generated: '2026-08-02'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://docs.solo.io/gloo-mesh-enterprise/main/reference/cli/meshctl/ ,
  https://docs.solo.io/agentregistry/latest/reference/cli/ ,
  https://docs.solo.io/gloo-edge/main/reference/cli/glooctl/ ,
  https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/glooctl.json ,
  https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/kagent.json
note: >-
  Solo.io ships several first-party CLIs, one per product line, rather than one
  company-wide CLI. Command surfaces below are transcribed from the published CLI
  reference pages; only commands the docs list are recorded.
clis:
- name: meshctl
  product: Solo Enterprise for Istio (Gloo Mesh Enterprise)
  docs: https://docs.solo.io/gloo-mesh-enterprise/main/reference/cli/meshctl/
  description: Command-line interface for installing, operating, and debugging Gloo
    products across Kubernetes clusters.
  global_flags:
  - --kubeconfig
  - --kubecontext
  - -n, --namespace (default gloo-mesh)
  - --plain
  - -v, --verbose
  commands:
  - name: check
    description: Perform health checks on the Gloo setup.
  - name: cluster
    description: Manage registered workload clusters.
  - name: dashboard
    description: Port-forward and open the Gloo UI.
  - name: debug
    description: Debug the Gloo environment.
  - name: experimental
    description: Experimental commands, subject to change.
  - name: external-workload
    description: Manage onboarded external (non-Kubernetes) workloads.
  - name: generate
    description: Generate Gloo custom resources.
  - name: hubble
    description: Hubble tooling.
  - name: install
    description: Install Gloo products with a license key.
  - name: license
    description: Manage product licenses.
  - name: logs
    description: Display logs for Gloo components.
  - name: migrate
    description: Migration utilities.
  - name: precheck
    description: Run compatibility checks before an upgrade.
  - name: proxy
    description: Port-forward to Gloo components.
  - name: uninstall
    description: Remove Gloo components and resources.
  - name: version
    description: Display version information.
- name: arctl
  product: Agentregistry Enterprise
  docs: https://docs.solo.io/agentregistry/latest/reference/cli/
  description: Agent Registry Control — scaffold, build, run, and publish agents and
    MCP servers into the Solo.io agent registry.
  install:
  - method: script
    command: 'curl -sSL https://storage.googleapis.com/agentregistry-enterprise/install.sh
      | ARCTL_VERSION=v2026.7.1 sh'
    note: then export PATH=$HOME/.arctl/bin:$PATH
  commands:
  - name: apply
    description: Apply one or more resources from a YAML file.
  - name: build
    description: Build a Docker image for a declarative resource project.
  - name: delete
    description: Remove registry resources.
  - name: get
    description: List or retrieve registry resources.
  - name: init
    description: Scaffold a new resource project with declarative YAML.
  - name: pull
    description: Fetch a registry resource's source repo to local.
  - name: run
    description: Run the agent or MCP server in the current directory.
  - name: user
    description: Handle authentication operations.
  - name: runtime
    description: Bootstrap runtime helpers.
  - name: configure
    description: Adjust client connections.
  - name: completion
    description: Generate shell autocompletion scripts.
  - name: version
    description: Display version details.
- name: glooctl
  product: Gloo Gateway / Gloo Edge
  docs: https://docs.solo.io/gloo-edge/main/reference/cli/glooctl/
  version: 1.21.12
  description: CLI for installing, configuring, and debugging the Gloo Gateway control
    plane and its Envoy proxies.
  install:
  - method: homebrew
    command: brew install glooctl
    url: https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/glooctl
- name: kagent
  product: Kagent (Kubernetes-native agent runtime)
  docs: https://kagent.dev/docs/kagent/getting-started/quickstart
  version: 0.9.12
  origin: kagent project (created by Solo.io, CNCF sandbox)
  description: CLI for installing and operating the kagent runtime and its agents in
    Kubernetes.
  install:
  - method: homebrew
    command: brew install kagent
    url: https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/kagent
- name: kmcp
  product: kmcp
  repository: https://github.com/kagent-dev/kmcp
  origin: kagent project (created by Solo.io)
  description: CLI tool and Kubernetes controller for building, testing, and deploying
    MCP servers.
  x-note: command surface not transcribed — the published reference page was not located
    during this pass.