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  • Cloud and DevOps
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Comprehensive Cloudflare platform skill covering Workers, Pages, storage (KV, D1, R2), AI (Workers AI, Vectorize, Agents SDK), networking (Tunnel, Spectrum), security (WAF, DDoS), and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Pulumi). Use for any Cloudflare development task. Biases towards retrieval from Cloudflare docs over pre-trained knowledge.
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The Cloudflare platform skill provides a centralized resource for developers building on Cloudflare's edge network. It covers the full ecosystem, including compute (Workers, Pages), storage (KV, D1, R2), AI integration (Workers AI, Agents SDK), networking, and security. The skill emphasizes a retrieval-first approach, directing users to official Cloudflare documentation and configuration schemas to ensure accuracy regarding API signatures, limits, and pricing.

What it does

  • Provides decision trees to help select the right Cloudflare product for specific compute, storage, or networking needs.
  • Offers structured references for the Cloudflare Agents SDK, including lifecycle hooks and state management.
  • Guides users on integrating AI models and vector databases into edge applications.
  • Outlines methods for managing infrastructure-as-code using Terraform or Pulumi.
  • Facilitates access to product-specific documentation for security, media, and analytics services.
  • Maintains a directory of developer tools like Wrangler and Miniflare for local development and testing.

When to use it

  • When starting a new project on the Cloudflare platform and needing to choose the appropriate architecture.
  • When implementing stateful AI agents using the Cloudflare Agents SDK.
  • When configuring edge compute, storage bindings, or networking rules.
  • When troubleshooting API limits, configuration errors, or deployment issues.
  • When integrating AI models or vector search into existing edge applications.

Advantages

  • Consolidates a vast ecosystem into a navigable, task-oriented structure.
  • Promotes the use of official, up-to-date documentation over potentially stale training data.
  • Simplifies complex architectural decisions through clear, logic-based decision trees.
  • Provides specific code patterns for advanced features like Durable Objects and AI agents.
  • Supports modern infrastructure-as-code workflows for consistent deployments.

Usage examples

“I need to build a stateful AI chat agent on Cloudflare. How do I start?”
The agent will guide you to use the AIChatAgent class from the Agents SDK, explain how to manage message history, and provide a template for integrating AI models.
“Which storage solution should I use for relational data in my Worker?”
The agent will point you to D1 for SQLite-based relational storage or Hyperdrive for connecting to existing Postgres/MySQL databases.
“How do I expose my local development server to the internet via Cloudflare?”
The agent will provide instructions on using Cloudflare Tunnel to securely connect your local service to the Cloudflare edge.

Install

  1. Download the skill as a ZIP:

    https://autogineer.com/agent-skills/openai/cloudflare/download

  2. Unzip it into the cross-client skills folder of your project:

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

Documentation by Cloudflare

Cloudflare Platform Skill

Consolidated skill for building on the Cloudflare platform. Use decision trees below to find the right product, then load detailed references.

Your knowledge of Cloudflare APIs, types, limits, and pricing may be outdated. Prefer retrieval over pre-training — the references in this skill are starting points, not source of truth.

Retrieval Sources

Fetch the latest information before citing specific numbers, API signatures, or configuration options. Do not rely on baked-in knowledge or these reference files alone.

SourceHow to retrieveUse for
Cloudflare docsSearch https://developers.cloudflare.com/ directlyLimits, pricing, API reference, compatibility dates/flags
Workers typesnpm pack @cloudflare/workers-types or check node_modulesType signatures, binding shapes, handler types
Wrangler config schemanode_modules/wrangler/config-schema.jsonConfig fields, binding shapes, allowed values
Product changelogshttps://developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/Recent changes to limits, features, deprecations

When a reference file and the docs disagree, trust the docs. This is especially important for: numeric limits, pricing tiers, type signatures, and configuration options.

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 analytics/metrics data"
Need analytics?
├─ Query across all Cloudflare products (HTTP, Workers, DNS, etc.) → graphql-api/
├─ Custom high-cardinality metrics from Workers → analytics-engine/
├─ Client-side (RUM) performance data → web-analytics/
├─ Workers Logs and real-time debugging → observability/
└─ Raw logs (Logpush to external tools) → Cloudflare docs
"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/
GraphQL Analytics APIreferences/graphql-api/
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/

Files

references/bindings/gotchas.md

Binding Gotchas and Troubleshooting

Critical: Global Scope Mutation

❌ THE #1 GOTCHA: Caching env in Global Scope
// ❌ DANGEROUS - env cached at deploy time
const apiKey = env.API_KEY;  // ERROR: env not available in global scope

export default {
  async fetch(request: Request, env: Env) {
    // Uses undefined or stale value!
  }
}

Why it breaks:

  • env not available in global scope

  • If using workarounds, secrets may not update without redeployment

  • Leads to "Cannot read property 'X' of undefined" errors

✅ Always access env per-request:

export default {
  async fetch(request: Request, env: Env) {
    const apiKey = env.API_KEY;  // Fresh every request
  }
}

Common Errors

"env.MY_KV is undefined"

Cause: Name mismatch or not configured Solution: Check wrangler.jsonc (case-sensitive), run npx wrangler types, verify npx wrangler kv namespace list

"Property 'MY_KV' does not exist on type 'Env'"

Cause: Types not generated Solution: npx wrangler types

"preview_id is required for --remote"

Cause: Missing preview binding Solution: Add "preview_id": "dev-id" or use npx wrangler dev (local mode)

"Secret updated but Worker still uses old value"

Cause: Cached in global scope or not redeployed Solution: Avoid global caching, redeploy after secret change

"KV get() returns null for existing key"

Cause: Eventual consistency (60s), wrong namespace, wrong environment Solution:

# Check key exists
npx wrangler kv key get --binding=MY_KV "your-key"

# Verify namespace ID
npx wrangler kv namespace list

# Check environment
npx wrangler deployments list
"D1 database not found"

Solution: npx wrangler d1 list, verify ID in wrangler.jsonc

"Service binding returns 'No such service'"

Cause: Target Worker not deployed, name mismatch, environment mismatch Solution:

# List deployed Workers
npx wrangler deployments list --name=target-worker

# Check service binding config
cat wrangler.jsonc | grep -A2 services

# Deploy target first
cd ../target-worker && npx wrangler deploy
"Rate limit exceeded" on KV writes

Cause: >1 write/second per key Solution: Use different keys, Durable Objects, or Queues

Type Safety Gotchas

Missing @cloudflare/workers-types

Error: Cannot find name 'Request' Solution: npm install -D @cloudflare/workers-types, add to tsconfig.json "types"

Binding Type Mismatches
// ❌ Wrong - KV returns string | null
const value: string = await env.MY_KV.get('key');

// ✅ Handle null
const value = await env.MY_KV.get('key');
if (!value) return new Response('Not found', { status: 404 });

Environment Gotchas

Wrong Environment Deployed

Solution: Check npx wrangler deployments list, use --env flag

Secrets Not Per-Environment

Solution: Set per environment: npx wrangler secret put API_KEY --env staging

Development Gotchas

wrangler dev vs deploy:

  • dev: Uses preview_id or local bindings, secrets not available

  • deploy: Uses production id, secrets available

Access secrets in dev: npx wrangler dev --remote Persist local data: npx wrangler dev --persist

Performance Gotchas

Sequential Binding Calls
// ❌ Slow
const user = await env.DB.prepare('...').first();
const config = await env.MY_KV.get('config');

// ✅ Parallel
const [user, config] = await Promise.all([
  env.DB.prepare('...').first(),
  env.MY_KV.get('config')
]);

Security Gotchas

❌ Secrets in logs: console.log('Key:', env.API_KEY) - visible in dashboard ✅ console.log('Key:', env.API_KEY ? '***' : 'missing')

❌ Exposing env: return Response.json(env) - exposes all bindings ✅ Never return env object in responses

Limits Reference

ResourceLimitImpactPlan
Bindings per Worker64 totalAll binding types combinedAll
Environment variables64 max, 5KB eachPer WorkerAll
Secret size1KBPer secretAll
KV key size512 bytesUTF-8 encodedAll
KV value size25 MBPer valueAll
KV writes per key1/secondPer key; exceeding = 429 errorAll
KV list() results1000 keysPer call; use cursor for moreAll
KV operations1000 reads/dayFree tier onlyFree
R2 object size5 TBPer objectAll
R2 operations1M Class A/month freeWritesAll
D1 database size10 GBPer databaseAll
D1 rows per query100,000Result set limitAll
D1 databases10Free tierFree
Queue batch size100 messagesPer consumer batchAll
Queue message size128 KBPer messageAll
Service binding callsUnlimitedCounts toward CPU timeAll
Durable Objects1M requests/month freeFirst 1MFree

Debugging Tips

# Check configuration
npx wrangler deploy --dry-run       # Validate config without deploying
npx wrangler kv namespace list      # List KV namespaces
npx wrangler secret list            # List secrets (not values)
npx wrangler deployments list       # Recent deployments

# Inspect bindings
npx wrangler kv key list --binding=MY_KV
npx wrangler kv key get --binding=MY_KV "key-name"
npx wrangler r2 object get my-bucket/file.txt
npx wrangler d1 execute my-db --command="SELECT * FROM sqlite_master"

# Test locally
npx wrangler dev                  # Local mode
npx wrangler dev --remote         # Production bindings
npx wrangler dev --persist        # Persist data across restarts

# Verify types
npx wrangler types
cat .wrangler/types/runtime.d.ts | grep "interface Env"

# Debug specific binding issues
npx wrangler tail                 # Stream logs in real-time
npx wrangler tail --format=pretty # Formatted logs

See Also

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

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Attribution and licence

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Cloudflare
Publisher
OpenAI (Official)
Distributed by
OpenAI
Source
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Licence
Apache License 2.0 (redistribution allowed)
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