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function Arguments.is_explicit 
def Arguments.is_explicit(
name: str,
/
) -> bool
Return True iff the user passed --<name>=... (or its short form) on the CLI for the current invocation. Returns False for args that were resolved from the task’s default, an alias’s overridden default, or a config.axl override — anything that wasn’t typed at the command line. Used by repro / fix command builders to skip echoing flags whose values would just reproduce the task’s default. The developer copying the rendered repro gets back exactly what they (or CI) typed.