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Shopify CLI publishes contributor design guidance
By RepoJournal · Filed · About Shopify · Composed from the cited sources · methodology
Shopify CLI moved its internal CLI design article into public contributor docs, so prompts can route coding agents to syntax, UI, and flow rules that no longer live behind internal design files.
Document CLI design guidance for contributors Shopify/cli
The internal article is now public contributor guidance and explicitly routes coding agents to its design, syntax, and UI rules, with command outcomes and flows kept separate from the existing syntax and UI content. New commands and flows therefore have a shared, non-internal reference to conform to.
Use hyphens only in multi-word option values Shopify/cli
Option values spelled with multiple words now take hyphens; the rule narrows to multi-word values, so single-word values are unaffected. Contributors writing new flag values should follow it rather than the surrounding convention.
Merge pull request #8745 from Shopify/donald/designing-for-cli-20261002 Shopify/cli
The design guidance landed as a merge into the mainline, which is what makes the contributor docs live rather than pending.