Cloud CLI Processor

File: src/processors/cloud_cli.py | Priority: 39 | Name: cloud_cli

Handles cloud provider CLI output.

Supported Commands

aws, gcloud, az (Azure CLI).

Strategy

Format	Strategy
JSON output (describe/list)	Recursively compresses nested JSON: truncates at depth 4, collapses arrays > 5 items to first 3 + count. Preserves all error/status/state/name/id/arn/type/tag fields at full depth
Table output (--output table)	Keeps header + first 15 and last 5 rows
Text/TSV output (--output text)	Keeps first 20 and last 10 lines

What is preserved

• Resource identifiers (IDs, ARNs, names)
• State/status information
• Error messages and codes
• Tag key-value pairs
• First and last items in large lists

What is removed

• Deeply nested metadata beyond depth 4 (replaced with {... N keys})
• Middle items in large arrays (replaced with ... (N more items))
• Long string values truncated at 200 characters
• Middle rows in large tables

Example

Before (aws ec2 describe-instances, 648 lines):

{
  "Reservations": [
    {
      "Instances": [
        {
          "InstanceId": "i-0abc123",
          "State": {"Name": "running"},
          "Tags": [{"Key": "Name", "Value": "prod-web"}],
          "SecurityGroups": [... 10 items],
          ...
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

After (16 lines):

{
  "Reservations": [
    {
      "Instances": [
        {
          "InstanceId": "i-0abc123",
          "State": {"Name": "running"},
          "Tags": [{"Key": "Name", "Value": "prod-web"}],
          "SecurityGroups": "[... 10 items]"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}