lazyops-cli 1.0.0

CLI to discover, fetch, and run reusable automation workflows from remote plugin packs.

LazyOps

Turn your scattered scripts into reusable, searchable, and shareable workflows.

Why LazyOps?

Every engineer has a folder full of scripts:

cleanup.sh
restart-pods.py
rotate_logs.sh
debug-nginx.sh
fix-permissions.sh

After a few months:

• You forget they exist.
• You can't remember their arguments.
• They're undocumented.
• They only work on your machine.
• Your teammates rewrite the same automation.

LazyOps solves this by adding a lightweight workflow layer on top of existing scripts.

No rewrites. No proprietary language. Just structure.

Features

• 🚀 Run scripts as named workflows (lazyops run pack/plugin)
• 📦 Install workflow packs (aws, kubernetes, security, …) from a remote catalog
• 🔍 Search and list workflows across installed packs
• 🐍 Support multiple runtimes (Bash, Python, Node.js, executables)
• 📝 Interactive picker when you run lazyops run with no arguments
• ✅ Manifest validation before execution
• 🔖 Pin catalog version by git branch or tag (source.ref)
• 🤝 Workflows live in a separate repo — share and version them independently

Architecture

LazyOps is a CLI-only installer. Workflows are fetched at runtime from a separate plugins repo:

Repo	Role
LazyOps	CLI, config, fetch & run
lazyops-plugins	Workflow catalog (packs + plugins)

Each pack is a bundle (e.g. aws, kubernetes). Each plugin is one workflow folder under that pack. The git branch or tag on the plugins repo is the catalog version.

lazyops-plugins/
└── plugins/
    └── aws/
        ├── pack.yaml
        └── addpatchclasstag/
            ├── workflow.yaml
            ├── script.sh
            └── README.md

Run a workflow:

lazyops run aws/addpatchclasstag

LazyOps fetches the plugin at your configured source.ref, validates the manifest, and executes the script.

Installation

From PyPI (recommended)

The PyPI package is lazyops-cli (the name lazyops is taken by another project). The command is still lazyops:

pipx install lazyops-cli
lazyops --help

Requires Python 3.10+ and git (used to fetch workflows at runtime).

From source (development)

LazyOps runs from a project-local virtual environment (.venv). Do not install with system pip.

git clone https://github.com/MridulTi/LazyOps.git
cd LazyOps
bash setup.sh
source ~/.zshrc   # or ~/.bashrc — loads the lazyops alias
lazyops --help    # works from any directory

setup.sh adds a global shell alias pointing at the repo wrapper (which always uses .venv):

alias lazyops='/path/to/LazyOps/lazyops'
export LAZYOPS_ROOT='/path/to/LazyOps'

You can also run from the repo without the alias:

./lazyops --help
source .venv/bin/activate

Quick start

Point LazyOps at the plugins catalog, enable packs, and run workflows:

# 1. Configure the plugins source (branch = version)
lazyops source init https://github.com/MridulTi/lazyops-plugins.git --ref v1.0.0

# 2. Enable packs you need
lazyops pack add aws
lazyops pack add kubernetes

# 3. Discover and run
lazyops list
lazyops search patch
lazyops run aws/addpatchclasstag
lazyops run                    # interactive: pick pack → pick plugin → confirm

# 4. Upgrade catalog version
lazyops source update --ref v1.2.0

For local development against a checkout of lazyops-plugins:

lazyops source init file:///path/to/lazyops-plugins --ref main

Config is stored at ~/.lazyops/config.yaml:

source:
  url: https://github.com/MridulTi/lazyops-plugins.git
  ref: v1.0.0
  path_prefix: plugins
packs:
  - aws
  - kubernetes

Commands

Command	Purpose
lazyops source init <url> [--ref]	Set plugins repo URL and version
lazyops source show	Show current source config
lazyops source update --ref <ref>	Bump catalog version
lazyops pack add <pack>	Enable a pack
lazyops pack list	List installed packs
lazyops pack list <pack>	List plugins in a pack
lazyops pack remove <pack>	Disable a pack
lazyops run <pack>/<plugin> [args...]	Fetch and run a workflow
lazyops run	Interactive workflow picker
lazyops list	List workflows in installed packs
lazyops search <query>	Search by name, id, or description

Example manifest

id: addpatchclasstag

name: "Add Patch Class Tag"

description: "Add patch class tags to instances. Required env: AWS_REGION or REGION."

runtime: bash

entrypoint: script.sh

pack: aws

version: 1.0.0

inputs:
  - name: instance_id
    required: true

Philosophy

Scripts should remain scripts.

LazyOps does not replace your automation. It makes it easier to organize, discover, document, and reuse — with a shared catalog your whole team can install and pin to a version.

Roadmap

• Workflow specification
• Remote plugin catalog (source + packs)
• Fetch and run workflows from git
• Interactive CLI
• Search and list
• Input validation
• Plugin runtimes
• Optional web dashboard

Contributing

Contributions are welcome.

You can help by:

• Adding workflows to lazyops-plugins
• Improving CLI documentation
• Supporting additional runtimes
• Reporting bugs
• Suggesting new features

License

MIT License