generated: '2026-09-04'
method: searched
source: https://getanyapi.com/docs/cli, https://getanyapi.com/.well-known/anyapi.json, https://github.com/getanyapi-com/cli
name: anyapi
package: anyapi-cli
package_registry: npm
version: 0.8.1
published: '2026-08-27'
repository: https://github.com/getanyapi-com/cli
official: true
positioning: >-
  Explicitly built for AI coding agents with a shell rather than for humans. The provider's own
  discovery document recommends it for Claude Code, Cursor and Codex on the grounds that it
  "keeps tool schemas out of context and writes results to files" - the CLI is a context-budget
  strategy, an alternative to the MCP server rather than a wrapper around it.
install:
  - {method: npx, command: 'npx -y anyapi-cli@latest init'}
  - {method: npm, command: 'npm install -g anyapi-cli'}
bootstrap:
  command: anyapi init [--all] [--yes]
  effect: >-
    Installs the AnyAPI agent skills, mints a free trial key, writes local credentials, and can
    register the remote MCP server with a client - a one-command zero-to-calling path.
auth_order: ['--api-key flag', ANYAPI_API_KEY env, '~/.anyapi/config.json', trial self-signup]
commands:
  - {group: auth, command: 'anyapi signup [--label]', description: Mint a free trial key with no human and no account.}
  - {group: auth, command: anyapi login, description: Cross-device OAuth account sign-in via the RFC 8628 device flow; prints a verification URL and user code and refreshes automatically before the one-hour token expires.}
  - {group: auth, command: 'anyapi login --api-key aa_live_...', description: Store an existing dashboard key; clears unrelated OAuth or trial state.}
  - {group: auth, command: anyapi connect, description: 'Authorization Code + PKCE loopback flow to upgrade past the trial (anyapi-cli >= 0.3.0).'}
  - {group: discovery, command: 'anyapi search <query>', description: Ranked catalog search.}
  - {group: discovery, command: 'anyapi list [--category]', description: Browse the catalog by category.}
  - {group: discovery, command: 'anyapi describe <sku>', description: Print one SKU's normalized input and output schema and its USD pricing.}
  - {group: execution, command: "anyapi run <sku> --input '<json>' [--jq <expr>] [--fields a,b] [--max-items N] [--summary] [-o path] [--json]", description: Execute a SKU; writes the result to a file by default.}
  - {group: results, command: 'anyapi view [path] [--last [sku]] [--jq <expr>] [--fields a,b] [--max-items N] [--summary] [--json]', description: Re-read and re-shape a saved result locally, free.}
  - {group: billing, command: anyapi balance, description: Remaining USD wallet balance.}
  - {group: setup, command: 'anyapi init [--all] [--yes]', description: Install skills, mint a trial key, write credentials, optionally register MCP.}
default_output: .anyapi/<sku>-<timestamp>.json
key_flows:
  - {flow: zero-to-first-call, steps: ['npx -y anyapi-cli@latest init', 'anyapi search <what you need>', 'anyapi describe <sku>', 'anyapi run <sku> --input ...']}
  - {flow: budget-discipline, steps: ['anyapi describe <sku> to read pricing', 'anyapi run with --fields/--max-items/--summary/--jq to bound the response', 'anyapi view to re-read for free instead of re-running']}
  - {flow: trial-to-account, steps: ['anyapi signup (no human)', 'spend the trial cap', 'anyapi connect for one-URL human approval']}
changelog: https://github.com/getanyapi-com/cli/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md