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Cloudflare Deploy

JetBrainsOfficialCreated by OpenAIDistributed by JetBrains

  • Skill
  • Tool integration
  • Cloud and DevOps
  • Apache-2.0
  • Medium risk

From the author

Deploy applications and infrastructure to Cloudflare using Workers, Pages, and related platform services. Use when the user asks to deploy, host, publish, or set up a project on Cloudflare.
— the description by OpenAI

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The Cloudflare Deploy skill serves as a centralized hub for developers working within the Cloudflare ecosystem. It provides structured decision trees to help users select the appropriate Cloudflare product—ranging from compute and storage to AI and security—and offers guidance on authentication, deployment, and troubleshooting. The skill includes specific references for building stateful, distributed AI agents using the Cloudflare Agents SDK, covering lifecycle hooks, state management, and SQL integration.

What it does

  • Provides decision trees to select the right Cloudflare product for compute, storage, AI, or networking needs.
  • Offers guidance on authentication using Wrangler for local and CI/CD environments.
  • Includes detailed documentation for building stateful AI agents with the Cloudflare Agents SDK.
  • Supports infrastructure-as-code integration via Pulumi and Terraform.
  • Provides troubleshooting steps for network-related deployment failures.
  • Maps specific use cases to relevant product references and technical documentation.

When to use it

  • When you need to deploy, host, or publish a project on Cloudflare.
  • When you are unsure which Cloudflare product best fits your compute, storage, or AI requirements.
  • When building stateful AI agents that require persistent memory and real-time connections.
  • When you need to configure security, networking, or media optimization services on Cloudflare.
  • When troubleshooting deployment timeouts or network connectivity issues.

Advantages

  • Consolidates fragmented documentation into a single, navigable resource.
  • Simplifies product selection through clear, logic-based decision trees.
  • Provides ready-to-use code patterns for complex tasks like AI agent development.
  • Addresses common operational hurdles like authentication and network sandboxing.

Usage examples

“I need to deploy a full-stack web application to Cloudflare. Which product should I use?”
The agent will guide you to use Cloudflare Pages for Git-based deployments and provide the necessary steps to get started.
“How do I build a stateful AI chat agent on Cloudflare?”
The agent will provide the AIChatAgent class structure, explain how to manage message history, and show how to integrate with Workers AI.
“My deployment is failing with a network timeout. What should I do?”
The agent will recommend rerunning the deployment with escalated permissions using the sandbox_permissions=require_escalated flag.

Install

  1. Download the skill as a ZIP:

    https://autogineer.com/agent-skills/jetbrains/cloudflare-deploy/download
  2. Unzip it into the cross-client skills folder of your project:

    mkdir -p .agents/skills && unzip cloudflare-deploy.zip -d .agents/skills

Documentation by OpenAI

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
ProductReference
Workersreferences/workers/
Pagesreferences/pages/
Pages Functionsreferences/pages-functions/
Durable Objectsreferences/durable-objects/
Workflowsreferences/workflows/
Containersreferences/containers/
Workers for Platformsreferences/workers-for-platforms/
Cron Triggersreferences/cron-triggers/
Tail Workersreferences/tail-workers/
Snippetsreferences/snippets/
Smart Placementreferences/smart-placement/
Storage & Data
ProductReference
KVreferences/kv/
D1references/d1/
R2references/r2/
Queuesreferences/queues/
Hyperdrivereferences/hyperdrive/
DO Storagereferences/do-storage/
Secrets Storereferences/secrets-store/
Pipelinesreferences/pipelines/
R2 Data Catalogreferences/r2-data-catalog/
R2 SQLreferences/r2-sql/
AI & Machine Learning
ProductReference
Workers AIreferences/workers-ai/
Vectorizereferences/vectorize/
Agents SDKreferences/agents-sdk/
AI Gatewayreferences/ai-gateway/
AI Searchreferences/ai-search/
Networking & Connectivity
ProductReference
Tunnelreferences/tunnel/
Spectrumreferences/spectrum/
TURNreferences/turn/
Network Interconnectreferences/network-interconnect/
Argo Smart Routingreferences/argo-smart-routing/
Workers VPCreferences/workers-vpc/
Security
ProductReference
WAFreferences/waf/
DDoS Protectionreferences/ddos/
Bot Managementreferences/bot-management/
API Shieldreferences/api-shield/
Turnstilereferences/turnstile/
Media & Content
ProductReference
Imagesreferences/images/
Streamreferences/stream/
Browser Renderingreferences/browser-rendering/
Zarazreferences/zaraz/
Real-Time Communication
ProductReference
RealtimeKitreferences/realtimekit/
Realtime SFUreferences/realtime-sfu/
Developer Tools
ProductReference
Wranglerreferences/wrangler/
Miniflarereferences/miniflare/
C3references/c3/
Observabilityreferences/observability/
Analytics Enginereferences/analytics-engine/
Web Analyticsreferences/web-analytics/
Sandboxreferences/sandbox/
Workerdreferences/workerd/
Workers Playgroundreferences/workers-playground/
Infrastructure as Code
ProductReference
Pulumireferences/pulumi/
Terraformreferences/terraform/
APIreferences/api/
Other Services
ProductReference
Email Routingreferences/email-routing/
Email Workersreferences/email-workers/
Static Assetsreferences/static-assets/
Bindingsreferences/bindings/
Cache Reservereferences/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?

Files

references/tunnel/gotchas.md

Tunnel Gotchas

Common Errors

"Error 1016 (Origin DNS Error)"

Cause: Tunnel not running or not connected Solution:

cloudflared tunnel info my-tunnel     # Check status
ps aux | grep cloudflared             # Verify running
journalctl -u cloudflared -n 100      # Check logs
"Self-signed certificate rejected"

Cause: Origin using self-signed certificate Solution:

originRequest:
  noTLSVerify: true      # Dev only
  caPool: /path/to/ca.pem  # Custom CA
"Connection timeout"

Cause: Origin slow to respond or timeout settings too low Solution:

originRequest:
  connectTimeout: 60s
  tlsTimeout: 20s
  keepAliveTimeout: 120s
"Tunnel not starting"

Cause: Invalid config, missing credentials, or tunnel doesn't exist Solution:

cloudflared tunnel ingress validate  # Validate config
ls -la ~/.cloudflared/*.json         # Verify credentials
cloudflared tunnel list              # Verify tunnel exists
"Connection already registered"

Cause: Multiple replicas with same connector ID or stale connection Solution:

# Check active connections
cloudflared tunnel info my-tunnel

# Wait 60s for stale connection cleanup, or restart with new connector ID
cloudflared tunnel run my-tunnel
"Tunnel credentials rotated but connections fail"

Cause: Old cloudflared processes using expired credentials Solution:

# Stop all cloudflared processes
pkill cloudflared

# Verify stopped
ps aux | grep cloudflared

# Restart with new credentials
cloudflared tunnel run my-tunnel

Limits

Resource/LimitValueNotes
Free tierUnlimited tunnelsUnlimited traffic
Tunnel replicas1000 per tunnelMax concurrent
Connection durationNo hard limitHours to days
Long-lived connectionsMay drop during updatesWebSocket, SSH, UDP
Replica registration~5s TTLOld replica dropped after 5s no heartbeat
Token rotation grace24 hoursOld tokens work during grace period

Best Practices

Security
  1. Use token-based tunnels (config source: cloudflare) for centralized control

  2. Enable Access policies for sensitive services

  3. Rotate tunnel credentials regularly

  4. After rotation: stop all old cloudflared processes within 24h grace period

  5. Verify TLS certs (noTLSVerify: false)

  6. Restrict bastion service type

Performance
  1. Run multiple replicas for HA (2-4 typical, load balanced automatically)

  2. Replicas share same tunnel UUID, get unique connector IDs

  3. Place cloudflared close to origin (same network)

  4. Use HTTP/2 for gRPC (http2Origin: true)

  5. Tune keepalive for long-lived connections

  6. Monitor connection counts

Configuration
  1. Use environment variables for secrets

  2. Version control config files

  3. Validate before deploying (cloudflared tunnel ingress validate)

  4. Test rules (cloudflared tunnel ingress rule <URL>)

  5. Document rule order (first match wins)

Operations
  1. Monitor tunnel health in dashboard (shows active replicas)

  2. Set up disconnect alerts (when replica count drops to 0)

  3. Graceful shutdown for config updates

  4. Update replicas in rolling fashion (update 1, wait, update next)

  5. Keep cloudflared updated (1 year support window)

  6. Use --no-autoupdate in prod; control updates manually

Debug Mode

cloudflared tunnel --loglevel debug run my-tunnel
cloudflared tunnel ingress rule https://app.example.com

Migration Strategies

From Ngrok
# Ngrok: ngrok http 8000
# Cloudflare Tunnel:
ingress:
  - hostname: app.example.com
    service: http://localhost:8000
  - service: http_status:404
From VPN
# Replace VPN with private network routing
warp-routing:
  enabled: true
cloudflared tunnel route ip add 10.0.0.0/8 my-tunnel

Users install WARP client instead of VPN.

Requirements and compatibility

Works with: Claude Code, Claude apps, OpenAI Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Kiro, OpenCode, Goose, Amp, Roo Code, JetBrains Junie, Factory Droid, Devin (ex-Windsurf), Mistral Vibe, OpenHands, Letta

“Works with” means the tool reads the open Agent Skills format; a skill written for one tool may use features others lack.

Needs: Needs Node.js

Security

What our scanner noticed· Medium risk

  • Possible data-exfiltration endpoints
  • Instructions that use the network
  • Downloads piped into a shell

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Attribution and licence

Created by
OpenAI
Publisher
JetBrains (Official)
Distributed by
JetBrains
Source
JetBrains/skills · cloudflare-deploy · commit 3f53782
Licence
Apache License 2.0 (redistribution allowed)
  • ATTRIBUTION.md (written by AutoGineer)
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