generated: '2026-08-13'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://developer.adobe.com/app-builder/docs/guides/runtime_guides/tools/cli-install and
  https://www.npmjs.com/package/@adobe/aio-cli (registry metadata read 2026-08-13)
description: >-
  Adobe ships two first-party command-line tools. `aio` (the Adobe I/O Extensible CLI) is the
  platform CLI for App Builder, I/O Runtime, I/O Events and Adobe Developer Console projects.
  `aem` is the Edge Delivery Services development CLI. Neither is a client for the PDF Services
  REST API — Adobe ships no CLI for Acrobat Services.

clis:
- name: aio
  display_name: Adobe I/O Extensible CLI
  package: "@adobe/aio-cli"
  registry: npm
  version: 11.1.2
  published: '2026-06-03'
  url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@adobe/aio-cli
  docs: https://developer.adobe.com/app-builder/docs/guides/runtime_guides/tools/cli-install
  official: true
  install:
  - npm install -g @adobe/aio-cli
  architecture: oclif plugin-based — the core CLI discovers and installs command plugins
  command_groups:
  - group: app
    purpose: Scaffold, run, test, build, deploy and undeploy App Builder applications
  - group: auth
    purpose: Log in and out of Adobe IMS; manage tokens
  - group: console
    purpose: Select and manage Adobe Developer Console organisations, projects and workspaces
  - group: runtime
    purpose: Manage Adobe I/O Runtime actions, triggers, rules, packages, activations and logs
  - group: event
    purpose: Manage Adobe I/O Events providers, event metadata and registrations
  - group: config
    purpose: Read and write CLI configuration
  - group: plugins
    purpose: Install, link and discover CLI plugins
  - group: telemetry
    purpose: Opt in to or out of usage telemetry
  key_flows:
  - aio login — authenticate against Adobe IMS
  - aio console org/project/workspace select — bind the local project to a Developer Console workspace
  - aio app init / aio app run / aio app deploy — the App Builder inner loop
  - aio runtime activation logs — tail serverless action logs
  - aio event registration create — subscribe to Adobe I/O Events
  agent_skills:
    note: >-
      Adobe publishes an `app-builder` Agent Skills plugin (10 skills incl. appbuilder-project-init,
      appbuilder-cicd-pipeline, appbuilder-testing) that drives this CLI. See skills/_index.yml.

- name: aem
  display_name: AEM CLI (Edge Delivery Services)
  package: "@adobe/aem-cli"
  registry: npm
  url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@adobe/aem-cli
  docs: https://www.aem.live/docs/
  official: true
  install:
  - npm install -g @adobe/aem-cli
  command_groups:
  - group: up
    purpose: Run the local Edge Delivery Services development server with proxying and TLS
  - group: import
    purpose: Import existing web pages into EDS block format
  - group: content
    purpose: Sync content with da.live
  supersedes: "@adobe/helix-cli"
  agent_skills:
    note: >-
      Adobe publishes an `aem-cli` Agent Skill in adobe/skills covering install, `aem up`,
      .env/TLS/proxy setup, `aem import`, `aem content` sync, troubleshooting, and migration from
      @adobe/helix-cli.

not_shipped:
- product: Adobe PDF Services / Acrobat Services
  note: >-
    No first-party CLI. Adobe ships four language SDKs (see packages/adobe-packages.yml) and a
    Postman collection, but nothing callable from a shell.