CLI Plugins

twilio-cli can be extended through plugins. You can publish your own plugins for the community or make them private for your own — or your clients’ — business workflows.

Install a plugin

Plugins for twilio-cli are installed using the twilio plugins command.

1. Install a plugin by its package name:


   twilio plugins:install <plugin-package-name>

2. Run your plugin commands from twilio-cli. Refer to the plugin’s documentation to see what new commands are available.

3. If you’re using autocomplete, you’ll need to run twilio autocomplete after installing a plugin and then open a new terminal window. twilio-cli needs to rebuild its cache.

Available plugins

• twilio serverless — Use this to streamline your Twilio Functions development workflow.

  twilio plugins:install @twilio-labs/plugin-serverless

• twilio watch — Allows you to watch your live debugger alerts, voice calls, and messages as they come in, in real time.

  twilio plugins:install @twilio-labs/plugin-watch

• twilio token — Install and use this plugin to generate a token for use in a client-side SDK, e.g., a chat application.

  twilio plugins:install @twilio-labs/plugin-token

• twilio flex — Allows you to create, build, and deploy Flex plugins.

  twilio plugins:install @twilio-labs/plugin-flex

• twilio assets — Allows you to upload and manage static assets in a Twilio Assets service.

  twilio plugins:install @twilio-labs/plugin-assets

Create a plugin

Want to write your own plugin? This document will show you how.