cli: Instructions file for Codex

AGENTS.md

cli AGENTS.md is an instructions file for Codex, OpenCode from exoscale/cli. It costs 1,836 tokens per session, scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

Project instructions for the Exoscale command-line tool, including how new commands must be structured, where they belong, and how they should be tested.

In plain words
What is it for?
They are for adding or changing Exoscale CLI commands, placing subcommands correctly, following the required command registration pattern, and writing tests.
Why use it?
They prevent new CLI commands from copying older patterns that the project treats as legacy or incompatible.

Instructions file for CodexOpenCode

Written for Codex and OpenCode: the file is AGENTS.md. Also seen: mentions AGENTS.md.

This is exoscale/cli's own configuration. It tells Codex and OpenCode how to work on cli itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything cli configures →

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Nothing to install: this file belongs to exoscale/cli. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/exoscale/cli

Made for: Codex, OpenCode.

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AGENTS.md · 200 lines

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The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 200 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

AGENTS.md

Command pattern - always use RegisterCLICommand

All new commands must use the struct-based pattern. Do not copy the old flat var cmd = &cobra.Command{...} commands - they exist in cmd/storage/, cmd/dns/, cmd/dbaas/ and are legacy.

Read this file before writing any new command: cmd/aiservices/deployment/deployment_create.go

For subcommand placement in an existing group, also read ## Folder layout below.

Skeleton:

type myResourceCreateCmd struct {
    exocmd.CliCommandSettings `cli-cmd:"-"`

    _ bool `cli-cmd:"create"`

    Name string `cli-arg:"#"  cli-usage:"NAME"`        // required positional
    Tag  string `cli-arg:"?"  cli-usage:"TAG"`          // optional positional
    Zone string `cli-short:"z" cli-usage:"zone"`        // becomes --zone / -z flag
}

func (c *myResourceCreateCmd) CmdAliases() []string { return exocmd.GCreateAlias }
func (c *myResourceCreateCmd) CmdShort() string     { return "Create a resource" }
func (c *myResourceCreateCmd) CmdLong() string      { return "..." }

func (c *myResourceCreateCmd) CmdPreRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
    exocmd.CmdSetZoneFlagFromDefault(cmd)
    return exocmd.CliCommandDefaultPreRun(c, cmd, args)
}

func (c *myResourceCreateCmd) CmdRun(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
    // c.Name, c.Zone are already populated here
    return nil
}

func init() {
    cobra.CheckErr(exocmd.RegisterCLICommand(parentCmd, &myResourceCreateCmd{
        CliCommandSettings: exocmd.DefaultCLICmdSettings(),
    }))
}

Supported struct tags:

Tag Purpose
cli-cmd:"-" Exclude field from CLI processing
cli-cmd:"name" Sets the cobra command name (use on a _ bool field)
cli-arg:"#" Required positional argument
cli-arg:"?" Optional positional argument; []string becomes variadic
cli-flag:"flag-name" Override the auto-derived kebab-case flag name
cli-short:"z" Single-character shorthand
cli-usage:"text" Flag usage string; also used as positional arg label in help
cli-hidden:"" Mark flag hidden
cli-deprecated:"msg" Mark flag deprecated

Read the full file on GitHub · 200 lines

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  2. 2mo ago First seen · 186 lines · 1,674 tokens per session scan A 775e4e9cab6e

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cli AGENTS.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository exoscale/cli (93 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 1,836 tokens to every session, about $0.0073 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-01.

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