The topic You can now build AI agents that order DoorDash directly from the command line is currently the subject of lively discussion — readers and analysts are keeping a close eye on developments.
This is taking place in a dynamic environment: companies’ decisions and competitors’ reactions can quickly change the picture.
While AI agents are always getting more powerful, I don’t think anyone would have expected DoorDash to get on board officially. If you’ve ever wished that you could send Claude Fable 5 grocery shopping, DoorDash has revealed its own CLI beta, and you can sign up for the waitlist now if you’re a macOS developer in the US or Canada.
The cofounder and CTO of DoorDash, Andy Fang, took to X to post about the new DoorDash CLI. It’s called “dd-cli,” and you can use it to search for what you want to shop, compare stores to find which ones are selling what you want at the best price, and then purchase it all.
If you want to give it a spin, you can register your interest over at the DoorDash CLI beta request form. You’ll need to meet a few criteria to be accepted, including being a US or Canadian citizen, a developer on macOS, a link to one of your social accounts, and a statement as to why you want the power to tell your AI to order you a burrito at 3 am.
However, if you can tick all the boxes, you could help DoorDash create a future where we give our AI agents our shopping lists and let it handle everything by itself. Given that we’re currently building repeatable agentic AI workflows that can code without input, asking them to fetch the milk isn’t too far-fetched.