Building a CLI Tool in Node.js That People...

What Makes a Good CLI? Most developer tools are CLIs. git, docker, npm, gh—all of them. A well-built CLI is invisible: it does what you expect, fails clearly, and stays out of the way. Here's how to build one that meets that bar. Setup with TypeScript mkdir my-cli && cd my-cli npm init -y npm install commander chalk ora execa npm install -D typescript @types/node ts-node tsup // package.json additions { "bin": { "mycli": "./dist/index.js" }, "scripts": { "build": "tsup src/index.ts --format cjs