+	}{
+		{
+			"limit fewer than available",
+			"select order by priority limit 2",
+			[]string{"TIKI-000002", "TIKI-000001"},
+		},
+		{
+			"limit equal to count",
+			"select limit 4",
+			[]string{"TIKI-000001", "TIKI-000002", "TIKI-000003", "TIKI-000004"},
+		},
+		{
+			"limit greater than count",
+			"select limit 100",
+			[]string{"TIKI-000001", "TIKI-000002", "TIKI-000003", "TIKI-000004"},
+		},
+		{
+			"limit 1",
+			"select order by priority limit 1",
+			[]string{"TIKI-000002"},
+		},
+		{
+			"limit with where",
+			"select where priority <= 2 order by priority limit 1",
+			[]string{"TIKI-000002"},
+		},
+		{
+			"limit without order by",
+			"select limit 2",
+			[]string{"TIKI-000001", "TIKI-000002"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			stmt, err := p.ParseStatement(tt.input)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("parse: %v", err)
+			}
+			result, err := e.Execute(stmt, tasks)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("execute: %v", err)
+			}
+			if len(result.Select.Tasks) != len(tt.wantIDs) {
+				t.Fatalf("expected %d tasks, got %d", len(tt.wantIDs), len(result.Select.Tasks))
+			}
+			for i, wantID := range tt.wantIDs {
+				if result.Select.Tasks[i].ID != wantID {
+					t.Errorf("task[%d].ID = %q, want %q", i, result.Select.Tasks[i].ID, wantID)
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 // --- enum normalization ---
 
 func TestExecuteEnumNormalization(t *testing.T) {

ruki/grammar.go

@@ -23,9 +23,16 @@ type selectGrammar struct {
 	Fields  *fieldNamesGrammar `parser:"           | @@ )?"`
 	Where   *orCond            `parser:"( 'where' @@ )?"`
 	OrderBy *orderByGrammar    `parser:"@@?"`
+	Limit   *limitGrammar      `parser:"@@?"`
 	Pipe    *pipeTargetGrammar `parser:"( Pipe @@ )?"`
 }
 
+// --- limit grammar ---
+
+type limitGrammar struct {
+	Value int `parser:"'limit' @Int"`
+}
+
 // --- order by grammar ---
 
 type orderByGrammar struct {

ruki/keyword/keyword.go

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import "strings"
 var reserved = [...]string{
 	"select", "create", "update", "delete",
 	"where", "set", "order", "by",
-	"asc", "desc",
+	"asc", "desc", "limit",
 	"before", "after", "deny", "run",
 	"every", "clipboard",
 	"and", "or", "not",

ruki/keyword/keyword_test.go

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ func TestIsReserved(t *testing.T) {
 		{"new", true},
 		{"clipboard", true},
 		{"CLIPBOARD", true},
+		{"limit", true},
+		{"LIMIT", true},
 		{"title", false},
 		{"priority", false},
 		{"foobar", false},

ruki/lower.go

@@ -65,7 +65,12 @@ func lowerSelect(g *selectGrammar) (*SelectStmt, error) {
 		}
 	}
 	orderBy := lowerOrderBy(g.OrderBy)
-	return &SelectStmt{Fields: fields, Where: where, OrderBy: orderBy}, nil
+	var limit *int
+	if g.Limit != nil {
+		v := g.Limit.Value
+		limit = &v
+	}
+	return &SelectStmt{Fields: fields, Where: where, OrderBy: orderBy, Limit: limit}, nil
 }
 
 func lowerPipeTarget(g *pipeTargetGrammar) (*PipeAction, error) {

ruki/parser_test.go

@@ -834,6 +834,28 @@ func TestParseSelectFieldsErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestParseLimitErrors(t *testing.T) {
+	p := newTestParser()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name  string
+		input string
+	}{
+		{"limit without value", "select limit"},
+		{"limit with string", `select limit "three"`},
+		{"limit with negative", "select limit -1"},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			_, err := p.ParseStatement(tt.input)
+			if err == nil {
+				t.Fatalf("expected parse error for %q, got nil", tt.input)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestParseComment(t *testing.T) {
 	p := newTestParser()
 

ruki/pipe_test.go

@@ -526,6 +526,37 @@ func TestExecuteClipboardMultipleRows(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// --- limit + pipe ---
+
+func TestExecuteClipboardWithLimit(t *testing.T) {
+	e := NewExecutor(testSchema{}, nil, ExecutorRuntime{Mode: ExecutorRuntimeCLI})
+	p := newTestParser()
+	tasks := makeTasks()
+
+	stmt, err := p.ParseStatement(`select id, priority order by priority limit 2 | clipboard()`)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("parse: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	result, err := e.Execute(stmt, tasks)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("execute: %v", err)
+	}
+	if result.Clipboard == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected Clipboard result")
+	}
+	if len(result.Clipboard.Rows) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 2 rows, got %d", len(result.Clipboard.Rows))
+	}
+	// sorted by priority asc: TIKI-000002 (pri 1), TIKI-000001 (pri 2)
+	if result.Clipboard.Rows[0][0] != "TIKI-000002" {
+		t.Errorf("row[0][0] = %q, want %q", result.Clipboard.Rows[0][0], "TIKI-000002")
+	}
+	if result.Clipboard.Rows[1][0] != "TIKI-000001" {
+		t.Errorf("row[1][0] = %q, want %q", result.Clipboard.Rows[1][0], "TIKI-000001")
+	}
+}
+
 // --- pipeArgString ---
 
 func TestPipeArgString(t *testing.T) {

ruki/semantic_validate.go

@@ -588,6 +588,10 @@ func cloneSelect(sel *SelectStmt) *SelectStmt {
 		Where:   cloneCondition(sel.Where),
 		OrderBy: orderBy,
 	}
+	if sel.Limit != nil {
+		v := *sel.Limit
+		out.Limit = &v
+	}
 	if sel.Pipe != nil {
 		out.Pipe = &PipeAction{}
 		if sel.Pipe.Run != nil {

ruki/validate.go

@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ func (p *Parser) validateStatement(s *Statement) error {
 		if err := p.validateOrderBy(s.Select.OrderBy); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		if err := p.validateLimit(s.Select.Limit); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 		if s.Select.Pipe != nil {
 			if len(s.Select.Fields) == 0 {
 				return fmt.Errorf("pipe requires explicit field names in select (not select * or bare select)")
@@ -233,6 +236,18 @@ func (p *Parser) validateOrderBy(clauses []OrderByClause) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// --- limit validation ---
+
+func (p *Parser) validateLimit(limit *int) error {
+	if limit == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if *limit <= 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("limit must be a positive integer, got %d", *limit)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func isOrderableType(t ValueType) bool {
 	switch t {
 	case ValueInt, ValueDate, ValueTimestamp, ValueDuration,

ruki/validate_test.go

@@ -2495,6 +2495,17 @@ func TestValidation_BlocksNonLiteralString(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestValidation_LimitZero(t *testing.T) {
+	p := newTestParser()
+	_, err := p.ParseStatement("select limit 0")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for limit 0")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "limit must be a positive integer, got 0") {
+		t.Fatalf("expected limit validation error, got: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestValidation_InExprListElementTypeError(t *testing.T) {
 	p := newTestParser()
 	// construct a case where inferListElementType fails: