The community has seen the release of a new tool, aave-tenderly-cli, by Bgdlabs. This command-line-interface (CLI) utility is designed to automate the process of creating forks and simulating proposal execution tenderly on the decentralized Aave user interface¹. The tool is built on the Tenderly API and RPC features, chosen for their state_diff feature, easily shareable simulation reports, and publicly available forks¹. It allows for the creation of simple forks of various networks and the execution of proposals in various states of the creation process¹.

To use the tool, it needs to be installed either to a specific project or globally¹. The CLI will automatically source .env from the current folder for fetching tenderly setting, or the environment can be set manually¹. The tool also includes a CLI option for power users¹. It can simulate already proposed proposals that are still within the governance process¹. It can also create a fork with an already deployed proposal payload executed¹. For payloads targeting layer 2, the ACLManager needs to be specified¹.

Bgdlabs provided a guide on how to create a fork for UI experimentation without executing a proposal using the command aave-tenderly-cli --keepAlive --networkId 1. They also highlighted that there are other commands and settings for more complex use-cases, such as forking a specific block, reusing an existing fork, or changing the networkId used by the fork. Users can use --help to see all available settings. Bgdlabs encouraged the community to create issues or PRs on the tool's GitHub page for new use cases, as they plan to keep updating the tool¹. This tool is a significant step towards automating and simplifying the process of creating forks and executing proposals on the Aave platform.