Processes involving the top quark can probe phenomena beyond the standard model (SM) in different ways.
The SM Effective Field Theory framework~(SM-EFT) allows a model-independent parametrization of deviations from the SM, thereby coping with the large variety of potential fundamental models.
The CMS Collaboration is pioneering EFT measurements and moves towards exploiting the full potential of the data in the most global way possible. This contribution covers various analysis strategies for constraining top quark SM-EFT couplings.