generated: '2026-07-20'
method: searched
source:
- https://docs.openrelay.inc/docs/cli
- https://docs.openrelay.inc/docs/cli/quickstart
- https://github.com/OpenRelayInc/orl
name: orl
description: >-
  The OpenRelay command-line tool. Log in with an API key, deploy GPU VMs,
  open SSH sessions, run inference clusters, and drive the whole control-plane
  API from the terminal. Also ships an MCP server (orl mcp serve).
official: true
repo: https://github.com/OpenRelayInc/orl
releases: https://github.com/OpenRelayInc/orl/releases
install:
  homebrew: brew install openrelayinc/tap/orl
  debian: sudo dpkg -i orl_*_linux_amd64.deb
  rpm: sudo rpm -i orl_*_linux_amd64.rpm
  direct: Extract the platform archive from the latest GitHub release and add orl to PATH.
  verify: orl version
auth:
  login: orl auth login   # paste API key (vl_...); org resolved from the key
command_groups:
- name: auth
  commands: [login]
- name: deploy
  commands: ['deploy (flags: --gpu-model, --gpu-count, --image, --name, --wait, --connect)']
- name: vms
  commands: [get, ssh, stop, restart, terminate]
- name: catalog
  commands: ['gpu-availability get', 'pricing get']
- name: mcp
  commands: ['serve (expose the API to agents over stdio MCP)']
key_flows:
- Deploy a GPU VM and open an SSH session with a single orl deploy --connect.
- Serve the full API to Claude/agents via claude mcp add openrelay -- orl mcp serve.
- Script orl in CI to provision and tear down GPU capacity.
docs: https://docs.openrelay.inc/docs/cli