Getting started

Installation

Add @clily/core and your preferred Standard Schema library.

Requirements

Node.js 22.12 or newer for monorepo development
A Standard Schema-compatible validation library such as Valibot, Zod, or ArkType

If you are working inside this monorepo, use the Vite+ wrapper commands documented in the repository.

Install the package

vp add @clily/core valibot

You can swap valibot for zod or arktype depending on your preferred schema authoring style.

What gets installed

@clily/core for command definition, config loading, prompts, help, completions, and runtime handling
your schema library for validation and type inference

Recommended next step

Go straight to first command and build a command with:

one global flag
one child command
completion generation enabled

That is enough to understand the core architecture.

Getting started

Install clily, choose a schema library, and ship a command without splitting your CLI across unrelated abstractions.

First command

Define a typed command tree with global flags, child args, and completion output.

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