generated: '2026-07-21'
method: searched
source: https://docs.release.com/cli/release.md
name: release
description: The official CLI for Release (release.com) — manage accounts, apps, environments, builds, clusters, and deploys.
binary: release
config_file: $HOME/.release.yaml
install:
  - method: homebrew
    command: brew install releasehub-com/tap/release-cli
  - method: docker
    command: docker run public.ecr.aws/releasehub-com/release-cli
  - method: binary
    command: download from https://docs.release.com/cli/installation.md
global_options:
  - flag: --config <string>
    description: config file (default is $HOME/.release.yaml)
  - flag: --debug
    description: enable debug logging
shell_completions: [bash, zsh, fish]
command_groups:
  - name: accounts
    description: Manage accounts
    subcommands: [list, select]
  - name: ai
    description: Work with AI (Release.ai)
    subcommands: [chat, config-delete, config-init, config-select, config-upsert]
  - name: apps
    description: Manage apps
    subcommands: [list, select]
  - name: auth
    description: Manage authentication (login, logout, etc.)
    subcommands: [login, logout]
  - name: builds
    description: Manage builds
    subcommands: [create]
  - name: clusters
    description: Manage clusters
    subcommands: [exec, kubeconfig, shell]
  - name: datasets
    description: Manage datasets
    subcommands: [list, refresh]
  - name: deploys
    description: Manage deploys
    subcommands: [create]
  - name: development
    description: Work with remote development environments
  - name: environments
    description: Manage environments
  - name: gitops
    description: Manage GitOps config
  - name: instances
    description: Manage instances
key_flows:
  - name: Authenticate
    command: release auth login
    result: writes login + token to ~/.release.yaml
  - name: Open a shell into a cluster
    command: release clusters shell
  - name: Trigger a deploy
    command: release deploys create
  - name: Remote development environment
    command: release development