CLI

Run CloudThinker agent conversations, query resources, and manage operations directly from your terminal

Preview — The CloudThinker CLI is in early access. Command names, flags, and config formats may change before general availability. Contact us to join the preview.

The cloudthinker CLI brings agent conversations, resource queries, and operations management to the terminal — useful for shell scripting, CI pipelines, and engineers who prefer keyboards over consoles.

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What you can do

Capability	Description
Chat With Agents	Open an interactive session with Alex, Oliver, Tony, Kai, or Anna from the terminal
One-Shot Prompts	Run a single @agent #tool ... prompt and pipe the result into other tools
Script Operations	Wrap recurring cloud-ops tasks in shell scripts and run them in CI
Manage Resources	Inspect connections, resources, recommendations, and incidents

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Installation

Platform	Method
macOS	brew install cloudthinker/tap/cloudthinker
Linux	curl -fsSL https://install.cloudthinker.io | sh
Windows	winget install CloudThinker.CLI
Docker	docker run cloudthinker/cli

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Authentication

cloudthinker login

The CLI uses the same workspace API keys as the REST API. Keys are stored in your OS keychain — never written to plaintext config.

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Command surface

Command	Purpose
cloudthinker chat	Open an interactive agent conversation
cloudthinker ask "@alex #cost ..."	One-shot prompt, prints the response
cloudthinker resources list	Query the unified resource inventory
cloudthinker recommendations list	List active cost, security, and reliability recommendations
cloudthinker incidents create	Open an incident from the terminal
cloudthinker skills run <name>	Execute a workspace skill
cloudthinker connections list	View configured connections

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Output formats

Flag	Format
--format text	Default — human-readable for terminals
--format json	Machine-readable for piping into jq, scripts, or CI
--format yaml	Configuration-friendly output

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Related

API

Same operations over HTTPS endpoints

MCP Server

Use CloudThinker from MCP-compatible AI clients

Tasks & Scheduling

Schedule recurring operations

Slack Integration

Run the same operations from Slack