Add CLI generator overview page (pre-release) #5292
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🌿 Preview your docs: https://fern-preview-fern-cli-generator-page.docs.buildwithfern.com/learn Here are the markdown pages you've updated: |
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| The CLI generator is currently in development. [Contact us](https://buildwithfern.com/contact) to learn more or request early access. |
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[FernStyles.Current] Avoid time-relative terms like 'currently' that become outdated
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| Fern's CLI generator produces a fully functional command-line tool from the same API spec you already use for SDKs. It ships as a single binary with no runtime dependencies — built for both AI agents that need deterministic, introspectable interfaces and human developers who want to script, debug, and explore. | ||
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| ## Why a CLI and why now |
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[FernStyles.Current] Avoid time-relative terms like 'now' that become outdated
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| Human developers want CLIs too — for scripting, CI, debugging, and exploring an API before committing to an SDK integration. Both audiences are well-served by a single binary. | ||
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| Most API companies don't ship one because building a good CLI is a multi-quarter project: commands, auth, pagination, retries, output formatting, cross-platform builds, shell completions, and keeping it all in sync as the API evolves. The CLI generator handles all of that automatically. |
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[Microsoft.Wordiness] Consider using 'all' instead of 'all of'.
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Adds a high-level overview page for the CLI generator under the SDKs > Generators section, marked as pre-release.
The page focuses on use cases rather than implementation details or setup:
Requested by: Fern Support