Tangent.Cli 0.1.0-preview.1

.NET 10.0 This package targets .NET 10.0. The package is compatible with this framework or higher.
This is a prerelease version of Tangent.Cli. 
dotnet tool install --global Tangent.Cli --version 0.1.0-preview.1
This package contains a .NET tool you can call from the shell/command line. 
dotnet new tool-manifest
                    


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dotnet tool install --local Tangent.Cli --version 0.1.0-preview.1
This package contains a .NET tool you can call from the shell/command line. 
#tool dotnet:?package=Tangent.Cli&version=0.1.0-preview.1&prerelease
                    


                    

                
nuke :add-package Tangent.Cli --version 0.1.0-preview.1

Tangent.Cli

The tangent command for Tangent, an architectural conformance checker for .NET.

The CLI contains the same analyzer as Tangent.Analyzers, so tangent check works on a solution that references no Tangent package at all.

Install

As a local tool, so the team and CI use the same version:

dotnet new tool-manifest
dotnet tool install Tangent.Cli --prerelease
dotnet tangent --help

Or globally:

dotnet tool install --global Tangent.Cli --prerelease

Tangent is in preview, so the install needs --prerelease.

Commands

Command What it does
tangent init Writes .tangent/project.tan with one layer per root namespace of the solution, and a starter contracts.tan.
tangent lint Parses and binds the .tan files, and resolves their type names against the solution.
tangent check Runs every contract over the solution. Writes SARIF with --sarif and JSON with --json. --explain adds the rule text and the offending line to each violation.
tangent diff Prints the code fixes as a unified diff. --apply writes them.
tangent graph Exports tangent.graph.json. Open it in the viewer at caybokotze.github.io/tangent, which reads the file in your browser.
tangent serve Runs the language server for .tan files over stdio.

In CI

dotnet tool restore
dotnet tangent check --sarif tangent.sarif
Exit code Meaning
0 No violation at or above --fail-on. The default is error, so warnings alone exit 0.
1 Violations at or above --fail-on. Use --fail-on warning to fail on warnings too.
2 The .tan model has errors, so nothing was checked.
3 The solution, a project or the .tangent folder could not be loaded.

The full reference is docs/cli.md.

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET net10.0 is compatible.  net10.0-android was computed.  net10.0-browser was computed.  net10.0-ios was computed.  net10.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net10.0-macos was computed.  net10.0-tvos was computed.  net10.0-windows was computed. 
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0.1.0-preview.1 77 10/13/2026