--- title: Extending Ballerina CLI Functionality with Additional Tools description: The article discusses how to extend the functionality of the Ballerina CLI using additional tools. It explains the purpose of the Ballerina CLI, the need for... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/extending-ballerina-cli-functionality-with-additional-tools-qyy5783ee twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Extending Ballerina CLI Functionality with Additional Tools | daily.dev og:description: The article discusses how to extend the functionality of the Ballerina CLI using additional tools. It explains the purpose of the Ballerina CLI, the need for... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/extending-ballerina-cli-functionality-with-additional-tools-qyy5783ee og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/qyY5783eE.png og:image:alt: Extending Ballerina CLI Functionality with Additional Tools og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Extending Ballerina CLI Functionality with Additional Tools **[Ballerina](https://daily.dev/sources/ballerina)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The article discusses how to extend the functionality of the Ballerina CLI using additional tools. It explains the purpose of the Ballerina CLI, the need for extending it, and introduces the tool command for managing tools. 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