CLI commands

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@foliolang/cli ships 5 subcommands.

init

folio init

Interactive wizard. Generates a sample article.md + folio.config.json + .env.example.

build

folio build article.md [--theme default|academic|minimal] [--inline] [--pdf]
Flag Description
--theme Theme (default: default)
--inline Inline every asset into a single HTML file (no external deps)
--pdf Also emit article.pdf (requires puppeteer installed locally)

Outputs article.html plus (optionally) an article.assets/ directory.

dev

folio dev article.md [--port 5173]

Starts a local server. File changes trigger a rebuild and a browser refresh.

publish

folio publish article.md --target cloudflare|github|netlify|s3 [--slug my-article]

Publishes to the configured target and returns the URL. Requires the matching token / API key in env.

cache

folio cache stats     # cache hit rate + estimated spend
folio cache clean     # wipe the content-addressed cache

Exit codes

build exits non-zero when:

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