Introduction

Paper’s command system is built on top of Minecraft’s Brigadier command system. This system provides a powerful and flexible way to define commands and arguments. It offers many advantages above the previously widely used Bukkit command system:

• Less parsing or error checking required by the developer for arguments.
• Better user experience with client error checking.
• Integration with reload events, allowing the definition of commands usable in datapacks.
• Easier creation of subcommands.

The following sites are worth-while to look through first when learning about Brigadier:

• The Command Tree
• Arguments and Literals
• Command Executors
• Command Registration
• Command Requirements
• Argument Suggestions
• Custom Arguments

For a reference of more advanced arguments, you should look here:

• Minecraft Arguments

For support regarding the command API, you can always ask in our Discord server under the #paper-dev channel!