generated: '2026-07-18'
method: searched
source: https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com/get-started/build-with-ai/cdp-cli/overview
cli:
  name: cdp
  package: "@coinbase/cdp-cli"
  binary: cdp
  runtime: Node.js >= 22
  install:
    - npm i -g @coinbase/cdp-cli
    - npx -y @coinbase/cdp-cli
  docs: https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com/get-started/build-with-ai/cdp-cli/overview
  quickstart: https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com/get-started/build-with-ai/cdp-cli/quickstart
command_groups:
  - name: env
    description: Configure and inspect CDP environment (API key file, wallet secret, live mode).
    examples: [cdp env, "cdp env live --key-file <path>", "cdp env live --wallet-secret-file <path>"]
  - name: evm
    description: EVM account and transaction operations (create/list accounts, sign, send, faucet).
    examples: ["cdp evm accounts list", "cdp evm accounts create name=test-wallet", "cdp evm faucet address=<addr> network=base-sepolia token=eth"]
  - name: solana
    description: Solana account and transaction operations.
    examples: ["cdp solana faucet address=<addr> token=sol"]
  - name: mcp
    description: Run the CLI as a local stdio MCP server exposing every CDP API operation as a typed tool.
    examples: [cdp mcp]
  - name: skills
    description: Install packaged agent skills into an agent's skills directory.
    examples: [cdp skills add, "cdp skills add --dir <skills-directory>"]
key_flows:
  - Encode-sign-send transaction pipeline from the terminal.
  - Run as an MCP server for AI agents (Claude Code, Codex, others).
  - Faucet-fund testnet accounts (base-sepolia) with eth/usdc/eurc/cbbtc.