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Cloudflare Deploy

JetBrainsOfficialCreated by OpenAIDistributed by JetBrains

  • Skill
  • Tool integration
  • Cloud and DevOps
  • Apache-2.0
  • Medium risk

From the author

Deploy applications and infrastructure to Cloudflare using Workers, Pages, and related platform services. Use when the user asks to deploy, host, publish, or set up a project on Cloudflare.
— the description by OpenAI

AutoGineer summary

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The Cloudflare Deploy skill serves as a centralized hub for developers working within the Cloudflare ecosystem. It provides structured decision trees to help users select the appropriate Cloudflare product—ranging from compute and storage to AI and security—and offers guidance on authentication, deployment, and troubleshooting. The skill includes specific references for building stateful, distributed AI agents using the Cloudflare Agents SDK, covering lifecycle hooks, state management, and SQL integration.

What it does

  • Provides decision trees to select the right Cloudflare product for compute, storage, AI, or networking needs.
  • Offers guidance on authentication using Wrangler for local and CI/CD environments.
  • Includes detailed documentation for building stateful AI agents with the Cloudflare Agents SDK.
  • Supports infrastructure-as-code integration via Pulumi and Terraform.
  • Provides troubleshooting steps for network-related deployment failures.
  • Maps specific use cases to relevant product references and technical documentation.

When to use it

  • When you need to deploy, host, or publish a project on Cloudflare.
  • When you are unsure which Cloudflare product best fits your compute, storage, or AI requirements.
  • When building stateful AI agents that require persistent memory and real-time connections.
  • When you need to configure security, networking, or media optimization services on Cloudflare.
  • When troubleshooting deployment timeouts or network connectivity issues.

Advantages

  • Consolidates fragmented documentation into a single, navigable resource.
  • Simplifies product selection through clear, logic-based decision trees.
  • Provides ready-to-use code patterns for complex tasks like AI agent development.
  • Addresses common operational hurdles like authentication and network sandboxing.

Usage examples

“I need to deploy a full-stack web application to Cloudflare. Which product should I use?”
The agent will guide you to use Cloudflare Pages for Git-based deployments and provide the necessary steps to get started.
“How do I build a stateful AI chat agent on Cloudflare?”
The agent will provide the AIChatAgent class structure, explain how to manage message history, and show how to integrate with Workers AI.
“My deployment is failing with a network timeout. What should I do?”
The agent will recommend rerunning the deployment with escalated permissions using the sandbox_permissions=require_escalated flag.

Install

  1. Download the skill as a ZIP:

    https://mp-staging.autogineer.com/agent-skills/jetbrains/cloudflare-deploy/download
  2. Unzip it into the cross-client skills folder of your project:

    mkdir -p .agents/skills && unzip cloudflare-deploy.zip -d .agents/skills

Documentation by OpenAI

Cloudflare Deploy

Consolidated skill for building on the Cloudflare platform. Use decision trees below to find the right product, then load detailed references.

Prerequisites

  • When sandboxing blocks the deployment network calls, rerun with sandbox_permissions=require_escalated.

  • The deployment might take a few minutes. Use appropriate timeout values.

Authentication (Required Before Deploy)

Verify auth before wrangler deploy, wrangler pages deploy, or npm run deploy:

npx wrangler whoami    # Shows account if authenticated

Not authenticated? → references/wrangler/auth.md

  • Interactive/local: wrangler login (one-time OAuth)

  • CI/CD: Set CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN env var

Quick Decision Trees

"I need to run code"
Need to run code?
├─ Serverless functions at the edge → workers/
├─ Full-stack web app with Git deploys → pages/
├─ Stateful coordination/real-time → durable-objects/
├─ Long-running multi-step jobs → workflows/
├─ Run containers → containers/
├─ Multi-tenant (customers deploy code) → workers-for-platforms/
├─ Scheduled tasks (cron) → cron-triggers/
├─ Lightweight edge logic (modify HTTP) → snippets/
├─ Process Worker execution events (logs/observability) → tail-workers/
└─ Optimize latency to backend infrastructure → smart-placement/
"I need to store data"
Need storage?
├─ Key-value (config, sessions, cache) → kv/
├─ Relational SQL → d1/ (SQLite) or hyperdrive/ (existing Postgres/MySQL)
├─ Object/file storage (S3-compatible) → r2/
├─ Message queue (async processing) → queues/
├─ Vector embeddings (AI/semantic search) → vectorize/
├─ Strongly-consistent per-entity state → durable-objects/ (DO storage)
├─ Secrets management → secrets-store/
├─ Streaming ETL to R2 → pipelines/
└─ Persistent cache (long-term retention) → cache-reserve/
"I need AI/ML"
Need AI?
├─ Run inference (LLMs, embeddings, images) → workers-ai/
├─ Vector database for RAG/search → vectorize/
├─ Build stateful AI agents → agents-sdk/
├─ Gateway for any AI provider (caching, routing) → ai-gateway/
└─ AI-powered search widget → ai-search/
"I need networking/connectivity"
Need networking?
├─ Expose local service to internet → tunnel/
├─ TCP/UDP proxy (non-HTTP) → spectrum/
├─ WebRTC TURN server → turn/
├─ Private network connectivity → network-interconnect/
├─ Optimize routing → argo-smart-routing/
├─ Optimize latency to backend (not user) → smart-placement/
└─ Real-time video/audio → realtimekit/ or realtime-sfu/
"I need security"
Need security?
├─ Web Application Firewall → waf/
├─ DDoS protection → ddos/
├─ Bot detection/management → bot-management/
├─ API protection → api-shield/
├─ CAPTCHA alternative → turnstile/
└─ Credential leak detection → waf/ (managed ruleset)
"I need media/content"
Need media?
├─ Image optimization/transformation → images/
├─ Video streaming/encoding → stream/
├─ Browser automation/screenshots → browser-rendering/
└─ Third-party script management → zaraz/
"I need infrastructure-as-code"
Need IaC? → pulumi/ (Pulumi), terraform/ (Terraform), or api/ (REST API)

Product Index

Compute & Runtime
ProductReference
Workersreferences/workers/
Pagesreferences/pages/
Pages Functionsreferences/pages-functions/
Durable Objectsreferences/durable-objects/
Workflowsreferences/workflows/
Containersreferences/containers/
Workers for Platformsreferences/workers-for-platforms/
Cron Triggersreferences/cron-triggers/
Tail Workersreferences/tail-workers/
Snippetsreferences/snippets/
Smart Placementreferences/smart-placement/
Storage & Data
ProductReference
KVreferences/kv/
D1references/d1/
R2references/r2/
Queuesreferences/queues/
Hyperdrivereferences/hyperdrive/
DO Storagereferences/do-storage/
Secrets Storereferences/secrets-store/
Pipelinesreferences/pipelines/
R2 Data Catalogreferences/r2-data-catalog/
R2 SQLreferences/r2-sql/
AI & Machine Learning
ProductReference
Workers AIreferences/workers-ai/
Vectorizereferences/vectorize/
Agents SDKreferences/agents-sdk/
AI Gatewayreferences/ai-gateway/
AI Searchreferences/ai-search/
Networking & Connectivity
ProductReference
Tunnelreferences/tunnel/
Spectrumreferences/spectrum/
TURNreferences/turn/
Network Interconnectreferences/network-interconnect/
Argo Smart Routingreferences/argo-smart-routing/
Workers VPCreferences/workers-vpc/
Security
ProductReference
WAFreferences/waf/
DDoS Protectionreferences/ddos/
Bot Managementreferences/bot-management/
API Shieldreferences/api-shield/
Turnstilereferences/turnstile/
Media & Content
ProductReference
Imagesreferences/images/
Streamreferences/stream/
Browser Renderingreferences/browser-rendering/
Zarazreferences/zaraz/
Real-Time Communication
ProductReference
RealtimeKitreferences/realtimekit/
Realtime SFUreferences/realtime-sfu/
Developer Tools
ProductReference
Wranglerreferences/wrangler/
Miniflarereferences/miniflare/
C3references/c3/
Observabilityreferences/observability/
Analytics Enginereferences/analytics-engine/
Web Analyticsreferences/web-analytics/
Sandboxreferences/sandbox/
Workerdreferences/workerd/
Workers Playgroundreferences/workers-playground/
Infrastructure as Code
ProductReference
Pulumireferences/pulumi/
Terraformreferences/terraform/
APIreferences/api/
Other Services
ProductReference
Email Routingreferences/email-routing/
Email Workersreferences/email-workers/
Static Assetsreferences/static-assets/
Bindingsreferences/bindings/
Cache Reservereferences/cache-reserve/

Troubleshooting

Escalated Network Access

If deployment fails due to network issues (timeouts, DNS errors, connection resets), rerun the deploy with escalated permissions (use sandbox_permissions=require_escalated). The deploy requires escalated network access when sandbox networking blocks outbound requests.

Example guidance to the user:

The deploy needs escalated network access to deploy to Cloudflare. I can rerun the command with escalated permissions—want me to proceed?

Files

references/bot-management/gotchas.md

Bot Management Gotchas

Common Errors

"Bot Score = 0"

Cause: Bot Management didn't run (internal Cloudflare request, Worker routing to zone (Orange-to-Orange), or request handled before BM (Redirect Rules, etc.))
Solution: Check request flow and ensure Bot Management runs in request lifecycle

"JavaScript Detections Not Working"

Cause: js_detection.passed always false or undefined due to: CSP headers don't allow /cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/, using on first page visit (needs HTML page first), ad blockers or disabled JS, JSD not enabled in dashboard, or using Block action (must use Managed Challenge)
Solution: Add CSP header Content-Security-Policy: script-src 'self' /cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/; and ensure JSD is enabled with Managed Challenge action

"False Positives (Legitimate Users Blocked)"

Cause: Bot detection incorrectly flagging legitimate users
Solution: Check Bot Analytics for affected IPs/paths, identify detection source (ML, Heuristics, etc.), create exception rule like (cf.bot_management.score lt 30 and http.request.uri.path eq "/problematic-path") with Action: Skip (Bot Management), or allowlist by IP/ASN/country

"False Negatives (Bots Not Caught)"

Cause: Bots bypassing detection
Solution: Lower score threshold (30 → 50), enable JavaScript Detections, add JA3/JA4 fingerprinting rules, or use rate limiting as fallback

"Verified Bot Blocked"

Cause: Search engine bot blocked by WAF Managed Rules (not just Bot Management)
Solution: Create WAF exception for specific rule ID and verify bot via reverse DNS

"Yandex Bot Blocked During IP Update"

Cause: Yandex updates bot IPs; new IPs unrecognized for 48h during propagation
Solution:

  1. Check Security Events for specific WAF rule ID blocking Yandex

  2. Create WAF exception:

    (http.user_agent contains "YandexBot" and ip.src in {<yandex-ip-range>})
    Action: Skip (WAF Managed Ruleset)
  3. Monitor Bot Analytics for 48h

  4. Remove exception after propagation completes

Issue resolves automatically after 48h. Contact Cloudflare Support if persists.

"JA3/JA4 Missing"

Cause: Non-HTTPS traffic, Worker routing traffic, Orange-to-Orange traffic via Worker, or Bot Management skipped
Solution: JA3/JA4 only available for HTTPS/TLS traffic; check request routing

JA3/JA4 Not User-Unique: Same browser/library version = same fingerprint

  • Don't use for user identification

  • Use for client profiling only

  • Fingerprints change with browser updates

Bot Verification Methods

Cloudflare verifies bots via:

  1. Reverse DNS (IP validation): Traditional method—bot IP resolves to expected domain

  2. Web Bot Auth: Modern cryptographic verification—faster propagation

When verifiedBot=true, bot passed at least one method.

Inactive verified bots: IPs removed after 24h of no traffic.

Detection Engine Behavior

EngineScoreTimingPlanNotes
HeuristicsAlways 1ImmediateAllKnown fingerprints—overrides ML
ML1-99ImmediateAllMajority of detections
Anomaly DetectionInfluencesAfter baselineEnterpriseOptional, baseline analysis
JavaScript DetectionsPass/failAfter JSPro+Headless browser detection
Cloudflare ServiceN/AN/AEnterpriseZero Trust internal source

Priority: Heuristics > ML—if heuristic matches, score=1 regardless of ML.

Limits

LimitValueNotes
Bot Score = 0Means not computedNot score = 100
First request JSD dataMay not be availableJSD data appears on subsequent requests
Score accuracyNot 100% guaranteedFalse positives/negatives possible
JSD on first HTML page visitNot supportedRequires subsequent page load
JSD requirementsJavaScript-enabled browserWon't work with JS disabled or ad blockers
JSD ETag strippingStrips ETags from HTML responsesMay affect caching behavior
JSD CSP compatibilityRequires specific CSPNot compatible with some CSP configurations
JSD meta CSP tagsNot supportedMust use HTTP headers
JSD WebSocket supportNot supportedWebSocket endpoints won't work with JSD
JSD mobile app supportNative apps won't passOnly works in browsers
JA3/JA4 traffic typeHTTPS/TLS onlyNot available for non-HTTPS traffic
JA3/JA4 Worker routingMissing for Worker-routed trafficCheck request routing
JA3/JA4 uniquenessNot unique per userShared by clients with same browser/library
JA3/JA4 stabilityCan change with updatesBrowser/library updates affect fingerprints
WAF custom rules (Free)5Varies by plan
WAF custom rules (Pro)20Varies by plan
WAF custom rules (Business)100Varies by plan
WAF custom rules (Enterprise)1,000+Varies by plan
Workers CPU timeVaries by planApplies to bot logic
Bot Analytics sampling1-10% adaptiveHigh-volume zones sampled more aggressively
Bot Analytics history30 days maxHistorical data retention limit
CSP requirements for JSDMust allow /cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/Required for JSD to function
Plan Restrictions
FeatureFreePro/BusinessEnterprise
Granular scores (1-99)NoNoYes
JA3/JA4NoNoYes
Anomaly DetectionNoNoYes
Corporate Proxy detectionNoNoYes
Verified bot categoriesLimitedLimitedFull
Custom WAF rules520/1001,000+

Requirements and compatibility

Works with: Claude Code, Claude apps, OpenAI Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Kiro, OpenCode, Goose, Amp, Roo Code, JetBrains Junie, Factory Droid, Devin (ex-Windsurf), Mistral Vibe, OpenHands, Letta

“Works with” means the tool reads the open Agent Skills format; a skill written for one tool may use features others lack.

Needs: Needs Node.js

Security

What our scanner noticed· Medium risk

  • Possible data-exfiltration endpoints
  • Instructions that use the network
  • Downloads piped into a shell

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Attribution and licence

Created by
OpenAI
Publisher
JetBrains (Official)
Distributed by
JetBrains
Source
JetBrains/skills · cloudflare-deploy · commit 3f53782
Licence
Apache License 2.0 (redistribution allowed)
  • ATTRIBUTION.md (written by AutoGineer)
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