@dawn-ai/cli

The dawn command-line interface — local development runtime, route execution, validation and typegen, and the build step that produces LangGraph Platform deployment artifacts. It is the primary tool for working on a Dawn app from first scaffold through deploy.

Install

Project-local (recommended):

npm install -D @dawn-ai/cli
# or
pnpm add -D @dawn-ai/cli

Global:

npm install -g @dawn-ai/cli
# or
pnpm add -g @dawn-ai/cli

Installs a dawn binary on your PATH. Requires Node.js 22.12+.

Commands

| Command | Description | |----------------|--------------------------------------------------------------| | dawn dev | Start the Dawn local development runtime | | dawn check | Validate a Dawn app (route discovery, tool definitions) | | dawn verify | Verify dependencies and generated types are in sync | | dawn build | Generate deployment artifacts for LangGraph Platform | | dawn run | Execute one Dawn route invocation | | dawn test | Run route test scenarios | | dawn routes | List discovered Dawn routes (use --json for machine output)| | dawn typegen | Generate Dawn route and tool types into .dawn/ |

Usage

# Start the local dev runtime
pnpm dawn dev

# Validate the app and regenerate types
pnpm dawn check
pnpm dawn typegen

# Produce LangGraph Platform deployment artifacts
pnpm dawn build

Run dawn <command> --help for command-specific options.

Documentation

Full reference and guides:

• CLI — https://dawn-ai.org/docs/cli
• Dev server — https://dawn-ai.org/docs/dev-server
• Deployment — https://dawn-ai.org/docs/deployment
• Getting started — https://dawn-ai.org/docs/getting-started

License

MIT