ws-cli (alias: ws)

⚡ CLI companion to charge the workspace batteries

Overview

ws-cli is a CLI tool designed to supercharge your development by providing a suite of helper commands. With ws-cli, you can navigate and manage your workspace efficiently, automate repetitive tasks, and access a variety of functionalities directly from your terminal.

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The ws-cli command can be conveniently used with its alias ws. When executing ws without any sub-commands, it automatically navigates to the /workspace.

This feature allows for quick access to your workspace root with a minimal command.

Commands

Clipboard (ws clip)

Interact with the native clipboard.

• paste: Paste clipboard content.

ws clip paste > out.txt

Features (ws feature)

Install and manage additional pre-configured features.

• list: List available features that can be installed.
• info <feature>: Show detailed information about a feature.
• install <feature>: Install a feature.

See our dedicated section on installing features.

Information (ws info)

Display workspace information.

• env: Display effective workspace environment variables.
• extensions: Display installed extensions.
• uptime: Display the workspace uptime.
• version: Display installed workspace version.

Logging (ws log)

Log messages to the console.

• debug <message>: Log a debug message.
• error <message>: Log an error message.
• info <message>: Log an info message.
• warn <message>: Log a warning message.
• stamp: Print the current timestamp.

The log * functions can be supplied with an optional --indent=* flag, indicating the desired number of indentations for prefixing the message. There is also a --pipe flag to loop through piped output.

Logs (ws logs)

Retrieve workspace logs.

ws logs --level=error --tail=100 --follow

Serve (ws serve)

Serve internal assets.

• current: Serve current directory as a static site.
• font: Serve fonts for local download.

Show (ws show)

Display information about the current workspace instance.

• ip:
  • internal: Display the internal IP address.
  • node: Display the node/host IP address.
• path:
  • home: Display the workspace home path.
  • vscode-settings: Display the VS Code settings path.

A useful example could be when executing a reverse tunnel to the remote node:

ws_node_ip=$(ws show ip node)

ssh -N -R "3001:${ws_node_ip}:3001" "${ws_node_ip}"

Templates (ws template)

Manage static configuration files. Many configuration files are defined globally (in ~ or /etc) and are used system-wide without needing to be included in the project root.

However, this approach may not work in CI environments or on other machines (when not using the workspace image), as they might lack these global configurations.

• list: List all available configuration templates.
• show <template>: Display the contents of a configuration template.
• apply <template>: Apply a configuration template to the current project.

ws template apply ruff

Version (ws version)

Display the installed workspace version.