centdixWindmill 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.
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
AI Guidance Variants
wmill init can now materialize alternate AI guidance bundles without changing
the generated defaults in the repo.
Examples:
wmill init --use-default --ai-skills-source /path/to/custom/skills
wmill init --use-default --ai-skills-source /path/to/custom/skills --ai-agents-source /path/to/AGENTS.md
wmill init --use-default --ai-skills-source /path/to/custom/skills --ai-claude-source /path/to/CLAUDE.md
This is the same guidance-writing path used by the benchmark CLI under
ai_evals/, so the benchmark harness and wmill init now generate the same
project guidance shape:
AGENTS.mdCLAUDE.md.claude/skills/*
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 |