feat: add multicall suuport for the CLI

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
 * [BREAKING] Added genesis commitment header to `TonicRpcClient` requests (#1045).
 * Added authentication arguments support to `TransactionRequest` ([#1121](https://github.com/0xMiden/miden-client/pull/1121)).
 * Added bindings for retrieving storage `AccountDelta` in the web client ([#1098](https://github.com/0xMiden/miden-client/pull/1098)).
-
+* Added `multicall` support for the CLI ([#1141](https://github.com/0xMiden/miden-client/pull/1141))
+
 ## 0.10.1 (2025-07-26)
 
 * Avoid passing unneeded nodes to `PartialMmr::from_parts` (#1081).

bin/miden-cli/src/commands/account.rs

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use miden_objects::PrettyPrint;
 use crate::config::CliConfig;
 use crate::errors::CliError;
 use crate::utils::{load_config_file, load_faucet_details_map, parse_account_id, update_config};
-use crate::{CLIENT_BINARY_NAME, create_dynamic_table};
+use crate::{client_binary_name, create_dynamic_table};
 
 // ACCOUNT COMMAND
 // ================================================================================================
@@ -319,7 +319,10 @@ pub(crate) fn maybe_set_default_account(
 
     let account_id = account_id.to_bech32(current_config.rpc.endpoint.0.to_network_id()?);
     println!("Setting account {account_id} as the default account ID.");
-    println!("You can unset it with `{CLIENT_BINARY_NAME} account --default none`.");
+    println!(
+        "You can unset it with `{} account --default none`.",
+        client_binary_name().display()
+    );
     current_config.default_account_id = Some(account_id);
 
     Ok(())

bin/miden-cli/src/commands/new_account.rs

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ use tracing::debug;
 use crate::commands::account::maybe_set_default_account;
 use crate::errors::CliError;
 use crate::utils::load_config_file;
-use crate::{CLIENT_BINARY_NAME, CliKeyStore};
+use crate::{CliKeyStore, client_binary_name};
 
 // CLI TYPES
 // ================================================================================================
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ impl NewWalletCmd {
 
         println!("Successfully created new wallet.");
         println!(
-            "To view account details execute {CLIENT_BINARY_NAME} account -s {account_address}",
+            "To view account details execute {} account -s {account_address}",
+            client_binary_name().display()
         );
 
         maybe_set_default_account(&mut current_config, new_account.id())?;
@@ -193,7 +194,8 @@ impl NewAccountCmd {
 
         println!("Successfully created new account.");
         println!(
-            "To view account details execute {CLIENT_BINARY_NAME} account -s {account_address}"
+            "To view account details execute {} account -s {account_address}",
+            client_binary_name().display()
         );
 
         Ok(())

bin/miden-cli/src/errors.rs

@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ use miden_objects::{AccountError, AccountIdError, AssetError, NetworkIdError};
 use miette::Diagnostic;
 use thiserror::Error;
 
-use crate::CLIENT_BINARY_NAME;
-
+use crate::client_binary_name;
 type SourceError = Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Diagnostic, Error)]
@@ -32,7 +31,9 @@ pub enum CliError {
     #[diagnostic(
         code(cli::config_error),
         help(
-            "Check if the configuration file exists and is well-formed. If it does not exist, run `{CLIENT_BINARY_NAME} init` command to create it."
+            "Check if the configuration file exists and is well-formed. If it does not exist, run `{} init` command to create it.",
+            client_binary_name().display()
+
         )
     )]
     Config(#[source] SourceError, String),

bin/miden-cli/src/lib.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 use std::env;
+use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
-use clap::Parser;
+use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
 use comfy_table::{Attribute, Cell, ContentArrangement, Table, presets};
 use errors::CliError;
 use miden_client::account::AccountHeader;
@@ -38,7 +39,24 @@ mod utils;
 const CLIENT_CONFIG_FILE_NAME: &str = "miden-client.toml";
 
 /// Client binary name.
-pub const CLIENT_BINARY_NAME: &str = "miden-client";
+///
+/// If, for whatever reason, we fail to obtain the client's executable name,
+/// then we simply display the standard "miden-client".
+pub fn client_binary_name() -> OsString {
+    std::env::current_exe()
+        .inspect_err(|e| {
+            eprintln!(
+                "WARNING: Couldn't obtain the path of the current executable because of {e}.\
+             Defaulting to miden-client."
+            );
+        })
+        .and_then(|executable_path| {
+            executable_path.file_name().map(std::ffi::OsStr::to_os_string).ok_or(
+                std::io::Error::other("Couldn't obtain the file name of the current executable"),
+            )
+        })
+        .unwrap_or(OsString::from("miden-client"))
+}
 
 /// Number of blocks that must elapse after a transaction’s reference block before it is marked
 /// stale and discarded.
@@ -52,14 +70,55 @@ const TX_GRACEFUL_BLOCK_DELTA: u32 = 20;
     version,
     rename_all = "kebab-case"
 )]
-pub struct Cli {
+#[command(multicall(true))]
+pub struct MidenClientCli {
     #[command(subcommand)]
-    action: Command,
+    behavior: Behavior,
+}
+
+impl From<MidenClientCli> for Cli {
+    fn from(value: MidenClientCli) -> Self {
+        match value.behavior {
+            Behavior::MidenClient { cli } => cli,
+            Behavior::External(args) => Cli::parse_from(args).set_external(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Subcommand)]
+#[command(rename_all = "kebab-case")]
+enum Behavior {
+    /// The Miden Client CLI.
+    MidenClient {
+        #[command(flatten)]
+        cli: Cli,
+    },
 
+    /// Used when the Miden Client CLI is called under a different name, like
+    /// when it is called from [Midenup](https://github.com/0xMiden/midenup).
+    /// Vec<OsString> holds the "raw" arguments passed to the command line,
+    /// analogous to `argv`.
+    #[command(external_subcommand)]
+    External(Vec<OsString>),
+}
+
+#[derive(Parser, Debug)]
+#[command(name = "miden-client")]
+pub struct Cli {
     /// Activates the executor's debug mode, which enables debug output for scripts
     /// that were compiled and executed with this mode.
     #[arg(short, long, default_value_t = false)]
     debug: bool,
+
+    #[command(subcommand)]
+    action: Command,
+
+    /// Indicates whether the client's CLI is being called directly, or
+    /// externally under an alias (like in the case of
+    /// [Midenup](https://github.com/0xMiden/midenup).
+    #[arg(skip)]
+    #[allow(unused)]
+    external: bool,
 }
 
 /// CLI actions.
@@ -150,6 +209,11 @@ impl Cli {
             Command::ConsumeNotes(consume_notes) => consume_notes.execute(client).await,
         }
     }
+
+    fn set_external(mut self) -> Self {
+        self.external = true;
+        self
+    }
 }
 
 pub fn create_dynamic_table(headers: &[&str]) -> Table {

bin/miden-cli/src/main.rs

@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
-use miden_client_cli::Cli;
+use clap::FromArgMatches;
+use miden_client_cli::{Cli, MidenClientCli};
 
 extern crate std;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> miette::Result<()> {
-    use clap::Parser;
-
     tracing_subscriber::fmt::init();
+
     // read command-line args
-    let cli = Cli::parse();
+    let input = <MidenClientCli as clap::CommandFactory>::command();
+    let matches = input.get_matches();
+    let parsed = MidenClientCli::from_arg_matches(&matches).unwrap_or_else(|err| err.exit());
+    let cli: Cli = parsed.into();
 
     // execute cli action
     Ok(cli.execute().await?)