generated: '2026-08-30'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://dev.acquia.com/cloud-platform/reference/acli.md (HTTP 200),
  https://github.com/acquia/cli, https://github.com/acquia/acquia-skills,
  https://www.npmjs.com/package/@drupal-canvas/cli
provider: Acquia
providerId: acquia
description: >-
  Acquia ships three first-party CLIs across its two platforms, and its own developer portal tells an
  agent to drive the platform through them: "To operate Cloud Platform from an agent, install Acquia
  Skills (npx skills add acquia/acquia-skills) or drive acli directly." The CLI is treated as an
  agent interface, not only a human one.
clis:
  - id: acli
    name: Acquia CLI
    binary: acli
    language: PHP
    version: 4.0.1
    published: '2026-08-27'
    repository: https://github.com/acquia/cli
    reference: https://dev.acquia.com/cloud-platform/reference/acli.md
    distribution: PHAR from GitHub Releases (not published on Packagist)
    scope: Cloud Platform (PaaS)
    authentication: >-
      acli auth:login; non-interactive via environment variables for scripts and CI. Credentials file
      plus a project link file.
    agent_notes: >-
      Every command takes -n/--no-interaction, and -v/-vv/-vvv is documented as the first
      troubleshooting tool. Exit codes are documented. Composer hook points let a caller wrap any
      command with extra build steps.
    command_groups:
      - name: Authenticate
        commands: ['auth:login']
      - name: Applications and projects
        commands: ['app:link', 'app:unlink', 'app:log:tail', 'app:task-wait', 'app:vcs:info']
      - name: Pull from an environment
        commands: ['pull:all', 'pull:database', 'pull:files']
      - name: Push to an environment
        commands: ['push:artifact', 'push:database', 'push:files']
      - name: Manage environments
        commands: ['env:create', 'env:delete', 'env:mirror', 'env:cron-copy']
      - name: SSH, remote Drush, and aliases
        commands: ['remote:aliases:download', 'remote:aliases:list', 'remote:drush', 'remote:ssh']
      - name: SSH keys
        commands: ['ssh-key:create-upload']
      - name: Cloud IDEs
        commands: ['ide:create']
      - name: Code Studio
        commands: ['codestudio:wizard', 'codestudio:pipelines-migrate']
      - name: Site Factory
        commands: []
      - name: The Cloud Platform API
        commands:
          - 'api:environments:code-switch'
          - 'api:environments:database-backup-create'
          - 'api:environments:database-backup-restore'
          - 'api:environments:cron-create'
        note: >-
          acli exposes the Cloud Platform API generically as api:* commands — the OpenAPI files in
          openapi/ carry an x-cli-name extension on operations, which is how each endpoint gets its
          command name. This makes the CLI a complete, self-documenting front end to the REST API.
      - name: Maintain acli itself
        commands: ['self-update']
    key_flows:
      - Deploy code as a build artifact (push:artifact)
      - Roll production back to a previous ref (api:environments:code-switch)
      - Back up and restore an environment database
      - Create and tear down Continuous Delivery Environments
      - Copy a database or files from Cloud to local
  - id: pipelines-cli
    name: Acquia Pipelines CLI
    scope: Cloud Platform CI/CD
    docs: https://docs.acquia.com/acquia-cloud-platform/pipelines/
    key_flows:
      - Trigger builds
      - Check status
      - Stream logs
      - Terminate jobs
    note: >-
      Documented as a distinct CLI with its own Agent Skills product group in
      github.com/acquia/acquia-skills.
  - id: canvas-cli
    name: Drupal Canvas CLI
    binary: canvas
    package: '@drupal-canvas/cli'
    registry: npm
    version: 0.23.1
    published: '2026-08-18'
    scope: Source CMS — Canvas code components
    reference: https://dev.acquia.com/source-cms/reference/canvas-cli.md
    scopes_required: ['canvas:asset_library', 'canvas:js_component']
    agent_notes: >-
      `npx canvas agents-context` scaffolds a Canvas component project WITH agent context included —
      an explicit agent-onboarding command.
agent_skills:
  published: true
  install: npx skills add acquia/acquia-skills
  detail: skills/_index.yml