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zunderbolt/cakephp-shell-autohelp
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Autogenerates CakePHP3 console shells help

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Shell-auto-help plugin for CakePHP
==================================

[](#shell-auto-help-plugin-for-cakephp)

Small trait to autogenerate CakePHP3 console shells help. No need to write `$parser->addArgument()` and stuff, just add phpdoc to your shell methods.

#### Installation

[](#installation)

```
composer require zunderbolt/cakephp-shell-autohelp

```

#### Usage

[](#usage)

```
namespace App\Shell;

use Cake\Console\Shell;
use ZunderBolt\ShellAutoHelp\AutoHelpTrait;

class MyShell extends Shell
{
    use AutoHelpTrait;

    /**
     * Method description will be used in help
     * @param string $param1 Param1 description
     * @param mixed $param2 Param2 description
     */
    public function test($param1, $param2 = null)
    {
    }
}
```

`> bin/cake my`

```
Usage:
cake my [subcommand] [-h] [-q] [-v]

Subcommands:

test  Method description will be used in help

```

`> bin/cake my test --help`

```
Usage:
cake my test [-h] [-q] [-v]  []

Options:

--help, -h     Display this help.
--quiet, -q    Enable quiet output.
--verbose, -v  Enable verbose output.

Arguments:

param1  (string) Param1 description
param2  (mixed) Param2 description (optional)

```

###  Health Score

21

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LowBetter than 18% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![zunderbolt](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2702403?v=4)](https://github.com/zunderbolt "zunderbolt (3 commits)")

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Tags

cakephpcakephp3shell

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