docs: separate the API-only flags from the ones needing a checkout

Two flags in the reference said one thing and did another.

`-o` was listed as a global output-format flag and the Tips section
recommended `-o json` without qualification. On `tea api` it is a file
name: `-o json` writes the body to a file called json and leaves stdout
empty, so the next parse fails with a JSONDecodeError that looks like a
server refusal. Scoped to entity commands, and api's meaning named in
all three places that mention it.

`--repo owner/repo` was documented as a general substitute for standing
in a checkout. For `pulls create`, `pulls checkout` and `pulls clean` it
is not: the slug is rejected with 'local repository required', advice
that reads like the flag was missing. Verified from outside any repo —
those three refuse a slug and accept a path, while pulls list,
milestones, releases and times take the slug from anywhere. All three
working forms are written down, including the git-worktree one (point
--repo at the main checkout) and the api fallback.

Closes #35
Closes #28

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ Version: `tea 0.14.1` (go-sdk v0.25.1). Source: recursive `--help` traversal. Up
| Flag | Purpose |
|---|---|
| `--login, -l <name>` | use a specific login from the config |
| `--repo, -r <owner/repo>` | override repository context (local path or slug) |
| `--repo, -r <owner/repo>` | override repository context (local path or slug). **A slug only works where the command is pure API.** `pulls create`, `pulls checkout` and `pulls clean` need a real checkout and read this flag as a path — see [SKILL.md](../../SKILL.md) |
| `--remote, -R <name>` | discover login from this git remote |
| `--output, -o <fmt>` | output format: `simple, table, csv, tsv, yaml, json` |
| `--output, -o <fmt>` | output format: `simple, table, csv, tsv, yaml, json`. **Entity commands only** — on `tea api` the same flag is a FILE NAME, see [HELPERS](./helpers.md) |
| `--page, -p <n>` / `--limit, --lm <n>` | pagination (defaults 1 / 30) |
| `--fields, -f <list>` | which columns to print |