--- slug: /1213/api displayed_sidebar: europa --- # Dagger CUE API As of Dagger 0.2, the Dagger CUE API can be imported via `dagger.io/dagger` & `dagger.io/dagger/core` The Dagger CUE API is the set of CUE packages released alongside the Dagger engine. Developers of other Dagger packages are expected to build on top of these core packages. ### Plan definition `#Plan` defines the structure of a Dagger plan - a complete configuration executable by `dagger do` | Definition | File | Description | | :-- | :-- | :-- | | `#Plan` | [plan.cue](https://github.com/dagger/dagger/blob/v0.2.4/pkg/dagger.io/dagger/plan.cue) | A special kind of program which `dagger` can execute | ### Core types Dagger extends the CUE type system with the following core types: | Definition | File | Description | | :-- | :-- | :-- | | `#Address` | [types.cue](https://github.com/dagger/dagger/blob/v0.2.4/pkg/dagger.io/dagger/types.cue) | Network service address | | `#CacheDir` | [exec.cue](https://github.com/dagger/dagger/blob/v0.2.4/pkg/dagger.io/dagger/core/exec.cue) | A (best effort) persistent cache dir | | `#FS` | [types.cue](https://github.com/dagger/dagger/blob/v0.2.4/pkg/dagger.io/dagger/types.cue) | Reference to a filesystem tree | | `#HealthCheck` | [image.cue](https://github.com/dagger/dagger/blob/v0.2.4/pkg/dagger.io/dagger/image.cue) | Container health check | | `#ImageConfig` | [image.cue](https://github.com/dagger/dagger/blob/v0.2.4/pkg/dagger.io/dagger/image.cue) | Container image config | | `#Mount` | [exec.cue](https://github.com/dagger/dagger/blob/v0.2.4/pkg/dagger.io/dagger/core/exec.cue) | Transient filesystem mount | | `#Ref` | [image.cue](https://github.com/dagger/dagger/blob/v0.2.4/pkg/dagger.io/dagger/image.cue) | An address for a remote container image | | `#Scratch` | [types.cue](https://github.com/dagger/dagger/blob/v0.2.4/pkg/dagger.io/dagger/types.cue) | An empty directory | | `#Secret` | [types.cue](https://github.com/dagger/dagger/blob/v0.2.4/pkg/dagger.io/dagger/types.cue) | Secure reference to an external secret | | `#Socket` | [types.cue](https://github.com/dagger/dagger/blob/v0.2.4/pkg/dagger.io/dagger/types.cue) | Reference to a network socket: unix, tcp/udp or npipe | | `#TempDir` | [exec.cue](https://github.com/dagger/dagger/blob/v0.2.4/pkg/dagger.io/dagger/core/exec.cue) | A temporary directory for command execution | ### Core actions Dagger works by executing actions in a certain order and passing data between actions in a certain layout. Developers can combine actions into higher-level actions, which in turn can be combined into even higher-level actions, and so on at arbitrary levels of depth. At the bottom of this abstraction stack are *core actions*: these are implemented by Dagger itself, and are always available. The following core actions are available: | Definition | File | Description | | :-- | :-- | :-- | | `#Copy` | [fs.cue](https://github.com/dagger/dagger/blob/v0.2.4/pkg/dagger.io/dagger/core/fs.cue) | Copy files between two filesystem trees | | `#DecodeSecret` | [secrets.cue](https://github.com/dagger/dagger/blob/v0.2.4/pkg/dagger.io/dagger/core/secrets.cue) | Decode a secret without leaking its contents | | `#Diff` | [fs.cue](https://github.com/dagger/dagger/blob/v0.2.4/pkg/dagger.io/dagger/core/fs.cue) | Extract the difference between two filesystems as its own file system | | `#Dockerfile` | [image.cue](https://github.com/dagger/dagger/blob/v0.2.4/pkg/dagger.io/dagger/core/image.cue) | Build a container image using a Dockerfile | | `#Exec` | [exec.cue](https://github.com/dagger/dagger/blob/v0.2.4/pkg/dagger.io/dagger/core/exec.cue) | Execute a command in a docker-compatible container | | `#Export` | [image.cue](https://github.com/dagger/dagger/blob/v0.2.4/pkg/dagger.io/dagger/core/image.cue) | Export an image as a tar archive | | `#GitPull` | [git.cue](https://github.com/dagger/dagger/blob/v0.2.4/pkg/dagger.io/dagger/core/git.cue) | Download a repository from a remote git server | | `#HTTPFetch` | [http.cue](https://github.com/dagger/dagger/blob/v0.2.4/pkg/dagger.io/dagger/core/http.cue) | Get a file from an HTTP server | | `#Merge` | [fs.cue](https://github.com/dagger/dagger/blob/v0.2.4/pkg/dagger.io/dagger/core/fs.cue) | Merge multiple filesystem trees | | `#Mkdir` | [fs.cue](https://github.com/dagger/dagger/blob/v0.2.4/pkg/dagger.io/dagger/core/fs.cue) | Create a directory in a filesystem tree | | `#NewSecret` | [secrets.cue](https://github.com/dagger/dagger/blob/v0.2.4/pkg/dagger.io/dagger/core/secrets.cue) | Create a new a secret from a filesystem tree | | `#Pull` | [image.cue](https://github.com/dagger/dagger/blob/v0.2.4/pkg/dagger.io/dagger/core/image.cue) | Download an image from a docker registry | | `#Push` | [image.cue](https://github.com/dagger/dagger/blob/v0.2.4/pkg/dagger.io/dagger/core/image.cue) | Upload an image to a docker registry | | `#ReadFile` | [fs.cue](https://github.com/dagger/dagger/blob/v0.2.4/pkg/dagger.io/dagger/core/fs.cue) | Read a file from a filesystem tree | | `#Scratch` | [fs.cue](https://github.com/dagger/dagger/blob/v0.2.4/pkg/dagger.io/dagger/core/fs.cue) | Create an empty filesystem tree | | `#Set` | [image.cue](https://github.com/dagger/dagger/blob/v0.2.4/pkg/dagger.io/dagger/core/image.cue) | Modify a docker image | | `#Source` | [fs.cue](https://github.com/dagger/dagger/blob/v0.2.4/pkg/dagger.io/dagger/core/fs.cue) | Access the source for the current CUE package | | `#Subdir` | [fs.cue](https://github.com/dagger/dagger/blob/v0.2.4/pkg/dagger.io/dagger/core/fs.cue) | Read a subdirectory from a filesystem tree | | `#TrimSecret` | [secrets.cue](https://github.com/dagger/dagger/blob/v0.2.4/pkg/dagger.io/dagger/core/secrets.cue) | Trim leading and trailing space characters from a secret | | `#WriteFile` | [fs.cue](https://github.com/dagger/dagger/blob/v0.2.4/pkg/dagger.io/dagger/core/fs.cue) | Write a file to a filesystem tree |