DoorDash has launched a limited beta of "dd-cli", a command-line tool that lets developers order food directly through an AI agent, marking a notable step into agentic commerce. The tool allows users to search stores, find deals and check out entirely from the command line, effectively exposing DoorDash's ordering platform so developers can build it into their own software rather than requiring people to use the DoorDash app.

Announced by co-founder and CTO Andy Fang on X, dd-cli is initially available to US and Canadian macOS developers via a waitlist, with a sign-up form asking what applicants intend to build. The launch nods to the classic "sudo make me a sandwich" programming joke, and a promotional video humorously over-engineers a simple task, showing an agent parsing JSON, running Python scripts and calculating totals just to order three salads. It follows DoorDash's other agentic-commerce efforts, including its "Ask DoorDash" chatbot, an iMessage integration, and support within third-party AI assistants such as ChatGPT and Claude.