Documentation

Learn how to build typed CLI commands and interactive terminal apps with Milo.

8 pages in this section

Philosophy, architecture, concepts, and lifecycle

Install Milo and build your first typed CLI/MCP command

Build typed commands, MCP tools, and llms.txt discovery

Build reducer-driven terminal apps with templates, forms, and flows

Test, verify, debug, and operate Milo projects

Build

Commands and Groups

Register typed handlers and organize command trees

MCP Server and Gateway

Expose commands as tools and route multiple CLIs

State and Reducers

Model app state and deterministic updates

Forms and Navigation

Collect input and move through multi-screen flows

Kida-powered terminal rendering and built-in components

Schema, dispatch, MCP, verify, snapshots, and replay

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Applied Tutorials

Step-by-step projects built with Milo

Runnable example applications and copy paths

Schema, dispatch, error codes, actions, and types

In This Section

About Philosophy, architecture, concepts, thread safety, and ecosystem. 6 pages

Get Started Install Milo and build your first typed CLI command. 3 pages

Build CLIs Build typed command-line tools that also expose MCP tools and llms.txt discovery. 9 pages

Build Apps Build reducer-driven terminal apps with templates, input, forms, flows, commands, and sagas. 11 pages

Quality and Operations Test, verify, debug, and operate Milo CLIs and apps. 3 pages

Reference API reference, built-in actions, error codes, and type definitions. 6 pages

Examples Runnable example applications and copy paths. 1 page

Applied Tutorials Step-by-step guides for building real CLI and terminal applications with Milo. 3 pages