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title: 'Improve the DX of your commands by making arguments optional and prompting the user when they''re empty'
tweet_id: '1515057387027140609'
thread_slug: weekly-thread-2022-15
author_username: mmartin_joo
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created_at: 2022-04-15T20:00:04+00:00
slug: improve-the-dx-of-your-commands-by-making-arguments-optional-and-prompting-the-user-when-theyre-empty
---
💡 Just a quick tip: define every argument of commands as optional and ask for input if they are missing.

This way, you don’t need to think about the arguments when running a command.

Just run it, and it will ask everything: