@agentforge/cli

@agentforge/cli

CLI tool for AgentForge - scaffolding, development, testing, and deployment

🎉 Status: Production Ready & Published

156 tests passing | 98.11% coverage | 13 commands | 4 project templates

📦 Installation

# Global installation (recommended)
npm install -g @agentforge/cli

# Or use with npx (no installation needed)
npx @agentforge/cli create my-agent-project

✨ Features

• 🚀 Project Scaffolding - 4 templates (minimal, full, api, cli)
• 🛠️ Development Tools - Dev server, build, test commands
• 📦 Deployment - Deploy to Docker, Kubernetes, cloud platforms
• 🔧 Code Generation - Generate agents, tools, middleware
• ✅ Validation - Project structure and configuration validation
• 📊 Diagnostics - Health checks and issue detection
• 🔄 Upgrades - Dependency and framework upgrades
• 📝 Configuration - Manage project settings

Commands

Project Scaffolding

create <project-name>

Create a new AgentForge project with interactive setup.

agentforge create my-project

# With options
agentforge create my-project --template full --package-manager pnpm

Options:

• -t, --template <template> - Project template (minimal, full, api, cli) [default: minimal]
• -p, --package-manager <pm> - Package manager (npm, pnpm, yarn) [default: pnpm]
• --no-install - Skip dependency installation
• --no-git - Skip git initialization

Development Commands

dev

Start development server with hot reload.

agentforge dev

# With options
agentforge dev --port 4000

Options:

• -p, --port <port> - Port number [default: 3000]
• --no-open - Do not open browser

build

Build for production.

agentforge build

# With options
agentforge build --no-minify --no-sourcemap

Options:

• --no-minify - Skip minification
• --no-sourcemap - Skip sourcemap generation

test

Run tests with coverage.

agentforge test

# With options
agentforge test --watch
agentforge test --ui
agentforge test --coverage

Options:

• -w, --watch - Watch mode
• --ui - Open test UI
• --coverage - Generate coverage report

lint

Lint and format code.

agentforge lint

# With options
agentforge lint --fix

Options:

• --fix - Auto-fix issues
• --no-format - Skip formatting

Agent Management

agent:create <name>

Create a new agent.

agentforge agent:create myAgent

# With options
agentforge agent:create myAgent --pattern plan-execute

Options:

• -p, --pattern <pattern> - Agent pattern (react, plan-execute, reflection, multi-agent) [default: react]
• --no-test - Skip test generation

agent:create-reusable <name>

Create a new reusable agent using the production template.

This command scaffolds a complete reusable agent with:

• Factory function pattern
• External prompt templates (.md files)
• Tool injection support
• Feature flags
• Configuration validation with Zod
• Comprehensive test suite
• Full documentation

agentforge agent:create-reusable customer-support

# With options
agentforge agent:create-reusable data-analyst --description "Analyze data and generate insights" --author "Your Name"

Options:

• -d, --description <description> - Agent description
• -a, --author <author> - Author name

What Gets Created:

customer-support/
├── src/
│   ├── index.ts           # Agent factory function
│   └── index.test.ts      # Comprehensive tests
├── prompts/
│   └── system.md          # External prompt template
├── package.json
├── tsconfig.json
├── vitest.config.ts
└── README.md

Note: The agent uses loadPrompt from @agentforge/core for secure prompt template loading with built-in injection protection.

Next Steps After Creation:

• cd customer-support
• pnpm install
• Edit prompts/system.md to customize the prompt
• Edit src/index.ts to add tools and configuration
• pnpm test to run tests
• pnpm build to build

See Also:

• Vertical Agents Guide
• Example Vertical Agents

agent:list

List all agents.

agentforge agent:list

# With verbose output
agentforge agent:list --verbose

Options:

• -v, --verbose - Show detailed information

agent:test <name>

Test a specific agent.

agentforge agent:test myAgent

# With watch mode
agentforge agent:test myAgent --watch

Options:

• -w, --watch - Watch mode

agent:deploy <name>

Deploy an agent.

agentforge agent:deploy myAgent

# With options
agentforge agent:deploy myAgent --environment staging --dry-run

Options:

• -e, --environment <env> - Deployment environment [default: production]
• --dry-run - Dry run without actual deployment

Tool Management

tool:create <name>

Create a new tool.

agentforge tool:create myTool

# With options
agentforge tool:create myTool --category web

Options:

• -c, --category <category> - Tool category (web, data, file, utility) [default: utility]
• --no-test - Skip test generation

tool:list

List all tools.

agentforge tool:list

# Filter by category
agentforge tool:list --category web --verbose

Options:

• -c, --category <category> - Filter by category
• -v, --verbose - Show detailed information

tool:test <name>

Test a specific tool.

agentforge tool:test myTool

# With watch mode
agentforge tool:test myTool --watch

Options:

• -w, --watch - Watch mode

tool:publish <name>

Publish a tool to npm.

agentforge tool:publish myTool

# With options
agentforge tool:publish myTool --tag beta --dry-run

Options:

• --tag <tag> - npm tag [default: latest]
• --dry-run - Dry run without actual publishing

📖 Documentation

• 📚 Full Documentation
• 🚀 Quick Start
• 🛠️ CLI API Reference
• 💡 Getting Started Tutorial

🔗 Links

• GitHub Repository
• npm Package
• Changelog - See what's new before upgrading
• Report Issues

📚 Related Packages

• @agentforge/core - Core abstractions
• @agentforge/patterns - Agent patterns
• @agentforge/tools - Standard tools
• @agentforge/testing - Testing utilities

License

MIT © 2026 Tom Van Schoor