generated: '2026-08-14'
method: searched
source: https://docs.getfrontline.ai/cli.md
name: Frontline CLI
package: '@getfrontline/cli'
version: 1.2.1
published: '2026-08-05'
requires: Node 18+
install:
- npm install -g @getfrontline/cli
- npx @getfrontline/cli --help
auth:
  login: frontline auth login <api-key>
  whoami: frontline auth whoami
  note: >-
    Reuses the same Public API keys (USER / GENERAL). One login authenticates both the frontline and
    max binaries. Supports multiple named profiles.
  profiles:
  - frontline auth profiles list
  - frontline auth profiles use <name>
  - frontline auth logout [--profile <name>]
output:
  default: JSON to stdout (pipes into jq)
  flags:
  - '--pretty'
  - '--table'
  - '--json'
  - '--profile <name>'
  - '--api-key <key>'
  - '--base-url <url>'
  - '--debug'
  errors: >-
    Human-readable on stderr; structured JSON on stdout when invoked in the default (non-pretty)
    mode.
  env: FRONTLINE_API_KEY
binaries:
- name: frontline
  description: Public REST API client plus Claude Code skills setup.
  command_groups:
  - agent-channels
  - agents
  - ai-models
  - api
  - auth
  - billing
  - channels
  - custom-tools
  - guidance
  - incoming-webhooks
  - integrations
  - kb
  - object
  - playbooks
  - setup
  - sharing
  - table
  - tools
  - user-tasks
  - users
  - util
  - workflows
- name: max
  description: Max chat & admin client (send messages, manage conversations, interactive REPL).
  command_groups:
  - auth
  - chat
  - config-path
  - conversations
  - integrations
  - playbooks
  - settings
  - tasks
agent_skills:
  command: frontline setup --claude-skills
  flags:
  - '--claude-skills  Install Claude Code skills to ~/.claude/skills/'
  - '--force          Overwrite existing skills'
  count: 44
  note: >-
    The CLI bundles 44 first-party Agent Skills (package/dist/skills/*/SKILL.md) and installs them
    into ~/.claude/skills/. Captured verbatim in skills/vendor/ — see skills/_index.yml.
  docs: https://docs.getfrontline.ai/cli/frontline/setup.md
escape_hatch:
  command: frontline api raw get <path> [--query key=value]...
  note: >-
    Raw passthrough to any Public API path. GET only — any other method errors. Documented in the
    vendor `frontline-api` skill.
version_gate:
  note: >-
    The Public API enforces a minimum CLI version; outdated clients receive 400 cli_outdated with
    details.minSupportedVersion. See lifecycle/frontline-lifecycle.yml.
references:
- https://docs.getfrontline.ai/cli.md
- https://docs.getfrontline.ai/cli/getting-started.md
- https://docs.getfrontline.ai/cli/authentication.md
- https://docs.getfrontline.ai/cli/frontline/setup.md
see:
- packages/frontline-packages.yml
- skills/_index.yml