Cloudflare Deploy

Consolidated skill for building on the Cloudflare platform. Use decision trees below to find the right product, then load detailed references.

Prerequisites

When sandboxing blocks the deployment network calls, rerun with sandbox_permissions=require_escalated.
The deployment might take a few minutes. Use appropriate timeout values.

Authentication (Required Before Deploy)

Verify auth before wrangler deploy, wrangler pages deploy, or npm run deploy:

bash

npx wrangler whoami    # Shows account if authenticated

Not authenticated? → references/wrangler/auth.md

Interactive/local: wrangler login (one-time OAuth)
CI/CD: Set CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN env var

Quick Decision Trees

"I need to run code"

Need to run code?
├─ Serverless functions at the edge → workers/
├─ Full-stack web app with Git deploys → pages/
├─ Stateful coordination/real-time → durable-objects/
├─ Long-running multi-step jobs → workflows/
├─ Run containers → containers/
├─ Multi-tenant (customers deploy code) → workers-for-platforms/
├─ Scheduled tasks (cron) → cron-triggers/
├─ Lightweight edge logic (modify HTTP) → snippets/
├─ Process Worker execution events (logs/observability) → tail-workers/
└─ Optimize latency to backend infrastructure → smart-placement/

"I need to store data"

Need storage?
├─ Key-value (config, sessions, cache) → kv/
├─ Relational SQL → d1/ (SQLite) or hyperdrive/ (existing Postgres/MySQL)
├─ Object/file storage (S3-compatible) → r2/
├─ Message queue (async processing) → queues/
├─ Vector embeddings (AI/semantic search) → vectorize/
├─ Strongly-consistent per-entity state → durable-objects/ (DO storage)
├─ Secrets management → secrets-store/
├─ Streaming ETL to R2 → pipelines/
└─ Persistent cache (long-term retention) → cache-reserve/

"I need AI/ML"

Need AI?
├─ Run inference (LLMs, embeddings, images) → workers-ai/
├─ Vector database for RAG/search → vectorize/
├─ Build stateful AI agents → agents-sdk/
├─ Gateway for any AI provider (caching, routing) → ai-gateway/
└─ AI-powered search widget → ai-search/

"I need networking/connectivity"

Need networking?
├─ Expose local service to internet → tunnel/
├─ TCP/UDP proxy (non-HTTP) → spectrum/
├─ WebRTC TURN server → turn/
├─ Private network connectivity → network-interconnect/
├─ Optimize routing → argo-smart-routing/
├─ Optimize latency to backend (not user) → smart-placement/
└─ Real-time video/audio → realtimekit/ or realtime-sfu/

"I need security"

Need security?
├─ Web Application Firewall → waf/
├─ DDoS protection → ddos/
├─ Bot detection/management → bot-management/
├─ API protection → api-shield/
├─ CAPTCHA alternative → turnstile/
└─ Credential leak detection → waf/ (managed ruleset)

"I need media/content"

Need media?
├─ Image optimization/transformation → images/
├─ Video streaming/encoding → stream/
├─ Browser automation/screenshots → browser-rendering/
└─ Third-party script management → zaraz/

"I need infrastructure-as-code"

Need IaC? → pulumi/ (Pulumi), terraform/ (Terraform), or api/ (REST API)

Product Index

Compute & Runtime

Product	Reference
Workers	`references/workers/`
Pages	`references/pages/`
Pages Functions	`references/pages-functions/`
Durable Objects	`references/durable-objects/`
Workflows	`references/workflows/`
Containers	`references/containers/`
Workers for Platforms	`references/workers-for-platforms/`
Cron Triggers	`references/cron-triggers/`
Tail Workers	`references/tail-workers/`
Snippets	`references/snippets/`
Smart Placement	`references/smart-placement/`

Storage & Data

Product	Reference
KV	`references/kv/`
D1	`references/d1/`
R2	`references/r2/`
Queues	`references/queues/`
Hyperdrive	`references/hyperdrive/`
DO Storage	`references/do-storage/`
Secrets Store	`references/secrets-store/`
Pipelines	`references/pipelines/`
R2 Data Catalog	`references/r2-data-catalog/`
R2 SQL	`references/r2-sql/`

AI & Machine Learning

Product	Reference
Workers AI	`references/workers-ai/`
Vectorize	`references/vectorize/`
Agents SDK	`references/agents-sdk/`
AI Gateway	`references/ai-gateway/`
AI Search	`references/ai-search/`

Networking & Connectivity

Product	Reference
Tunnel	`references/tunnel/`
Spectrum	`references/spectrum/`
TURN	`references/turn/`
Network Interconnect	`references/network-interconnect/`
Argo Smart Routing	`references/argo-smart-routing/`
Workers VPC	`references/workers-vpc/`

Security

Product	Reference
WAF	`references/waf/`
DDoS Protection	`references/ddos/`
Bot Management	`references/bot-management/`
API Shield	`references/api-shield/`
Turnstile	`references/turnstile/`

Media & Content

Product	Reference
Images	`references/images/`
Stream	`references/stream/`
Browser Rendering	`references/browser-rendering/`
Zaraz	`references/zaraz/`

Real-Time Communication

Product	Reference
RealtimeKit	`references/realtimekit/`
Realtime SFU	`references/realtime-sfu/`

Developer Tools

Product	Reference
Wrangler	`references/wrangler/`
Miniflare	`references/miniflare/`
C3	`references/c3/`
Observability	`references/observability/`
Analytics Engine	`references/analytics-engine/`
Web Analytics	`references/web-analytics/`
Sandbox	`references/sandbox/`
Workerd	`references/workerd/`
Workers Playground	`references/workers-playground/`

Infrastructure as Code

Product	Reference
Pulumi	`references/pulumi/`
Terraform	`references/terraform/`
API	`references/api/`

Other Services

Product	Reference
Email Routing	`references/email-routing/`
Email Workers	`references/email-workers/`
Static Assets	`references/static-assets/`
Bindings	`references/bindings/`
Cache Reserve	`references/cache-reserve/`

Troubleshooting

Escalated Network Access

If deployment fails due to network issues (timeouts, DNS errors, connection resets), rerun the deploy with escalated permissions (use sandbox_permissions=require_escalated). The deploy requires escalated network access when sandbox networking blocks outbound requests.

Example guidance to the user:

The deploy needs escalated network access to deploy to Cloudflare. I can rerun the command with escalated permissions—want me to proceed?

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