Chris Messina

Fig Scripts - Build internal CLI tools, really fast

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Use Fig's Jupyter Notebook-style interface to write scripts with code, inputs, and markdown. Capture user input with our beautiful terminal UI library. Share scripts and CLIs with your teammates instantly.

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Chris Messina
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I'm becoming obsessed with notebooks and multiplayer modes. Been a long time user of Fig's terminal tools β€” this is a solid and pragmatic direction.
Brendan Falk
Thanks for the hunt, @chrismessina, and more importantly, for being an early user!! Hey Product Hunt! πŸ€— I'm Brendan, co-founder & CEO of Fig and I'm excited to share Fig Scripts with the PH community! πŸš€ What is Fig Scripts? Fig Scripts lets you build internal CLI tools, really fast. Seriously, download Fig and set up your own custom CLI in 30 seconds. ⏳ Why did we build this? There is surprisingly a lot of friction involved in building an internal CLI. Instead of writing business logic, a lot of your time is spent on boilerplate: integrating with the CLI framework, reading/validating user input, working out how to distribute/update your tool, even adding colored output... There is surely room for improvement... 😎 How does Fig Scripts work? 1. Build: Create scripts with Fig's Jupyter-notebook style interface. Mix-and-match code (bash, python, js/ts), inputs, and markdown 2. Share: Changes are instantly provisioned to everyone on your team. 3. Execute: Fig's out-of-the-box terminal UI library makes accepting user input easy. We even generate the CLI flags for you. πŸ§‘β€πŸ’» Can I share scripts with my team? Yes! Sharing with your team is easy. We even have built-in usage monitoring and error reporting so you can see how frequently scripts/subcommands are used. πŸ”œ What's next? Coming soon, we are going to add integrations with popular developer infrastructure (like AWS, Docker, GitHub), cron jobs, new cell types (like markdown), more language support, and the ability to run scripts in the cloud. πŸ”₯ We'd love to hear what you think! - Join our Discord community - Tweet @fig - Comment below!
Huy Doan
The idea looks amazing! Congrats on the launch. Will try with my team later on.
Brendan Falk
@huy_doan_quang So glad to hear! Please let me know if any team feedback :)
Bilal Niaz
This looks like a really cool tool! I'm definitely going to check it out.
Brendan Falk
@bilal_niaz Awesome! We'd love to hear your thoughts
Ben Williams
This is a fantastically useful addition to an already very powerful platform. Nice work @brendanfalk and team πŸ‘
Brendan Falk
@plgeek Thank you Ben πŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺ
Ruben Burdin
Fig helps our team since day one with super smart suggestions. Fig is blowing up minds here! 😍
Brendan Falk
@ruben_burdin Thank you, Ruben! Glad to have you on our journey
Max Musing
Brendan, this looks awesome! Thinking up some use cases now for the team at Basedash.
Brendan Falk
@maxmusing Woohoo!! We are big fans of Basedash too :)
Philippe NoΓ«l
WOO! Been loving Fig and what the Fig team has been up to since day one, and as someone who spends a lot of time in the terminal Fig Scripts are really going to streamline my workflow
Brendan Falk
@philippemnoel πŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺ
Christopher Ries
No kidding? CLI tools are super important (and oftentimes overlooked), so it's great that you're making it easier for folk to add more developer tool options with less work involved. Roadmap looks solid. Can't wait to try this out!
Brendan Falk
@cjries That's hopefully the plan! Thanks so much for the kind words Christopher. Please let me know if I can ever help
Christopher Ries
@brendanfalk absolutely!
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Wow! I will definitely try this if possible.
Brendan Falk
@drewxa Love it! Let me know what you think :)
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