Policy-As-Code Shell Completion Done Right

The cursor blinks. You type a command. It just works—no guesswork, no man‑pages, no wasted keystrokes. This is Policy‑As‑Code shell completion done right.

Policy‑As‑Code lets you define compliance and security rules as executable code. Shell completion makes those rules instantly discoverable, right at the CLI prompt. Together, they remove friction from development and operations. You don’t need to remember policy syntax or flag names. You tab‑complete them. In seconds, you know what’s valid and what’s not.

With modern shells like bash, zsh, and fish, completion scripts can map directly to your Policy‑As‑Code framework. Every policy becomes part of the command tree. Auto‑suggestions appear in context—commands, resources, and enforcement actions—matching live policy definitions from your repo. No docs hunting. No ambiguity. Just exact commands aligned with real policy state.

Integrating Policy‑As‑Code shell completion is straightforward. Generate completion metadata from your policies. Hook it into your CLI tool’s completion options. When policies change, regenerate completions automatically in CI/CD. This guarantees developers and operators always run commands that comply with current rules.

This approach scales. In complex systems, dozens of services and hundreds of rules can be navigated instantly. Enforcement is proactive—completion prevents invalid commands before they run. This cuts failures in production, reduces human error, and speeds delivery.

Add shell completion to Policy‑As‑Code today and stop wasting time wrestling with syntax. See it live in minutes at hoop.dev.