It sounds like an option. Thanks for the reference.
The way I now understand it, it's a separate archive type (.cli?) that embeds the EAR and contains deployment instructions, right?
If that's so, what about turning the concept of a "cli archive" a little around and have an EAR that embeds those CLI commands? That way it would be a lot easier to integrate this with existing deployment tools like e.g. Eclipse/WTP (including JBoss tools).