Section 5: Advanced CLI Patterns

Multi-Repository Workflows

Cross-Repo Analysis

#!/bin/bash
# analyze-microservices.sh

REPOS=("auth-service" "user-service" "payment-service")

for repo in "${REPOS[@]}"; do
    cd "$repo"
    claude "Analyze API consistency: 
    - Error handling patterns
    - Response formats
    - Authentication methods
    Compare with other services" > "../analysis/$repo.md"
    cd ..
done

Monorepo Navigation

# Context-aware commands in monorepo
cd packages/frontend
claude "@../../CLAUDE.md @src/ Review component architecture"

cd ../../packages/backend
claude "@../../CLAUDE.md @src/ Review API design"

Tool Integration

Git Integration

# Custom git commands
git config --global alias.ai-review \
  '!git diff | claude "Review changes for quality and security"'

# Usage
git ai-review

Docker Integration

# Analyze Dockerfile
claude "@Dockerfile Optimize for size and security"

# Debug container
docker logs my-container 2>&1 | \
  claude "Analyze errors and suggest fixes"

Kubernetes Integration

# Analyze manifest
claude "@k8s/deployment.yaml Review for best practices"

# Debug pod
kubectl logs pod-name | claude "Diagnose this crash"

# Generate manifest
claude "Generate Kubernetes deployment for Node.js app:
- 3 replicas
- Health checks
- Resource limits
- ConfigMap for env vars"

Parallel Execution

GNU Parallel

# Review multiple files in parallel
find src/ -name "*.js" | \
  parallel -j 4 claude "Security review of {}"

Background Jobs

# Start multiple reviews
for dir in src/*; do
    (claude "Analyze $dir" > "$dir.analysis") &
done
wait # Wait for all to complete

Terminal Multiplexing (tmux)

tmux Integration

# .tmux.conf
bind-key C command-prompt -p "Ask Claude:" \
  "run-shell 'tmux display-message \"$(claude %%)\""

# Usage: Ctrl+b, C, then type question

Remote Execution

SSH Workflows

# Review remote codebase
ssh server "cd /app && cat src/api.js" | \
  claude "Review this remote API code"

Cloud Shell Integration

# Google Cloud Shell
gcloud compute ssh instance --command \
  "cat /var/log/app.log" | claude "Analyze errors"

Advanced Piping Patterns

Multi-Stage Pipelines

# Complex analysis pipeline
git log --since="1 week ago" --pretty=format:"%h %s" | \
  claude "Categorize commits: features, fixes, refactors" | \
  claude "Generate weekly report for stakeholders" | \
  pandoc -f markdown -t html > report.html

Error Stream Processing

# Capture and analyze stderr
npm run build 2>&1 >/dev/null | \
  claude "Fix these build errors" | \
  tee build-fixes.md

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