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Cloudflare Workers and API token

Create a Cloudflare account, deploy Workers with Wrangler, and create an API token plus account ID for CI.

Researched · not yet run liveLast researched 25 October 2026 · Cloudflare · provider site

Researched, not yet run live. Built from the provider’s official pages (linked below). A person hasn’t walked this flow end to end yet, so check each step against the source.
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Who owns what

A Cloudflare user is a member of one or more accounts; Workers, R2 and D1 resources belong to an account.

  • Cloudflare user personal owned by the person
  • Cloudflare account organisationIts account ID is what CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID holds.

Steps

Steps marked “human step” are ones only you can do: verapli never signs in, submits, pays or accepts terms for you.

  1. Create or sign in to a Cloudflare account

    The person signs up or signs in on the Cloudflare dashboard. verapli never creates the account.

    • Guided by hand
    • Human step: You press submit

    Where: https://dash.cloudflare.com/sign-up

  2. Create and deploy a Worker

    Install Wrangler, run wrangler login in a browser for local use, and deploy the Worker with wrangler deploy.

    • Guided by hand
    • Human step: You sign in
    • After: Create or sign in to a Cloudflare account

  3. Create an API token for CI

    Under My Profile, API Tokens (user token) or Manage Account, API Tokens (account token), start a token from a template or custom permissions, limit it to the needed account, and generate it. The secret is shown once; verapli captures it into CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN.

    • verapli co-pilot
    • Human step: You press submit
    • After: Create or sign in to a Cloudflare account

    verapli captures CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN here by plain code: encrypted in your browser, never shown to AI.

    Where: https://dash.cloudflare.com/profile/api-tokens

  4. Copy the account ID

    Copy the Cloudflare account ID into CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID so Wrangler targets the right account.

    • Guided by hand
    • After: Create or sign in to a Cloudflare account

Terms and gotchas

Plain-English summary, not legal advice. Each card links its source.

Worth knowingThe rules say

The Free plan caps Workers at 100,000 requests per day and 10 ms CPU per invocation; the Paid plan has a $5 per month minimum per account. [3]

What you end up with

Env varSecretFormatWhat it is
CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKENsecretAPI token Wrangler uses for authentication in CI/CD.
CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_IDnot secretID of the Cloudflare account Wrangler's Workers commands target.

Pricing

  • Free tier: 100,000 requests per day, 10 ms CPU time per invocation.
  • Costs: Workers Paid has a minimum charge of $5 per month per account.

Source [3]

For agents

The same entry as JSON: /api/v1/entries/cloudflare/workers · requirements /api/v1/requirements/cloudflare/workers · terms /api/v1/terms/cloudflare/workers.

Remote MCP (read-only, no auth)
claude mcp add --transport http verapli https://verapli.com/mcp

> "What do I need for Cloudflare Workers and API token, and how long will it take?"
  → tools/call requirements { "provider_id": "cloudflare/workers" }

Sources

  1. Wrangler system environment variables CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN and CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID used by Wrangler for CI auth; legacy CLOUDFLARE_API_KEY + CLOUDFLARE_EMAIL; CF_* names deprecated. · accessed 25 October 2026 · official
  2. Create API token User tokens under My Profile, API Tokens; account tokens under Manage Account, API Tokens; pick a template or custom permissions and resources; token secret shown only once. · accessed 25 October 2026 · official
  3. Workers pricing Free plan 100,000 requests per day and 10 ms CPU per invocation; Paid plan minimum $5 per month per account. · accessed 25 October 2026 · official
  4. Stripe Projects provider catalogue Cloudflare is listed in the Stripe Projects catalogue as cloudflare/worker (Hosting, Database, Domains, Browser, Cache, Queue, Storage, AI). · accessed 25 October 2026 · official

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