Optique 0.7.0 will support Zod schemas as value parsers.

Seemed like a natural fit—same validation logic for both CLI and app code.

https://github.com/dahlia/optique/issues/39

@hongminhee I’m a recent zod convert. Still wrapping my head around when and when not to use transforms / codecs - but I very much like the combination of static and runtime type checking in one definition. I was using AJV in a couple of places before, but zod has won me over.

I don't have any CLI tools I'm working on at the moment, but will look at Optique if I do!

Update: Just added automatic metavar inference!

The help text now gets smarter labels based on your Zod schema:

• z.string().email() → EMAIL
• z.coerce.number().int() → INTEGER
• z.enum([…]) → CHOICE

No manual configuration needed.

https://github.com/dahlia/optique/commit/d4903dfdb88727a488dedb6a73ad8997868246e1