rpa-cli 0.1.0

Proof-of-concept CLI tool for parsing UiPath projects into structured JSON artifacts

rpax

CLI tool for parsing UiPath projects into call graphs, dependency maps, and structured JSON artifacts for documentation, validation, and CI impact analysis.

Alpha — distributed via test PyPI. Expect breaking changes between versions.

Install

Requires Python 3.11+ and uv.

uvx --from rpa-cli \
    --index-url https://test.pypi.org/simple/ \
    --extra-index-url https://pypi.org/simple/ \
    --index-strategy unsafe-best-match \
    rpa-cli --help

Quick start

# Parse a project — artifacts land in .rpax-warehouse/ relative to CWD
rpa-cli parse /path/to/uipath/project

# Inspect a specific workflow
rpa-cli explain MyWorkflow.xaml

# Bump the project version
rpa-cli bump patch

Commands

Command	Status	Description
parse [PATH]	experimental	Parse UiPath project(s); generate artifacts into .rpax-warehouse/
explain <workflow>	experimental	Arguments, callees, callers for one workflow
bump {major|minor|patch}	stable	Bump projectVersion in project.json

Run rpa-cli <command> --help for full options.

Bump without installing

Run bump directly from the project directory without a permanent install:

uvx --from rpa-cli \
    --index-url https://test.pypi.org/simple/ \
    --extra-index-url https://pypi.org/simple/ \
    --index-strategy unsafe-best-match \
    rpa-cli bump patch

Output artifacts

parse writes per-project artifacts under .rpax-warehouse/<bay-id>/:

File	Contents
manifest.json	Project metadata and entry points
workflows.index.json	All discovered XAML workflows
invocations.jsonl	Call graph edges (caller → callee)
call-graph.json	Resolved dependency graph with metrics
metrics/	Per-workflow activity metrics
activities.tree/	Per-workflow activity trees
pseudocode/	Human-readable activity summaries

License

CC-BY 4.0