Cloudflare Platform Skill

Consolidated skill for building on the Cloudflare platform. Use decision trees below to find the right product, then load detailed references.

Prerequisites

• Cloudflare account — You need a Cloudflare account to use any Cloudflare platform service.

Your knowledge of Cloudflare APIs, types, limits, and pricing may be outdated. Prefer retrieval over pre-training — the references in this skill are starting points, not source of truth.

Retrieval Sources

Fetch the latest information before citing specific numbers, API signatures, or configuration options. Do not rely on baked-in knowledge or these reference files alone.

Source	How to retrieve	Use for
Cloudflare docs	cloudflare-docs search tool or https://developers.cloudflare.com/	Limits, pricing, API reference, compatibility dates/flags
Workers types	npm pack @cloudflare/workers-types or check node_modules	Type signatures, binding shapes, handler types
Wrangler config schema	node_modules/wrangler/config-schema.json	Config fields, binding shapes, allowed values
Product changelogs	https://developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/	Recent changes to limits, features, deprecations

When a reference file and the docs disagree, trust the docs. This is especially important for: numeric limits, pricing tiers, type signatures, and configuration options.

Quick Decision Trees

"I need to run code"

Need to run code?
├─ Serverless functions at the edge → workers/
├─ Full-stack web app with Git deploys → pages/
├─ Stateful coordination/real-time → durable-objects/
├─ Long-running multi-step jobs → workflows/
├─ Run containers → containers/
├─ Multi-tenant (customers deploy code) → workers-for-platforms/
├─ Scheduled tasks (cron) → cron-triggers/
├─ Lightweight edge logic (modify HTTP) → snippets/
├─ Process Worker execution events (logs/observability) → tail-workers/
└─ Optimize latency to backend infrastructure → smart-placement/

"I need to store data"

Need storage?
├─ Key-value (config, sessions, cache) → kv/
├─ Relational SQL → d1/ (SQLite) or hyperdrive/ (existing Postgres/MySQL)
├─ Object/file storage (S3-compatible) → r2/
├─ Message queue (async processing) → queues/
├─ Vector embeddings (AI/semantic search) → vectorize/
├─ Strongly-consistent per-entity state → durable-objects/ (DO storage)
├─ Secrets management → secrets-store/
├─ Streaming ETL to R2 → pipelines/
└─ Persistent cache (long-term retention) → cache-reserve/

"I need AI/ML"

Need AI?
├─ Run inference (LLMs, embeddings, images) → workers-ai/
├─ Vector database for RAG/search → vectorize/
├─ Build stateful AI agents → agents-sdk/
├─ Gateway for any AI provider (caching, routing) → ai-gateway/
└─ AI-powered search widget → ai-search/

"I need networking/connectivity"

Need networking?
├─ Expose local service to internet → tunnel/
├─ TCP/UDP proxy (non-HTTP) → spectrum/
├─ WebRTC TURN server → turn/
├─ Private network connectivity → network-interconnect/
├─ Optimize routing → argo-smart-routing/
├─ Optimize latency to backend (not user) → smart-placement/
└─ Real-time video/audio → realtimekit/ or realtime-sfu/

"I need security"

Need security?
├─ Web Application Firewall → waf/
├─ DDoS protection → ddos/
├─ Bot detection/management → bot-management/
├─ API protection → api-shield/
├─ CAPTCHA alternative → turnstile/
└─ Credential leak detection → waf/ (managed ruleset)

"I need media/content"

Need media?
├─ Image optimization/transformation → images/
├─ Video streaming/encoding → stream/
├─ Browser automation/screenshots → browser-rendering/
└─ Third-party script management → zaraz/

"I need analytics/metrics data"

Need analytics?
├─ Query across all Cloudflare products (HTTP, Workers, DNS, etc.) → graphql-api/
├─ Custom high-cardinality metrics from Workers → analytics-engine/
├─ Client-side (RUM) performance data → web-analytics/
├─ Workers Logs and real-time debugging → observability/
└─ Raw logs (Logpush to external tools) → Cloudflare docs

"I need infrastructure-as-code"

Need IaC? → pulumi/ (Pulumi), terraform/ (Terraform), or api/ (REST API)

Product Index

Compute & Runtime

Product	Reference
Workers	references/workers/
Pages	references/pages/
Pages Functions	references/pages-functions/
Durable Objects	references/durable-objects/
Workflows	references/workflows/
Containers	references/containers/
Workers for Platforms	references/workers-for-platforms/
Cron Triggers	references/cron-triggers/
Tail Workers	references/tail-workers/
Snippets	references/snippets/
Smart Placement	references/smart-placement/

Storage & Data

Product	Reference
KV	references/kv/
D1	references/d1/
R2	references/r2/
Queues	references/queues/
Hyperdrive	references/hyperdrive/
DO Storage	references/do-storage/
Secrets Store	references/secrets-store/
Pipelines	references/pipelines/
R2 Data Catalog	references/r2-data-catalog/
R2 SQL	references/r2-sql/

AI & Machine Learning

Product	Reference
Workers AI	references/workers-ai/
Vectorize	references/vectorize/
Agents SDK	references/agents-sdk/
AI Gateway	references/ai-gateway/
AI Search	references/ai-search/

Networking & Connectivity

Product	Reference
Tunnel	references/tunnel/
Spectrum	references/spectrum/
TURN	references/turn/
Network Interconnect	references/network-interconnect/
Argo Smart Routing	references/argo-smart-routing/
Workers VPC	references/workers-vpc/

Security

Product	Reference
WAF	references/waf/
DDoS Protection	references/ddos/
Bot Management	references/bot-management/
API Shield	references/api-shield/
Turnstile	references/turnstile/

Media & Content

Product	Reference
Images	references/images/
Stream	references/stream/
Browser Rendering	references/browser-rendering/
Zaraz	references/zaraz/

Real-Time Communication

Product	Reference
RealtimeKit	references/realtimekit/
Realtime SFU	references/realtime-sfu/

Developer Tools

Product	Reference
Wrangler	references/wrangler/
Miniflare	references/miniflare/
C3	references/c3/
Observability	references/observability/
GraphQL Analytics API	references/graphql-api/
Analytics Engine	references/analytics-engine/
Web Analytics	references/web-analytics/
Sandbox	references/sandbox/
Workerd	references/workerd/
Workers Playground	references/workers-playground/

Infrastructure as Code

Product	Reference
Pulumi	references/pulumi/
Terraform	references/terraform/
API	references/api/

Other Services

Product	Reference
Email Routing	references/email-routing/
Email Workers	references/email-workers/
Static Assets	references/static-assets/
Bindings	references/bindings/
Cache Reserve	references/cache-reserve/