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cf

Cloudflare's beta unified CLI (Technical Preview); rebuilt for agent-first ergonomics

workhorse TypeScript cloudflare/workers-sdk
63% pass rate
3/7 principles met

Spec Coverage

How many of the spec's requirements were verified for this tool. See /coverage for the full matrix.

Level Total Verified Unverified
MUST 23 9 14
SHOULD 16 0 16
MAY 7 0 7

Top Issues

All Checks

P1: Non-Interactive by Default

PASS Non-interactive by default
SKIP Non-interactive gate flag advertised in --help target satisfies P1 via alternative gate (help-on-bare or stdin-primary)
SKIP Flags advertise env-var bindings in --help target exposes no flags in --help

P2: Structured, Parseable Output

SKIP Structured output support no --output/--format flag detected

P3: Progressive Help Discovery

WARN Help flag produces useful output --help output exists but no examples section detected
PASS Version flag works

P4: Fail-Fast, Actionable Errors

PASS Rejects invalid arguments

P6: Composable, Predictable Command Structure

PASS Handles SIGPIPE gracefully
WARN Pager-using CLI ships --no-pager escape hatch pager referenced in --help but no --no-pager escape hatch advertised
PASS Respects NO_COLOR

P7: Bounded, High-Signal Responses

WARN Quiet mode available no --quiet/-q flag detected in --help output

Details

Version scored
0.0.5
Audit date
2026-05-01 10:09:06 UTC
Duration
1.7s
Platform
linux/x86_64
Mode
command
Anc build
0.3.0
Install
bun add -g cf

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