hana-developer-cli-tool-example hana-cli-usage.instructions.md

A command-line tool guide for developing with SAP HANA, a database platform, including database connections, schemas, tables, views, and queries.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it in SAP HANA, CDS, HDI container, or SAP BTP projects when working with database objects, data, connections, health checks, security, or performance.
Why use it?
It gives the coding agent the commands and usage context needed to inspect, query, import, export, compare, and check SAP HANA data and systems.

Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

Install

Getting it into your agent

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agentmods
npx agentmods add instructions/sap-samples/hana-developer-cli-tool-example/hana-cli-usage
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/SAP-samples/hana-developer-cli-tool-example

Made for: GitHub Copilot.

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Security

Grade A, and why

hana-developer-cli-tool-example hana-cli-usage.instructions.md scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

agent-instructions/copilot/.github/instructions/hana-cli-usage.instructions.md · 61 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 61 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

hana-cli — AI Coding Assistant Context

About hana-cli

hana-cli (npm: hana-cli, install: npm install -g hana-cli) is a command-line tool for SAP HANA database development. It simplifies complex multi-step database operations into single commands. It is a development tool, not a replacement for hdbsql or production admin tools.

Version: 4.202607.0
Requirements: Node.js ≥ 22.0.0 (Node.js 24 LTS recommended) Module: ESM ("type": "module")

When to Use hana-cli

Use hana-cli when a developer needs to:

  • Explore schemas: hana-cli tables, hana-cli views, hana-cli schemas
  • Inspect objects: hana-cli inspectTable, hana-cli inspectView, hana-cli inspectProcedure
  • Import/export data: hana-cli import, hana-cli export
  • Run queries: hana-cli querySimple --query "SQL"
  • Check health: hana-cli healthCheck, hana-cli systemInfo
  • Manage connections: hana-cli connect, hana-cli status
  • Profile data: hana-cli dataProfile, hana-cli dataValidator
  • Compare schemas: hana-cli compareSchema, hana-cli compareData
  • Monitor performance: hana-cli expensiveStatements, hana-cli memoryAnalysis
  • Manage security: hana-cli users, hana-cli roles, hana-cli securityScan
  • Work with HANA Cloud: hana-cli hanaCloudInstances, hana-cli hanaCloudStart
  • Manage HDI: hana-cli containers, hana-cli adminHDI

Key Patterns

  1. Always verify connection first: hana-cli status
  2. Explore before modifying: Use tables, inspectTable, dataProfile before import/export
  3. Use dry-run for imports: hana-cli import --filename data.csv --table X --schema Y --dryRun
  4. Use --output flag: Many commands support --output json|csv|table|excel
  5. Use --query flag with querySimple: hana-cli querySimple --query "SELECT ..." (not positional args)
  6. Interactive mode: Run hana-cli with no arguments for a menu-driven experience

Connection Setup

hana-cli connect                    # Interactive wizard
hana-cli connectViaServiceKey       # Via BTP service key
hana-cli copy2DefaultEnv            # Copy to default-env.json for CAP projects
hana-cli status                     # Verify connection

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Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

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hana-developer-cli-tool-example hana-cli-usage.instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository SAP-samples/hana-developer-cli-tool-example (109 stars, last pushed 7d ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 751 tokens to every session, about $0.0038 per session on Opus 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 2026-08-30.