generated: '2026-07-18'
method: searched
source: https://docs.bem.ai/guide/cli
binary: bem
repo: https://github.com/bem-team/bem-cli
install:
- {method: homebrew, command: brew install bem-team/tools/bem}
- {method: go, command: go install (from source)}
- {method: source, command: build from https://github.com/bem-team/bem-cli}
authentication:
  env_var: BEM_API_KEY
  flag: --api-key
output_formats:
- json
- yaml
- jsonl
- pretty
command_groups:
- {group: functions, description: Create, list, get, update, delete extraction/transformation functions and manage versions}
- {group: workflows, description: Build DAGs that chain functions and invoke them against files (bem workflows call)}
- {group: calls, description: Inspect call history and individual execution records}
- {group: outputs, description: Retrieve terminal outputs of calls}
- {group: errors, description: Inspect call errors}
- {group: infer-schema, description: Generate JSON schemas from sample documents for new extractors}
flows:
- name: Bootstrap a schema
  description: Run infer-schema on a sample document to generate a JSON schema.
- name: Invoke a workflow
  description: bem workflows call against a file to run the DAG.
- name: CI/CD integration
  description: Scriptable output formats integrate into pipelines.