FCLI Foundational Components CLI

Helps spread the AwesomeSauce of the Foundational Components team a bit further.

Prerequisites

Python 3 is required. Python 2 is not supported.

Second, Python 3's bin directory needs to be in your PATH environment variable. For example, if you are using the python.org install on macOS, you will need to add the following to your ~/.profile.

PATH="/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.*/bin:${PATH}"

Installation

fcli is located on PyPI.

To install, run the following.

$ pip3 install fcli

sudo may be needed if your Python 3 installation is in a protected directory. This will put the command the bin directory of your Python 3 installation.

To update fcli to the latest version, run the following.

$ pip3 install --upgrade fcli

Again, sudo may be required.

Specifying Credentials

fcli uses your EUA credentials to authenticate yourself to JIRA, etc. There are multiple ways to specify your credentials.

File

Create an ini file at ~/.fcli. In there, add the [default] section, and under that section specify a username and password. An example can be seen in fcli.ini.

Environment Variables

The environment variables FCLI_USER and FCLI_PASS can be utilized to specify the username and password.

CLI

Only the username can be specified via the CLI. Tack on the --username <username> option.

Keyboard

If the username or password is not specified in some other fashion, the CLI will prompt the user.

Usage

Story Administration

Story Creation

To create a story in the backlog use

$ fcli backlog create story '<story title>'

You will be prompted to enter a Description and Acceptance Criteria.

Task Administration

Task Creation

There are three types of tasks the fcli can add: triage, EL, and backlog tasks.

To add a triage task,

$ fcli triage create "<task title>" "<task description>"  [--importance <High/Medium/Low>] [--effort <High/Medium/Low>] [--due <date in the future>] [--in-progress] [--assign]

A new task is created in the triage board with the specified title and description. Optionally, put the task into the In Progress state with the --in-progress option, and optionally assign the task to yourself with --assign. The importance, effort, and due date are required, and they will be prompted for if they are not supplied on the command line.

To add an EL task,

$ fcli el create "<task title>" "<task description>"  [--importance <High/Medium/Low>] [--effort <High/Medium/Low>] [--due <date in the future>] [--in-progress] [--assign]

A new task is created in the EL board with the specified title and description. EL tasks require the same options as triage tasks.

To add a backlog task,

$ fcli backlog create task "<task title>" "<task description>" <parent story>

A new task is created in the standard backlog with the specified title and description. The task is linked with the parent story. If the parent story is already in an active sprint, the task is also moved into the same sprint.

Other Task Functions

To move a task from one status to another...

$ fcli task move <task key> <target status>

To run the triage and EL task scoring process...

$ fcli task score

Other Backlog Functions

To add a calculated VFR value to a story in the backlog and move it to Refined status...

$ fcli backlog score <task key> <duration> <cost of delay>

Triage Task Administration

There are currently two different tasks for triage administration: search for all open triage tasks and update the score for all open triage tasks.

To search for all open triage tasks,

$ fcli triage search

A json representation of all of the open triage tasks will be printed to the terminal.

The scores of all open triage tasks will be updated. The terminal will show progress.

Development

I accept PRs! Check out the issues and assign yourself when you start working on one.