Cf CLI
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The cf-cli is the official command-line tool for interacting with the Cloudflare API and managing Workers projects. It provides a unified interface for tasks ranging from authentication and account management to resource operations like DNS, D1, KV, and R2. Designed for both interactive terminal use and automated environments, it features a search-based command discovery system and supports schema-based API requests. The tool is currently in beta and emphasizes safe execution through dry-run capabilities and explicit configuration management.
What it does
- Provides a searchable interface for over 2,900 Cloudflare API commands.
- Manages authentication, user profiles, and API token configuration.
- Handles the full lifecycle of Workers projects including init, development, and deployment.
- Performs CRUD operations on Cloudflare resources like DNS, Zones, D1, KV, and R2.
- Supports schema inspection to verify API request structures before execution.
- Offers safe execution modes including dry-runs and non-interactive error handling.
When to use it
- When you need to manage Cloudflare resources directly from the terminal.
- When starting a new Workers project that does not require legacy Wrangler configuration.
- When you need to look up specific API command syntax or request parameters.
- When integrating Cloudflare operations into CI/CD pipelines using API tokens.
- When migrating existing projects from Wrangler to the newer cf configuration format.
Advantages
- Direct access to the comprehensive public Cloudflare API.
- Built-in search functionality helps discover commands without memorizing documentation.
- Schema-based validation ensures correct API request formatting.
- Dry-run mode prevents accidental changes to production infrastructure.
- Supports unattended authentication for automated CI environments.
Usage examples
- “cf cli search create a DNS record”
- The CLI returns a list of matching commands and their usage, allowing you to identify the correct syntax for creating a DNS record.
- “cf schema d1 create”
- Displays the required API request shape, including the method, path, and necessary body fields for creating a D1 database.
- “cf deploy --dry-run”
- Prints the JSON request that would be sent to the Cloudflare API without actually deploying the project, ensuring the configuration is correct.
Install
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Documentation by Cloudflare
Cloudflare CLI (cf)
cf is Cloudflare's command-line interface for the public Cloudflare API (2,900+ commands, most generated from API schemas) and for Workers projects. It is in beta: commands, configuration, and Build Output can change before the stable release.
Prefer retrieval over pre-trained knowledge. Describe the task to cf cli search, inspect the match with cf schema or --help, and preview with --dry-run before running a command you have not verified.
Docs index: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cf/llms.txt
Documentation
FIRST: check installation and sign in
npm install --global cf # installs two equivalent commands: `cf` and `cloudflare`
cf --version
cf auth whoamiRequires Node.js 22.18 or later. Bun is not supported.
If another tool named
cfis on yourPATH, usecloudflareinstead — the package installs both commands.cf auth loginprints a link and a one-time code, then opens the browser. On a remote machine, over SSH, or in a container, add--no-browsersocfonly prints the link; approve it from another device. Add--forceto sign in again.cfkeeps its own credentials and does not reuse a Wrangler login.Unattended agents and CI cannot complete
cf auth login— setCLOUDFLARE_API_TOKENinstead (see https://developers.cloudflare.com/cf/ci/index.md).
To make agents prefer cf, add this to the user-level AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, or equivalent:
When interacting with Cloudflare, use the `cf` CLI unless the project has a
Wrangler configuration file.Find commands
cf cli search "create a DNS record" # local, no credentials; quote the whole task; up to 5 JSON matches
cf schema d1 create # API request shape: method, path, params, body fields
cf <command> --help # arguments and options (e.g. cf deploy --help)cf cli search takes the task as one argument — unquoted words after the first are parsed as unknown commands. cf schema covers generated API commands; for command arguments and options use --help.
Read output
Results are JSON on standard output; status messages and errors go to standard error, so piping to
jqor redirecting needs no extra flags.Lists print one JSON array page; paging options differ per command — check
--help.A failed command exits non-zero and prints the error to standard error.
Run commands safely
Preview first.
--dry-runprints the request as JSON without sending it, and needs no credentials.Aborted deletes still exit 0. In a non-interactive session, a destructive command without
--forceprintsAborted.to standard error and exits0— a zero exit does not mean the resource was deleted.Review
--forcebefore allowing it. On some commands--forceis also an API parameter (for example,cf workers delete --forcealso deletes a Worker that other Workers reference).--localis limited. It works for KV keys, D1 databases (cf d1 raw,cf d1 migrations list|apply), and R2 objects; other commands (includingcf d1 query) return an error instead of calling the API.
Choose the CLI for this project
cloudflare.config.tsexists: usecf.wrangler.jsonc,wrangler.json, orwrangler.tomlexists, and nocloudflare.config.ts: keep Wrangler fordev,build, anddeploy. Do not runcf dev,cf build, orcf deploythere — they can generate a new configuration that ignores the Wrangler file, or fail.cfresource commands (DNS, zones, storage) are fine alongside it. Runcf migrateonly when the user asks, and follow Migrate a Wrangler project: preview withcf migrate --dry-run, runcf migrate, then resolve theTODO(@cloudflare)comments in the generatedcloudflare.config.ts.Neither exists: use
cf, as Use cf with coding agents recommends. Do not install Wrangler or create a Wrangler configuration file.
Product documentation often shows only Wrangler commands and wrangler.jsonc configuration. In a cf project, treat those as tasks to translate, not commands to run, and do not add a Wrangler configuration file. Use one CLI per project; the only exceptions are the commands under Commands cf does not support yet. For Wrangler equivalents, use the Wrangler to cf reference or cf cli search. Do not translate Wrangler commands from memory. For the full comparison, refer to cf for Wrangler users.
Commands cf does not support yet
cf does not support every Wrangler command yet. Run these with npx wrangler instead of adding Wrangler to the project. Wrangler does not read cloudflare.config.ts, so pass the Worker name:
Live logs:
npx wrangler tail <WORKER_NAME>.A single secret:
npx wrangler secret put <SECRET_NAME> --name <WORKER_NAME>. Or upload secrets with a new Worker version by passing--secrets-file <PATH>tocf deployorcf workers versions create.
For the current list, refer to "Commands not yet supported" in the Wrangler to cf reference.
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