generated: '2026-07-17'
method: searched
source: https://docs.agoric.com/guides/agoric-cli/
notes: >-
  Agoric ships two first-party command-line tools: the `agoric` CLI (npm
  package `agoric`) for building, running, and deploying dapps, and `agd`, the
  Agoric Cosmos application daemon (analogous to gaiad/simd) for chain queries
  and transactions.
clis:
- name: agoric
  binary: agoric
  package: agoric
  install:
  - npm install -g agoric
  docs: https://docs.agoric.com/guides/agoric-cli/
  commands:
  - name: init
    summary: Create a new dapp directory from a template.
  - name: install
    summary: Install dapp dependencies.
  - name: start
    summary: Start an Agoric VM on which contracts can run (supports local-chain).
  - name: deploy
    summary: Run one or more deploy scripts against the local Agoric VM.
  - name: run
    summary: Run a script with user privileges and Agoric endowments.
  - name: publish
    summary: Publish a bundle to a Cosmos chain.
  - name: follow
    summary: Follow an Agoric Casting leader (vstorage stream).
  - name: wallet
    summary: Smart Wallet commands.
  - name: open
    summary: Launch the Agoric UI.
  - name: set-defaults
    summary: Update Cosmos configuration files.
  - name: cosmos
    summary: Client for an Agoric Cosmos chain.
  - name: ibc-setup
    summary: Set up Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC).
  - name: ibc-relayer
    summary: Run an Inter-Blockchain Communication relayer.
  - name: help
    summary: Display help for a command.
- name: agd
  binary: agd
  summary: >-
    The Agoric Cosmos App daemon (analogous to simd / gaiad); most simd query
    and tx subcommands work the same way.
  docs: https://docs.agoric.com/guides/agoric-cli/agd-query-tx
  commands:
  - name: keys
    summary: Manage the application's keys.
  - name: query
    summary: Querying subcommands (chain state, vstorage, balances).
  - name: tx
    summary: Transaction subcommands.
  - name: status
    summary: Query a remote node for status.
  - name: version
    summary: Print the application binary version information.