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A data table backed by the instance database resolved to exactly one Postgres connection, `custom_instance_user`, for everyone who could reach it at all. There was no way to say this job reads, that one writes, this one never sees the salaries table. A data table role is now a real Postgres login on the cluster, defined once for the instance by a superadmin and named exactly as they named it. A script that declares `-- role analytics` connects as `analytics`, and Postgres decides what it may touch — grants are ordinary SQL. Windmill answers only "may this caller ask for this role", from the tenant lists on the data table entry: `u/alice`, `g/analysts`, `f/finance` or `*`. A data table with no `permissions` block behaves exactly as before. Everything that opens a connection on someone's behalf goes through one chokepoint, `get_datatable_resource_from_db`, which takes the identity explicitly and fails closed when there is none. The role logs in as itself — never `SET ROLE`, which a script could `RESET ROLE` its way out of. A fork's data table entry becomes a pointer at the workspace that governs it rather than a copy of it. The settings clone used to hand a fork a byte-identical entry naming the parent's database, which a fork admin could edit to grant themselves `admin` there; a pointer has nothing local to edit, and its tenants are evaluated as a member of the governing workspace, by email. `permissions` is stripped from the workspace export and ignored on import: tenants name principals of one workspace, and a settings push is not where an access decision should be made. Operations that see the whole database whatever the roles grant stay with the governing workspace's admins: editing the roles, a migration that declares none, and opening a replication stream for a Postgres trigger or capture. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_012ti5HyeTikPMYyW8YSdiHR
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.
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, but this is exposed as internal env-var
overrides rather than public CLI flags.
Examples:
WMILL_INIT_AI_SKILLS_SOURCE=/path/to/custom/skills wmill init --use-default
WMILL_INIT_AI_SKILLS_SOURCE=/path/to/custom/skills WMILL_INIT_AI_AGENTS_SOURCE=/path/to/AGENTS.md wmill init --use-default
WMILL_INIT_AI_SKILLS_SOURCE=/path/to/custom/skills WMILL_INIT_AI_CLAUDE_SOURCE=/path/to/CLAUDE.md wmill init --use-default
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.agents/skills/*.claude/skills/*
windmill-yaml-validator
wmill lint imports the sibling windmill-yaml-validator package from source rather than
from npm, so its schemas always match the OpenAPI specs of the current checkout. bun install regenerates them through this package's preinstall script; run it again after
editing openflow.openapi.yaml or backend/windmill-api/openapi.yaml:
npm --prefix ../windmill-yaml-validator run gen
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 |