CLI reference

`fern generate [--group <group>] [--version <version>]`

fern generate runs the compiler. It will validate your API and run the generators specified in generators.yml.

If you don’t have a default-group specified in generators.yml, then you must specify a group using the --group option.

You can specify a version using the --version option. This version string is used when publishing SDKs to registries (e.g. npm).

fern check will validate that your API is valid.

fern upgrade will upgrade your compiler version in fern.config.json to the latest version.

fern add adds a new generator to your generators.yml. You can view the full list of supported generators in the Generators section.

fern init adds a new API to your repo.

Advanced feature. You can register your API so it can be depended on by other APIs. Read more in the Depending on other APIs section.