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Design robust Nushell CLIs with best practices.

Software Engineering#help#error-handling#flags#nushell#cli-guidelines#machine-output
Authordanielbodnar
Version1.0.0
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What problem does it solve?

Designing, implementing, and maintaining effective Nushell CLIs is difficult without a cohesive, documented playbook that ensures clear help, consistent flags, robust error handling, safe prompts, and machine-readable output across tools.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Centralized CLI design philosophy aligned with clig.dev, tailored for Nushell's structured data model.
  • Practical guidelines for help text, argument/flag patterns, output formats, error reporting, configuration, interactivity, and validation.
  • Real-world applicability across plugins, commands, and scripts to improve discoverability, usability, and automation.

Quick Start

Create a Nushell CLI tool that follows the CLI guidelines for clear help, consistent flags, safe prompts, and machine-readable output.

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Name: cli-guidelines
Download link: https://github.com/danielbodnar/nushell-dev/archive/main.zip#cli-guidelines

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