Cli Developer

Skill Verified Active

Use when building CLI tools, implementing argument parsing, or adding interactive prompts. Invoke for parsing flags and subcommands, displaying progress bars and spinners, generating bash/zsh/fish completion scripts, CLI design, shell completions, and cross-platform terminal applications using commander, click, typer, or cobra.

Purpose

To guide developers in building robust, user-friendly, and cross-platform command-line applications.

Features

CLI design patterns and best practices
Examples for popular frameworks (Commander, Click, Cobra)
Interactive prompt implementation (Inquirer, questionary)
Progress indicators and spinners
Error handling and validation strategies

Use Cases

Building new CLI tools
Adding argument parsing to existing scripts
Implementing interactive prompts for user input
Generating shell completion scripts
Designing user-friendly terminal applications

Non-Goals

Developing applications that are not command-line interfaces
Providing a complete build system or deployment tool
Handling application-specific business logic beyond CLI interaction

Installation

First, add the marketplace

/plugin marketplace add jeffallan/claude-skills

/plugin install claude-skills@fullstack-dev-skills

Quality Score

Verified

95 /100

Analyzed about 16 hours ago

Trust Signals

Last commit13 days ago

GitHub owner jeffallan

Stars9k

LicenseMIT

Status

View Source

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