{
  "slug": "wrangler-ai-search-create-supports-builtin-storage-8584c2dfbd81",
  "title": "wrangler ai-search create supports builtin storage",
  "tools": [
    "wrangler"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-05-05T17:42:09.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-05-05T17:42:09.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "To create an AI Search instance for Cloudflare-managed storage, run `npx wrangler ai-search create <name> --type builtin`; leave out `--source`, `--prefix`, `--include-items`, and `--exclude-items`.",
    "examples": [
      "npx wrangler ai-search create <name> --type builtin"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: 4.88.0",
      "<name> (required): AI Search instance name; must be unique within its namespace.",
      "--type builtin: Select the source type for the instance; the guide uses `builtin` to create an instance without a data source.",
      "Prerequisite: Wrangler must be installed; the guide shows `npm install wrangler`.",
      "Builtin storage is created by omitting `type` and `source` from the API request.",
      "Builtin instances do not accept `--source`, `--prefix`, `--include-items`, or `--exclude-items`."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "Create an AI Search instance that uses Cloudflare-managed storage.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/releases/tag/wrangler%404.88.0",
    "https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-search/how-to/add-search-to-your-website/",
    "https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-search/wrangler-commands/",
    "https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-search/get-started/wrangler/"
  ],
  "rank": 0.97029,
  "judge": {
    "publish": true,
    "judge_model": "codex-cli/gpt-6-luna+typesafe/jev-1.13.0",
    "prompt_version": "extract-v7+enrich-v1+judge-v2x3+jev-publish-v1"
  },
  "review_state": "approved",
  "provenance": {
    "run_id": "backfill-20261007",
    "verdict_id": "backfill-20261007:backfill-20261007-be355821c3d2bd6f-0:gate",
    "evidence_hash": "59e849e81346f7a620b8fe7dbdfcedb8b50974ea9918325092009817e146bf49"
  },
  "review": {
    "draft_hash": "71357d8cac4b4bd6effd7e8eb89800d90240d9d93ae3ff34e4a4835dee6ef4ef",
    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "decision": "backfill-20261007:gate",
    "reason": "3 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.97 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.80 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}