generated: '2026-07-20'
method: searched
source: https://docs.method.security/guides/overwatch/run-an-overwatch-session
clis:
- name: Overwatch
  description: >-
    A cross-platform command-line tool that lets operators run offensive
    operations from their own terminal while recording every command and output
    into the Method Platform for search, filtering, collaboration, and one-click
    Report generation. Multiple operators on different machines can collaborate
    on a single session (join or watch). Announced Jan 13, 2026.
  install:
    method: download
    detail: >-
      Downloaded and installed from within Method; start a session from the
      Overwatch/Operations app. Distributed as a cross-platform binary.
  capabilities:
  - Record terminal sessions into Method
  - Multi-operator shared/observed sessions
  - Object discovery and findings streamed into the Ontology
  - One-click Report generation from a session
  docs: https://docs.method.security/guides/overwatch/run-an-overwatch-session
notes: >-
  Overwatch is the primary first-party CLI. The Method SDK (methodsdk) is a
  library, catalogued in packages/. Jackal is a deployable security agent, not an
  operator CLI.