feat(cli): add --fail-on grade option for configurable CI gate threshold

[dmchaledev]

Summary

• Adds --fail-on <grade> CLI option so teams can set their own CI gate threshold instead of the hardcoded D/F default
• Fixes URL positional-argument detection to use a Set of known flag values (more robust than the previous string-equality check against timeoutMs)
• Updates --help output and examples to document the new flag

Motivation

The CLI's exit-code gate is its primary CI use case (per README):

security-headers https://staging.example.com || echo "Gate failed"

But the failure threshold was hardcoded to D or F (cli.ts line 95):

if (report.grade === 'D' || report.grade === 'F') process.exit(1);

Teams that have already achieved a B or C grade and want to enforce "must not regress below B" have no way to do that today. With this change:

# Fail the pipeline if the site drops below a B
security-headers https://staging.example.com --fail-on B

# Useful in a GitHub Actions step
- run: npx @hailbytes/security-headers ${{ env.SITE_URL }} --fail-on C

The default behavior (exit 1 on D or F) is unchanged for backward compatibility.

How it works

Grades are ordered best-to-worst as ['A+', 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'F']. The CLI exits 1 when GRADE_ORDER.indexOf(report.grade) >= GRADE_ORDER.indexOf(threshold). An invalid grade value produces a clear error message and exits 1 immediately.

Test plan

• npm run typecheck passes
• All 85 existing tests pass (npm test)
• --fail-on B exits 1 for a C-grade report and exits 0 for a B-grade report (manually verified via analyzeHeaders)
• Invalid --fail-on X prints an error and exits 1
• Default behavior (no --fail-on) unchanged: exits 1 only on D/F

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