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centdix 435de95e7d feat(cli): use local scripts when previewing flows (#8365)
* feat(cli): use local scripts when previewing flows

When previewing a flow, PathScript modules (type: "script") now resolve
to local file content instead of remote versions. This ensures flow
preview and dev mode test the actual local changes.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* test(cli): add tests for PathScript local replacement in flow preview

Unit tests for replacePathScriptsWithLocal covering:
- basic PathScript→RawScript conversion
- tag_override preservation
- missing local file fallback
- mixed module types
- nested structures (loops, branches)

Integration test verifying flow preview with a PathScript step
uses the local script file content.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* refactor(cli): extract shared helpers and add aiagent support for PathScript replacement

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* refactor(cli): replace `as any` casts with proper type assertions

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(cli): preserve local flow preview script context

* fix(cli): normalize inline flow preview bundles for bun

* fix(cli): make local flow path scripts opt-in

* fix(cli): only merge flow preview config for local mode

* chore(system-prompts): regenerate cli command guidance

* fix(cli): skip deno defaultTs test in CI without deno runtime

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* chore(cli): clean up local path script helpers

* feat(cli): make flow preview use local path scripts

* fix(cli): ignore normalized preview metadata drift

* chore(cli): address review follow-ups

* test(cli): cover custom bundler path quoting

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Windmill CLI

A simple CLI allowing interactions with windmill from the command line.

You can find more information in Windmill Docs

Installation

Install the wmill CLI tool using npm install -g windmill-cli.

Update to the latest version using wmill upgrade.

Workspaces

To get started run wmill workspace add or use the instructions from the workspace settings.

Running Flows & Scripts

Run a script or flow using wmill flow/script run u/username/path/to/script and pass any inputs using --data + Inputs specified as a JSON string or a file using @ <filename> or stdin using @-.

Curl-style syntax using -d @- for stdin or -d @<filename> is also supported.

Flow Steps and Logs will be streamed during execution automatically.

CLI input example

Pushing Resources, Scripts & More

The CLI can push specifications to a windmill instance. See the examples/ folder for formats.

Switch to a different workspace

wmill workspace switch <workspace_name>

Sync a workspace

Pull

wmill sync pull

Push

wmill sync push

We recommend using the --yaml option to use yaml instead of json as the encoding format. Yaml will be made the default soon.

Pushing individual files

You can push individual resources using wmill <type> push <file_name> \<remote_name\>. This does not require a special folder layout or file name, as this is given at runtime.

Listing

All commands support listing by just not providing a subcommand, ie wmill script will result in a list of scripts. Some allow additional options, learn about this by specifying --help.

User Management

You can add & remove users via wmill user add/remove, and list them using wmill user

Pulling

You can pull the entire workspace using wmill pull

Completion

The CLI comes with completions out of the box via wmill completions <shell>. (Via cliffy)

Bash

To enable bash completions add the following line to your ~/.bashrc:

source <(wmill completions bash)

Fish

To enable fish completions add the following line to your ~/.config/fish/config.fish:

source (wmill completions fish | psub)

Zsh

To enable zsh completions add the following line to your ~/.zshrc:

source <(wmill completions zsh)

Development

Testing with a local windmill-yaml-validator

To test local changes to the validator before publishing, use npm link:

# In windmill-yaml-validator/
npm run build
npm link

# In cli/
npm link windmill-yaml-validator

Running Tests

Prerequisites:

  • PostgreSQL running locally (default: postgres://postgres:changeme@localhost:5432)
  • Rust toolchain installed

Run tests locally (full features):

bun test test/

Run tests in CI mode (minimal features, skips EE tests):

CI_MINIMAL_FEATURES=true bun test test/
Variable Description
CI_MINIMAL_FEATURES Set to true to skip EE-dependent tests
DATABASE_URL PostgreSQL connection string
EE_LICENSE_KEY Enterprise license key for EE features