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Cloudflare Deploy

OpenAIOfficialPublished by OpenAI

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  • Cloud and DevOps
  • Apache-2.0
  • Medium risk
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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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Cloudflare Deploy provides a centralized framework for developers to build, host, and manage projects on Cloudflare. It covers the entire ecosystem, including serverless compute (Workers), full-stack web hosting (Pages), persistent storage (D1, R2, KV), and AI-powered agent development. The skill includes decision trees to help select the right product for specific needs, authentication guidance, and troubleshooting steps for deployment issues.

What it does

  • Provides decision trees to select the appropriate Cloudflare product for compute, storage, AI, or networking.
  • Offers guidance on authenticating with the Cloudflare platform via CLI or CI/CD.
  • Includes a comprehensive product index for quick reference to documentation.
  • Provides specific patterns and API references for building stateful AI agents using the Agents SDK.
  • Offers troubleshooting steps for network-related deployment failures.
  • Supports infrastructure-as-code integration with tools like Pulumi and Terraform.

When to use it

  • When you need to deploy, host, or publish a project to Cloudflare.
  • When you are unsure which Cloudflare service (e.g., Workers vs. Pages) best fits your application requirements.
  • When you need to build stateful, globally distributed AI agents.
  • When you encounter network errors or timeouts during the deployment process.
  • When setting up persistent storage or database solutions within the Cloudflare ecosystem.

Advantages

  • Consolidates fragmented documentation into a single, navigable resource.
  • Simplifies product selection through clear, use-case-driven decision trees.
  • Provides actionable code patterns for complex tasks like AI agent development.
  • Addresses common deployment friction points like authentication and network sandboxing.

Usage examples

“I need to deploy a full-stack web application to Cloudflare. Which service should I use?”
The agent will guide you to use Cloudflare Pages for full-stack web apps with Git-based deployments.
“How do I build an AI chat agent on Cloudflare?”
The agent will provide the Agents SDK reference, including the AIChatAgent class and examples for streaming responses and managing message history.
“My deployment is failing with a network timeout error. What should I do?”
The agent will advise you to rerun the deployment command with the sandbox_permissions=require_escalated flag to bypass network restrictions.
“How do I store relational data for my worker?”
The agent will recommend using D1 for SQLite-based relational storage or Hyperdrive for connecting to existing Postgres/MySQL databases.

Install

  1. Download the skill as a ZIP:

    https://autogineer.com/agent-skills/openai/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/tail-workers/gotchas.md

Tail Workers Gotchas & Debugging

Critical Pitfalls

1. Not Using ctx.waitUntil()

Problem: Async work doesn't complete or tail Worker times out
Cause: Handlers exit immediately; awaiting blocks processing
Solution:

// ❌ WRONG - fire and forget
export default {
  async tail(events) {
    fetch(endpoint, { body: JSON.stringify(events) });
  }
};

// ❌ WRONG - blocking await
export default {
  async tail(events, env, ctx) {
    await fetch(endpoint, { body: JSON.stringify(events) });
  }
};

// ✅ CORRECT
export default {
  async tail(events, env, ctx) {
    ctx.waitUntil(
      (async () => {
        await fetch(endpoint, { body: JSON.stringify(events) });
        await processMore();
      })()
    );
  }
};
2. Missing tail() Handler

Problem: Producer deployment fails
Cause: Worker in tail_consumers doesn't export tail() handler
Solution: Ensure export default { async tail(events, env, ctx) { ... } }

3. Outcome vs HTTP Status

Problem: Filtering by wrong status
Cause: outcome is script execution status, not HTTP status

// ❌ WRONG
if (event.outcome === 500) { /* never matches */ }

// ✅ CORRECT
if (event.outcome === 'exception') { /* script threw */ }
if (event.event?.response?.status === 500) { /* HTTP 500 */ }
4. Timestamp Units

Problem: Dates off by 1000x
Cause: Timestamps are epoch milliseconds, not seconds

// ❌ WRONG: const date = new Date(event.eventTimestamp * 1000);
// ✅ CORRECT: const date = new Date(event.eventTimestamp);
5. Type Name Mismatch

Problem: Using TailItem type
Cause: Old docs used TailItem, SDK uses TraceItem

import type { TraceItem } from '@cloudflare/workers-types';
export default {
  async tail(events: TraceItem[], env, ctx) { /* ... */ }
};
6. Excessive Logging Volume

Problem: Unexpected high costs
Cause: Invoked on EVERY producer request
Solution: Sample events

export default {
  async tail(events, env, ctx) {
    if (Math.random() > 0.1) return;  // 10% sample
    ctx.waitUntil(sendToEndpoint(events));
  }
};
7. Serialization Issues

Problem: JSON.stringify() fails
Cause: log.message is unknown[] with non-serializable values
Solution:

const safePayload = events.map(e => ({
  ...e,
  logs: e.logs.map(log => ({
    ...log,
    message: log.message.map(m => {
      try { return JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(m)); }
      catch { return String(m); }
    })
  }))
}));
8. Missing Error Handling

Problem: Tail Worker silently fails
Cause: No try/catch
Solution:

ctx.waitUntil((async () => {
  try {
    await fetch(env.ENDPOINT, { body: JSON.stringify(events) });
  } catch (error) {
    console.error("Tail error:", error);
    await env.FALLBACK_KV.put(`failed:${Date.now()}`, JSON.stringify(events));
  }
})());
9. Deployment Order

Problem: Producer deployment fails
Cause: Tail consumer not deployed yet
Solution: Deploy tail consumer FIRST

cd tail-worker && wrangler deploy
cd ../producer && wrangler deploy
10. No Event Retry

Problem: Events lost when handler fails
Cause: Failed invocations NOT retried
Solution: Implement fallback storage (see #8)

Debugging

View logs: wrangler tail my-tail-worker

Incremental testing:

  1. Verify receipt: console.log('Events:', events.length)

  2. Inspect structure: console.log(JSON.stringify(events[0], null, 2))

  3. Add external call with ctx.waitUntil()

Monitor dashboard: Check invocation count (matches producer?), error rate, CPU time

Testing

Add test endpoint to producer:

export default {
  async fetch(request) {
    if (request.url.includes('/test')) {
      console.log('Test log');
      throw new Error('Test error');
    }
    return new Response('OK');
  }
};

Trigger: curl https://producer.example.workers.dev/test

Common Errors

ErrorCauseSolution
"Tail consumer not found"Not deployedDeploy tail Worker first
"No tail handler"Missing tail()Add to default export
"waitUntil is not a function"Missing ctxAdd ctx parameter
TimeoutBlocking awaitUse ctx.waitUntil()

Performance Notes

  • Max 100 events per invocation

  • Each consumer receives all events independently

  • CPU limits same as regular Workers

  • For high volume, use Durable Objects batching

Requirements and compatibility

Written for: OpenAI Codex

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

A static scan is not a guarantee. Skills are third-party content: review a skill before you let an agent use it.

Attribution and licence

Published by
OpenAI
Publisher
OpenAI (Official)
Source
openai/skills · skills/.curated/cloudflare-deploy · commit 49f948f
Licence
Apache License 2.0 (redistribution allowed)
  • ATTRIBUTION.md (written by AutoGineer)
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