Twilio CLI Plugins

The Twilio CLI can be extended via plugins. You can publish your own for the community or make them private for your own (or your clients') business workflows.

Install a plugin

Plugins for the CLI can be installed using the twilio plugins command.

1. Install the plugin by it's package name:


   twilio plugins:install <plugin-package-name>
   

2. Now, you can run your plugin commands from the CLI. Refer to the plugin's documentation to see what new commands are available.

3. If you're using autocomplete, you'll need to run twilio autocomplete after installing a plugin and open a new terminal window. The CLI needs to re-build it's cache.

Available plugins

• twilio serverless plugin: To streamline your Twilio Functions development workflow, Twilio Labs created the Serverless Toolkit.

  twilio plugins:install @twilio-labs/plugin-serverless
  

• twilio watch plugin: Allows you to watch your live debugger alerts, voice calls, and messages as they come in, in real-time.

  twilio plugins:install @twilio-labs/plugin-watch
  

• twilio token plugin: Install and use this plugin to generate a token for use in a client-side SDK, e.g., a chat application.

  twilio plugins:install @twilio-labs/plugin-token
  

• twilio flex plugin: Allows you to create, build and deploy Flex plugins

  twilio plugins:install @twilio-labs/plugin-flex@beta
  

Create a plugin

Want to write your own plugin? See this document.