Cloudflare Deploy Skill: Workers, Pages, and Platform

The Cloudflare Deploy skill gives Codex the knowledge to deploy across the entire Cloudflare developer platform. Whether you’re shipping a serverless function on Workers, a full-stack app on Pages, or wiring up storage with KV, D1, R2, or Queues, Codex can pick the right product, authenticate with Wrangler, and deploy — all from your workspace. Ask Codex to “deploy this to Cloudflare Workers”, “publish my Pages site”, or “set up a D1 database and deploy” to get started.

Trigger Phrases

Codex activates this skill when it detects Cloudflare deployment intent. Common phrases include:

“deploy to Cloudflare Workers”
“publish this on Cloudflare Pages”
“deploy my Worker and set up KV storage”
“ship this to Cloudflare”
“set up a D1 database and deploy my app”

Installing

$skill-installer cloudflare-deploy

Restart Codex after installation to pick up the new skill.

Authentication

Codex verifies authentication before any deploy command runs:

npx wrangler whoami

Interactive / Local

One-time browser OAuth flow:

wrangler login

CI / CD

Set an environment variable:

export CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN=your_token

Always run npx wrangler whoami before wrangler deploy, wrangler pages deploy, or npm run deploy. If not authenticated, deployments will fail silently or with a generic error.

Choosing the Right Cloudflare Product

Codex uses decision trees from the skill to route you to the right product automatically. The key categories are:

Compute & Runtime

Need	Product
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
Scheduled tasks (cron)	Cron Triggers
Lightweight edge logic (modify HTTP)	Snippets
Multi-tenant (customers deploy code)	Workers for Platforms
Process Worker execution events (logs/observability)	Tail Workers
Optimize latency to backend infrastructure	Smart Placement

Storage & Data

Need	Product
Key-value (config, sessions, cache)	KV
Relational SQL	D1 (SQLite)
Connect existing Postgres / MySQL	Hyperdrive
Object / file storage (S3-compatible)	R2
Message queue (async processing)	Queues
Vector embeddings (AI / semantic search)	Vectorize
Strongly-consistent per-entity state	Durable Objects storage
Secrets management	Secrets Store
Streaming ETL to R2	Pipelines
Persistent cache (long-term retention)	Cache Reserve

AI & Machine Learning

Need	Product
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

Networking & Connectivity

Need	Product
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
Real-time video / audio	RealtimeKit / Realtime SFU

Security

Need	Product
Web Application Firewall	WAF
DDoS protection	DDoS Protection
Bot detection / management	Bot Management
API protection	API Shield
CAPTCHA alternative	Turnstile

Deployment Workflow

Authenticate

npx wrangler whoami

If not authenticated, run wrangler login (local) or set CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN (CI/CD).

Deploy Workers

For a Cloudflare Worker (serverless function):

npx wrangler deploy

Or if you have a build step:

npm run deploy

Codex loads the detailed Workers reference (references/workers/) for configuration, bindings, and runtime APIs.

Deploy Pages

For a full-stack app or static site on Cloudflare Pages:

npx wrangler pages deploy ./dist

Pages connects to your Git repository for automatic deploys on push. Codex loads references/pages/ for routing, build configuration, and Pages Functions.

Add Storage Bindings

Codex helps you configure storage bindings in wrangler.toml as needed:

# KV Namespace
[[kv_namespaces]]
binding = "MY_KV"
id = "abc123..."

# D1 Database
[[d1_databases]]
binding = "DB"
database_name = "my-database"
database_id = "def456..."

# R2 Bucket
[[r2_buckets]]
binding = "MY_BUCKET"
bucket_name = "my-bucket"

Platform Coverage

This skill covers the full Cloudflare developer platform. The complete product index Codex can help you deploy to:

Compute & Runtime

Workers, Pages, Pages Functions, Durable Objects, Workflows, Containers, Workers for Platforms, Cron Triggers, Tail Workers, Snippets, Smart Placement

Storage & Data

KV, D1, R2, Queues, Hyperdrive, Durable Objects Storage, Secrets Store, Pipelines, R2 Data Catalog, R2 SQL

AI & ML

Workers AI, Vectorize, Agents SDK, AI Gateway, AI Search

Networking

Tunnel, Spectrum, TURN, Network Interconnect, Argo Smart Routing, Workers VPC

Security

WAF, DDoS Protection, Bot Management, API Shield, Turnstile

Media & Content

Images, Stream, Browser Rendering, Zaraz, Cache Reserve

Real-Time Comms

RealtimeKit, Realtime SFU

Infrastructure as Code

Pulumi, Terraform, REST API

Infrastructure as Code

For teams that prefer IaC, Codex can generate configuration for Pulumi or Terraform, or interact with the Cloudflare REST API directly.

# Pulumi
# references/pulumi/

# Terraform
# references/terraform/

# REST API
# references/api/

Escalated Network Access

If a deploy fails due to network issues (timeouts, DNS errors, connection resets), Codex will ask before retrying with elevated permissions:

The deploy needs escalated network access to deploy to Cloudflare.
I can rerun the command with escalated permissions — want me to proceed?

As with all deploy skills, the authentication check (wrangler whoami) never requires escalated permissions — only the actual deploy command does.

Developer Tools

Codex uses these tools throughout the deployment process:

Tool	Purpose
Wrangler	Primary CLI for Workers, Pages, and all platform services
Miniflare	Local simulator for Workers (testing without deploying)
C3 (`create-cloudflare`)	Scaffold new Workers and Pages projects
Observability	Logs, metrics, and tracing for deployed services
Workers Playground	Browser-based REPL for quick Worker testing

System Skills

Developer Tools

Deployment

Design & UI

AI & Media

Productivity & Integrations

Cloudflare Deploy Skill: Workers, Pages, and Platform

Trigger Phrases

Installing

Authentication

Interactive / Local

CI / CD

Choosing the Right Cloudflare Product

Compute & Runtime

Storage & Data

AI & Machine Learning

Networking & Connectivity

Security

Deployment Workflow

Platform Coverage

Compute & Runtime

Storage & Data

AI & ML

Networking

Security

Media & Content

Real-Time Comms

Infrastructure as Code

Infrastructure as Code

Escalated Network Access

Developer Tools

Reference

Build docs developers (and LLMs) love

System Skills

Developer Tools

Deployment

Design & UI

AI & Media

Productivity & Integrations

Documentation Index

​Trigger Phrases

​Installing

​Authentication

Interactive / Local

CI / CD

​Choosing the Right Cloudflare Product

​Compute & Runtime

​Storage & Data

​AI & Machine Learning

​Networking & Connectivity

​Security

​Deployment Workflow

​Platform Coverage

Compute & Runtime

Storage & Data

AI & ML

Networking

Security

Media & Content

Real-Time Comms

Infrastructure as Code

​Infrastructure as Code

​Escalated Network Access

​Developer Tools

​Reference

Build docs developers (and LLMs) love

Trigger Phrases

Installing

Authentication

Choosing the Right Cloudflare Product

Compute & Runtime

Storage & Data

AI & Machine Learning

Networking & Connectivity

Security

Deployment Workflow

Platform Coverage

Infrastructure as Code

Escalated Network Access

Developer Tools

Reference