Config Commands - Pidgeon Health

Vendor-profile management (pidgeon config) ships with the Post desktop app and the licensed CLI, not the free dotnet tool install build. If you installed only the free CLI, these commands are delivered through Post.

pidgeon config analyze

Analyze sample messages to detect vendor-specific patterns and save as a named profile.

pidgeon config analyze --samples <dir> --save <name>

Flag	Type	Description
`--samples <dir>`	string	Directory of sample messages to analyze
`--save <name>`	string	Name to save the profile as

pidgeon config analyze --samples ./epic-er-messages --save epic_er

pidgeon config list

List all saved vendor profiles.

pidgeon config list

Profile          Standard    Message Types         Samples
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
epic_er          HL7 v2.3    ADT^A01, ADT^A08      47
cerner_lab       HL7 v2.3    ORU^R01               23
meditech_pharm   HL7 v2.3    RDE^O11               15

pidgeon config show

Display details of a saved profile.

pidgeon config show <name>

pidgeon config show epic_er

pidgeon config use

Set a profile as the default for all commands.

pidgeon config use <name>

pidgeon config use epic_er

pidgeon config export

Export a profile as JSON for sharing with your team.

pidgeon config export <name>

pidgeon config export epic_er > epic_er_profile.json

pidgeon config diff

Compare two vendor profiles side by side.

pidgeon config diff <a> <b>

pidgeon config diff epic_er cerner_lab

Workflow Example

Analyze sample messages

pidgeon config analyze --samples ./epic-messages --save epic_er

Generate with the profile

pidgeon generate ADT^A01 --vendor epic_er --count 20

Validate against the profile

pidgeon validate --folder ./test-data --profile epic_er

​pidgeon config analyze

​pidgeon config list

​pidgeon config show

​pidgeon config use

​pidgeon config export

​pidgeon config diff

​Workflow Example

pidgeon config analyze

pidgeon config list

pidgeon config show

pidgeon config use

pidgeon config export

pidgeon config diff

Workflow Example