diff --git a/binaries/cli/Cargo.toml b/binaries/cli/Cargo.toml
index 311af0f74..8525f8744 100644
--- a/binaries/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/binaries/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 documentation.workspace = true
 readme.workspace = true
-description.workspace = true
+description = "Dora CLI is a convenient command line interface to interact with Dora. We unfortunately do not follow semver for this package. However, we do our best to avoid breaking changes."
 license.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 
diff --git a/binaries/cli/README.md b/binaries/cli/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f1129e8b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binaries/cli/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Dora CLI is a convenient command line interface to interact with Dora. We unfortunately do not follow semver for this package. However, we do our best to avoid breaking changes.
diff --git a/binaries/cli/src/command/mod.rs b/binaries/cli/src/command/mod.rs
index 617f9b05c..e0d776a4f 100644
--- a/binaries/cli/src/command/mod.rs
+++ b/binaries/cli/src/command/mod.rs
@@ -16,22 +16,22 @@ mod up;
 
 pub use run::run_func;
 
-use build::Build;
-use check::Check;
-use coordinator::Coordinator;
-use daemon::Daemon;
-use destroy::Destroy;
-use eyre::Context;
-use graph::Graph;
-use list::ListArgs;
-use logs::LogsArgs;
-use new::NewArgs;
-use run::Run;
-use runtime::Runtime;
-use self_::SelfSubCommand;
-use start::Start;
-use stop::Stop;
-use up::Up;
+pub use build::Build;
+pub use check::Check;
+pub use coordinator::Coordinator;
+pub use daemon::Daemon;
+pub use destroy::Destroy;
+pub use eyre::Context;
+pub use graph::Graph;
+pub use list::ListArgs;
+pub use logs::LogsArgs;
+pub use new::NewArgs;
+pub use run::Run;
+pub use runtime::Runtime;
+pub use self_::SelfSubCommand;
+pub use start::Start;
+pub use stop::Stop;
+pub use up::Up;
 
 /// dora-rs cli client
 #[derive(Debug, clap::Subcommand)]
diff --git a/binaries/cli/src/command/start/mod.rs b/binaries/cli/src/command/start/mod.rs
index 22116a973..dc1021519 100644
--- a/binaries/cli/src/command/start/mod.rs
+++ b/binaries/cli/src/command/start/mod.rs
@@ -31,28 +31,28 @@ mod attach;
 pub struct Start {
     /// Path to the dataflow descriptor file
     #[clap(value_name = "PATH")]
-    dataflow: String,
+    pub dataflow: String,
     /// Assign a name to the dataflow
     #[clap(long)]
-    name: Option<String>,
+    pub name: Option<String>,
     /// Address of the dora coordinator
     #[clap(long, value_name = "IP", default_value_t = LOCALHOST)]
-    coordinator_addr: IpAddr,
+    pub coordinator_addr: IpAddr,
     /// Port number of the coordinator control server
     #[clap(long, value_name = "PORT", default_value_t = DORA_COORDINATOR_PORT_CONTROL_DEFAULT)]
-    coordinator_port: u16,
+    pub coordinator_port: u16,
     /// Attach to the dataflow and wait for its completion
     #[clap(long, action)]
-    attach: bool,
+    pub attach: bool,
     /// Run the dataflow in background
     #[clap(long, action)]
-    detach: bool,
+    pub detach: bool,
     /// Enable hot reloading (Python only)
     #[clap(long, action)]
-    hot_reload: bool,
+    pub hot_reload: bool,
     // Use UV to run nodes.
     #[clap(long, action)]
-    uv: bool,
+    pub uv: bool,
 }
 
 impl Executable for Start {
diff --git a/binaries/cli/src/lib.rs b/binaries/cli/src/lib.rs
index 1a8177b48..89783dc42 100644
--- a/binaries/cli/src/lib.rs
+++ b/binaries/cli/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use std::{
     path::PathBuf,
 };
 
-mod command;
+pub mod command;
 mod common;
 mod formatting;
 pub mod output;