We've discussed this but I'm not sure the whole idea has crystalized. My proposal (based on previous discussions) below. I'll use iOS as an example but this applies to all platforms supported by the CLI.
First, we'd add two files: cordova-ios |-package.json '-index.js …I don't think I need to describe the utility of package.json but index.js would expose programatic library apis: module.exports = { create:Function, run:Function, build:Function, clean:Function, log:Function} We then publish to npm. That is it for now. Ideal future CLI uses platforms just like other deps. We lose lazy loading but network and disk is cheap so it wasn't really important anyhow. Discuss!