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conflictMEDIUM2026-04-22 23:03 UTC

Build a typed CLI from scratch with Commander.js + Zod

The problem with untyped CLIs Commander.js is great for parsing arguments, but it hands you everything as string | undefined — regardless of what type you declared in the option definition. The <number> in .option("--count <number>") is cosmetic. What lands in your action handler is raw text from

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