Steve CLI

A simple CLI tool to run jobs from jobs.yaml with proper environment setup. Perfect for local development and testing of automation kernel jobs.

Installation

Install from local development

cd /home/frank/Projects/7frank/tilt-ts-4/apps/example-hehnke/packages/steve-cli
uv venv
uv pip install -e .

Install from GitHub

uv add steve-cli

uv add git+https://github.com/your-org/tilt-ts-4.git#subdirectory=apps/example-hehnke/packages/steve-cli

Usage

Run a job

steve extract-data
steve transform-data
steve validate-data

This will:

Look for jobs.yaml in the current directory
Find the specified job by name
Set all environment variables from the job's env section
Execute the job's command with the proper environment

List available jobs

steve ls

Shows all jobs in jobs.yaml with their commands, schedules, dependencies, and environment variables.

Get help

steve help
steve --help

Use custom jobs file

steve -f path/to/custom.yaml extract-data
steve ls -f path/to/custom.yaml

Example

Given a jobs.yaml file:

jobs:
  - name: extract-data
    cron: "0 2 * * *"
    command: ["uv", "run", "src/extract.py"]
    env:
      SOURCE_URL: "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/users"
      OUTPUT_PATH: "/data/raw/extracted_data.parquet"

  - name: transform-data
    dependsOn: ["extract-data"]
    command: ["uv", "run", "src/transform.py"]
    env:
      INPUT_PATH: "/data/raw/extracted_data.parquet"
      OUTPUT_PATH: "/data/processed"

Running steve extract-data will:

Set SOURCE_URL=https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/users
Set OUTPUT_PATH=/data/raw/extracted_data.parquet
Execute: uv run src/extract.py

Features

✅ Simple: Just steve <job-name> to run any job
✅ Environment: Automatically sets environment variables from jobs.yaml
✅ Discovery: Auto-finds jobs.yaml in current directory
✅ Listing: See all available jobs with steve ls
✅ Flexible: Supports custom jobs file paths
✅ Colorful: Nice colored output for better readability
✅ Error handling: Clear error messages for missing jobs or files

Why Steve?

Named after Steve Jobs - because it helps you run jobs locally! 😄

Requirements

Python 3.8+
click >= 8.0.0
pyyaml >= 6.0

Development

# Install in development mode
uv pip install -e .

# Run tests (when added)
pytest

# Format code
black steve_cli/
isort steve_cli/

use cli

source .venv/bin/activate steve

uv build uv publish

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