Cyclopts Cli Scripts

CLI Scripts with cyclopts

All command-line scripts in this codebase use the cyclopts framework.

Framework

Use cyclopts, not argparse, click, typer, or bare sys.argv.

import cyclopts

app = cyclopts.App()

@app.command
def my_command(arg1: str, flag: bool = False) -> None:
    """Brief description shown in --help."""
    ...

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app()

Location

Place scripts in the bin/ directory at the root of the relevant project or repository. Do not place scripts in src/, scripts/, or ad-hoc locations.

Naming

Use hyphen-separated names: bin/migrate-assets, bin/sync-catalog.

Registering with uv

If the script should be runnable via uv run , register it in pyproject.toml:

[project.scripts]
my-script = "my_package.bin.my_script:app"

Or place the script directly in bin/ and run it with:

uv run python bin/my-script

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: mitodl
• Source: mitodl/agent-kit
• License: BSD-3-Clause

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.