Cloudflare Deploy

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`:

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?