Cloudflare Deploy

Deploy applications and infrastructure to Cloudflare using Workers, Pages, and related platform services. Use when the user asks to deploy, host, publish, or...

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:

bash

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"

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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"

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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"

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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"

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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"

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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"

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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"

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Need IaC? → pulumi/ (Pulumi), terraform/ (Terraform), or api/ (REST API)

Product Index

Compute & Runtime

Product	Reference
Workers	references/workers/
Pages	references/pages/
Pages Functions	references/pages-functions/
Durable Objects	references/durable-objects/
Workflows	references/workflows/
Containers	references/containers/
Workers for Platforms	references/workers-for-platforms/
Cron Triggers	references/cron-triggers/
Tail Workers	references/tail-workers/
Snippets	references/snippets/
Smart Placement	references/smart-placement/

Storage & Data

Product	Reference
KV	references/kv/
D1	references/d1/
R2	references/r2/
Queues	references/queues/
Hyperdrive	references/hyperdrive/
DO Storage	references/do-storage/
Secrets Store	references/secrets-store/
Pipelines	references/pipelines/
R2 Data Catalog	references/r2-data-catalog/
R2 SQL	references/r2-sql/

AI & Machine Learning

Product	Reference
Workers AI	references/workers-ai/
Vectorize	references/vectorize/
Agents SDK	references/agents-sdk/
AI Gateway	references/ai-gateway/
AI Search	references/ai-search/

Networking & Connectivity

Product	Reference
Tunnel	references/tunnel/
Spectrum	references/spectrum/
TURN	references/turn/
Network Interconnect	references/network-interconnect/
Argo Smart Routing	references/argo-smart-routing/
Workers VPC	references/workers-vpc/

Security

Product	Reference
WAF	references/waf/
DDoS Protection	references/ddos/
Bot Management	references/bot-management/
API Shield	references/api-shield/
Turnstile	references/turnstile/

Media & Content

Product	Reference
Images	references/images/
Stream	references/stream/
Browser Rendering	references/browser-rendering/
Zaraz	references/zaraz/

Real-Time Communication

Product	Reference
RealtimeKit	references/realtimekit/
Realtime SFU	references/realtime-sfu/

Developer Tools

Product	Reference
Wrangler	references/wrangler/
Miniflare	references/miniflare/
C3	references/c3/
Observability	references/observability/
Analytics Engine	references/analytics-engine/
Web Analytics	references/web-analytics/
Sandbox	references/sandbox/
Workerd	references/workerd/
Workers Playground	references/workers-playground/

Infrastructure as Code

Product	Reference
Pulumi	references/pulumi/
Terraform	references/terraform/
API	references/api/

Other Services

Product	Reference
Email Routing	references/email-routing/
Email Workers	references/email-workers/
Static Assets	references/static-assets/
Bindings	references/bindings/
Cache Reserve	references/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:

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The deploy needs escalated network access to deploy to Cloudflare. I can rerun the command with escalated permissions—want me to proceed?