generated: '2026-07-20'
method: searched
source: https://pypi.org/project/outerbounds/ ; https://docs.metaflow.org/ ; https://docs.outerbounds.com/
clis:
  - name: outerbounds
    package: outerbounds (PyPI)
    install:
      - pip install outerbounds
    purpose: >-
      First-party CLI that configures and authenticates a local environment against
      the managed Outerbounds platform.
    key_commands:
      - command: outerbounds configure
        description: Authenticate and configure the local environment against an Outerbounds deployment (perimeter).
  - name: metaflow
    package: metaflow (PyPI)
    install:
      - pip install metaflow
    purpose: >-
      The Metaflow SDK exposes flows as executable Python scripts; the CLI surface is
      invoked per-flow via `python <flow>.py <command>`.
    key_commands:
      - command: python <flow>.py run
        description: Execute a flow end to end.
      - command: python <flow>.py resume
        description: Resume a flow from the last successful step.
      - command: python <flow>.py show
        description: Show the structure and docstrings of a flow.
      - command: python <flow>.py logs
        description: Retrieve logs for a step or task.
      - command: python <flow>.py card
        description: View or serve Metaflow cards for a run.
notes: >-
  The developer surface for Outerbounds is the Metaflow Python SDK plus the outerbounds
  configuration CLI, not an HTTP REST API. The binary packages are catalogued in
  packages/outerbounds-packages.yml.