DoorDash puts food ordering in the command line

DoorDash has launched a limited beta of DoorDash CLI, a command-line tool that lets developers order food directly from an AI agent. The tool, called dd-cli, can search stores, find deals, and complete checkout, according to the company.

DoorDash co-founder and CTO Andy Fang said on X that early access is available by waitlist for U.S. and Canadian macOS developers. DoorDash did not immediately comment beyond the announcement.

What makes the launch stand out is the contrast: command-line tools are usually for programming tasks, not ordering lunch. But the release points to something more serious than the joke suggests. DoorDash is effectively exposing its ordering platform to software agents, giving developers a way to build their own interfaces for food delivery, groceries, and local deals instead of relying only on the standard DoorDash app.

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That fits with DoorDash’s broader push into agentic commerce. The company has already experimented with ordering through iMessage, launched its own chatbot called “Ask DoorDash,” and made its service available through chatbots including OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Claude.

The beta signup form also asks developers what they would build with the tool, underscoring that DoorDash wants dd-cli to act as a building block for other software.

The announcement clearly leans into developer humor. It echoes the old XKCD “sudo make me a sandwich” comic, and the demo video attached to Fang’s post exaggerates the complexity of the workflow: reading Slack, recalling memories, parsing JSON, inspecting menus, running Python scripts, recovering from errors, and calculating totals to order three salads. At one point, the interface displays “Flibbertigibbeting,” making the over-engineered setup the punchline as much as the product itself.