cli-plugins.rst

title:	CLI Plugins
description:	How to manage plugins for the Deis CLI.

CLI Plugins

Plugins allow developers to extend the functionality of the :ref:`Deis Client <install-client>`, adding new commands or features.

If an unknown command is specified, the Client will attempt to execute the command as a dash-separated command. In this case, deis resource:command will execute deis-resource with the argument list command. In full form:

$ # these two are identical
$ deis accounts:list
$ deis-accounts list

Any flags after the command will also be sent to the plugin as an argument:

$ # these two are identical
$ deis accounts:list --debug
$ deis-accounts list --debug

But flags preceding the command will not:

$ # these two are identical
$ deis --debug accounts:list
$ deis-accounts list