davila7--claude-code-templates/cli-tool/components/skills/development/firebase-basics/references/cli-usage.md

Firebase CLI usage

The Firebase CLI (firebase-tools) is the primary tool for managing Firebase projects and resources from the command line.

Use npx for Firebase CLI commands: To ensure you always use the latest version of the Firebase CLI, always run commands with npx -y firebase-tools@latest instead of just firebase. (e.g., use npx -y firebase-tools@latest --version instead of firebase --version).

Exploring commands

The Firebase CLI documents itself. Use help commands to discover functionality.

• Global help: List all available commands and categories:

  npx -y firebase-tools@latest --help
  

• Command help: Get detailed usage for a specific command:

  npx -y firebase-tools@latest [command] --help
  

  # Example:
  npx -y firebase-tools@latest deploy --help
  npx -y firebase-tools@latest firestore:indexes --help