generated: '2026-07-19'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://github.com/lithiumtech/lithium-sdk (package.json bin + the published gulp/ task
  modules) and https://www.npmjs.com/package/lithium-sdk
description: >-
  `li` is the first-party command-line tool for the Lithium / Khoros Community platform,
  distributed as the npm package `lithium-sdk`. It scaffolds a Community plugin project,
  builds and validates the plugin (FreeMarker components, endpoints, skins, scripts, text
  keys), serves it locally, and submits it to a community instance. It is the surviving
  Lithium-branded developer tool, but it is NOT actively released: the latest npm version is
  1.11.0, published 2022-10-31 (registry.npmjs.org, checked 2026-08-13). An earlier round of
  this file recorded "still receiving releases (1.11.0, July 2025)" — that date was wrong and
  is corrected here. The GitHub repository was last pushed 2026-04-15 but its newest tag is
  v1.4.1, so repository activity does not correspond to shipped CLI versions.

name: li
package: lithium-sdk
repository: https://github.com/lithiumtech/lithium-sdk
license: Apache-2.0

install:
  - method: npm
    command: npm install -g lithium-sdk
  - method: npx
    command: npx lithium-sdk
  - method: project-local
    command: npm install --save-dev lithium-sdk
runtime: Node.js (the repo pins a version via .nvmrc)

command_surface:
  note: >-
    The `li` binary dispatches gulp task modules published in the repository's gulp/
    directory; the groups below are those task modules, not an invented command tree.
  groups:
    - group: project
      tasks: [project, generate, createskin, plugin]
      purpose: Scaffold and generate a Community plugin project and skins.
    - group: build
      tasks: [scripts, skins, text, includes, responsiveoptions, checkThemes]
      purpose: >-
        Build and validate plugin assets — JavaScript, skins/CSS, text (localization) keys,
        FreeMarker includes, responsive options, and theme checks.
    - group: serve
      tasks: [local-server, watch, sandbox]
      purpose: Run the plugin locally against a community and rebuild on change.
    - group: release
      tasks: [release, versioncheck]
      purpose: Version and publish a plugin release.
    - group: export
      tasks: [exportcore, exportsdk, exportstudio]
      purpose: Export core, SDK and Studio plugin content from a community.
    - group: clean
      tasks: [clean, clearsdk, clearstudio]
      purpose: Clear generated output and SDK/Studio state.
    - group: test
      tasks: [test]
      purpose: Run the plugin test suite.

related:
  packages: ../packages/lithium-packages.yml
  components: ../components/lithium-components.yml

caveats:
  - >-
    The npm README still carries the original "Lithium-Klout SDK" heading and links to
    retired community.lithium.com and sdk-docs.lithium.com URLs; the current documentation
    lives behind the Atlas login at developer.khoros.com/khoroscommunitydevdocs.
  - >-
    Khoros Care, Marketing and Flow ship no first-party CLI — this tool is
    Community/Aurora only.