temporalio / temporalio/cli

feat: support piped input

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Since Jun 11, 2026.

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Description

Summary

Commands that accept input (e.g. workflow input, payload data) should be able to read from stdin when piped, enabling use in shell pipelines.

For example:

echo '{"key": "value"}' | temporal workflow start --input-file - ...
cat payload.json | temporal workflow signal ...

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