Add a new cobra subcommand to the CLI
npx skills add https://github.com/bendrucker/honeycomb-cli --skill add-commandCopy and paste this command into Claude Code to install the skill
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| name | add-command |
| description | Add a new cobra subcommand to the CLI |
| user_invocable | true |
Add a new cobra subcommand following the project's patterns.
cmd/ to understand patternscmd/<name>.go with a New<Name>Cmd factory function*iostreams.IOStreamsAddCommand in the parent's factory--format output support (json, table, yaml)cmd/<name>_test.go with tests using iostreams.Test()func NewExampleCmd(ios *iostreams.IOStreams) *cobra.Command {
opts := &ExampleOptions{IOStreams: ios}
cmd := &cobra.Command{
Use: "example",
Short: "One-line description",
RunE: func(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
return runExample(opts)
},
}
cmd.Flags().StringVar(&opts.Format, "format", "", "Output format: json, table, yaml")
return cmd
}
func runExample(opts *ExampleOptions) error {
// Implementation
return nil
}
New*Cmd factory, no init()SilenceUsage: true on subcommands that have RunE--format flag if command produces outputios.CanPrompt())iostreams.Test()