Everything mxcli can do, organized by use case.
| Capability | Command | Notes |
|---|
| List modules | LIST MODULES | With marketplace version info |
| List entities | LIST ENTITIES [IN Module] | With attribute/association counts |
| List microflows | LIST MICROFLOWS [IN Module] | With parameter/activity counts |
| List pages | LIST PAGES [IN Module] | With widget counts |
| List enumerations | LIST ENUMERATIONS [IN Module] | |
| List constants | LIST CONSTANTS [IN Module] | |
| List workflows | LIST WORKFLOWS [IN Module] | |
| List nanoflows | LIST NANOFLOWS [IN Module] | |
| List layouts | LIST LAYOUTS [IN Module] | |
| List snippets | LIST SNIPPETS [IN Module] | |
| Compact overview | LIST STRUCTURE [DEPTH 1|2|3] | Tree view of entire project |
| Describe any document | DESCRIBE ENTITY|MICROFLOW|PAGE ... | Full MDL output (re-executable) |
| Full-text search | SEARCH 'keyword' | Across all strings and source |
| Show languages | LIST LANGUAGES | All languages in the project |
| Show project security | LIST PROJECT SECURITY | Security overview |
| Show access rules | LIST ACCESS ON Module.Entity | Entity/microflow/page access |
| Show settings | LIST SETTINGS | Project-level settings |
| Capability | Command | Status |
|---|
| Create entity | CREATE PERSISTENT ENTITY | Full support |
| Create non-persistent entity | CREATE NON-PERSISTENT ENTITY | Full support |
| Create view entity (OQL) | CREATE VIEW ENTITY ... AS SELECT | 10.18+ |
| Modify entity | ALTER ENTITY ... ADD/MODIFY/DROP ATTRIBUTE | Full support |
| Create association | CREATE ASSOCIATION ... FROM ... TO | Full support |
| Create enumeration | CREATE ENUMERATION | Full support |
| Create/modify idempotently | CREATE OR MODIFY ENTITY | Full support |
| Capability | Command | Status |
|---|
| Create microflow | CREATE MICROFLOW ... BEGIN ... END | 60+ activity types |
| Create nanoflow | CREATE NANOFLOW ... BEGIN ... END | Client-side flows |
| CRUD operations | CREATE, CHANGE, COMMIT, DELETE | Object manipulation |
| Retrieve | RETRIEVE ... FROM ... WHERE | Database/association queries |
| Control flow | IF/THEN/ELSE, LOOP, WHILE | Including nested |
| Call flows | CALL MICROFLOW, CALL NANOFLOW | With parameters |
| Show page | LIST PAGE Module.Page(...) | With page parameters (11.0+) |
| REST requests | SEND REST REQUEST | GET/POST/PUT/DELETE |
| Database queries | EXECUTE DATABASE QUERY | External databases |
| Log messages | LOG INFO|WARNING|ERROR | With templates |
| Error handling | RAISE ERROR, error handlers | On activities |
| Validation | VALIDATION FEEDBACK | Field-level validation |
| Capability | Command | Status |
|---|
| Create page | CREATE PAGE ... { widgets } | 50+ widget types |
| Create snippet | CREATE SNIPPET | Reusable widget fragments |
| Modify page | ALTER PAGE ... SET/INSERT/DROP/REPLACE | In-place modifications |
| Built-in widgets | TEXTBOX, TEXTAREA, DATEPICKER, etc. | All standard widgets |
| Layout widgets | LAYOUTGRID, CONTAINER, GROUPBOX | With responsive columns |
| Display widgets | DYNAMICTEXT, STATICTEXT, IMAGE | Including pluggable Image |
| Data widgets | DATAVIEW, LISTVIEW | With datasource binding |
| Pluggable widgets | DATAGRID2, GALLERY, COMBOBOX | Template-based |
| Action buttons | ACTIONBUTTON | Save, cancel, microflow, page |
| Navigation | NAVIGATIONLIST | With items and actions |
| Capability | Command | Status |
|---|
| Create module roles | GRANT ... TO Role | Entity/microflow/page access |
| Create user roles | via security commands | Map to module roles |
| Entity access rules | GRANT READ/WRITE ON Entity TO Role | With XPath constraints |
| Demo users | CREATE DEMO USER | For testing |
| Capability | Command | Status |
|---|
| REST clients | CREATE REST CLIENT | Consumed REST services |
| Business events | CREATE BUSINESS EVENT SERVICE | Event definitions |
| Database connections | CREATE DATABASE CONNECTION | External SQL |
| OData services | LIST ODATA CLIENTS/SERVICES | Read-only browsing |
| Capability | Command | Status |
|---|
| Navigation profiles | ALTER NAVIGATION | Home pages, menus |
| Project settings | ALTER SETTINGS | Java version, theme, etc. |
| Capability | Command | Status |
|---|
| Create workflow | CREATE WORKFLOW | User tasks, decisions |
| Parallel splits | Supported | Fork/join patterns |
| Capability | Command | Notes |
|---|
| Cross-references | LIST CALLERS/CALLEES OF | Who calls what |
| Impact analysis | LIST IMPACT OF Module.Entity | What breaks if I change this |
| Transitive callers | LIST CALLERS OF ... TRANSITIVE | Full call chain |
| Linting | mxcli lint -p app.mpr | 14 built-in + 27 Starlark rules |
| Best practices report | mxcli report -p app.mpr | Scored report with categories |
| Missing translations | QUAL005 linter rule | Detects incomplete translations |
| Catalog queries | SELECT ... FROM CATALOG.tables | SQL over project metadata |
| Validation | mxcli check -p app.mpr | Syntax + optional mx check |
| Diff | mxcli diff -p app.mpr changes.mdl | Compare script vs project |
| Capability | Command | Notes |
|---|
| Inline commands | mxcli -p app.mpr -c "CMD1; CMD2; CMD3" | Semicolon-separated, single connection |
| Script files | mxcli exec script.mdl -p app.mpr | Run MDL files |
| Stdin piping | echo "CMD" | mxcli -p app.mpr | Quiet mode, no prompts |
| Docker build | mxcli docker build -p app.mpr | Build MDA in container |
| Docker check | mxcli docker check -p app.mpr | Validate in container |
| Testing | mxcli test tests/ -p app.mpr | .test.mdl / .test.md |
| SARIF output | mxcli lint --format sarif | For CI integration |
| New project | mxcli new <name> --version X.Y.Z | Create project from scratch with all tooling |
| Init project | mxcli init | Set up .claude/ with skills |
| Setup mxcli | mxcli setup mxcli [--os linux] | Download platform-specific mxcli binary |
| Area | Limitation | Workaround |
|---|
| Page parameters | Requires Mendix 11.0+ | Use non-persistent entity pattern on 10.x |
| Design properties (Atlas v3) | Requires Mendix 11.0+ | Use CSS classes on 10.x |
| REST query parameters | Requires Mendix 11.0+ | Build query string manually on 10.x |
| Pluggable widget ImageUrl mode | Cannot set imageUrl from MDL | Configure in Studio Pro |
| Concurrent editing | Not supported | Close Studio Pro before mxcli writes |
| Widget template drift | CE0463 on version mismatch | MPK augmentation handles most cases |
| 47 of 52 metamodel domains | Not yet implemented | REST, OData write, etc. pending |
See Version Compatibility for detailed per-version feature availability.