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Codegen CLI Manual

Welcome to the Codegen CLI documentation. This guide covers all available commands and their usage patterns.

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Installation

uv tool install codegen

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Initialization

codegen login

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CLI Reference

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codegen (root)

Description: Launches the interactive TUI if no subcommand is provided.

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codegen agent

Description: Create a new agent run with a prompt, fetch an existing agent run by ID, or pull PR branch. Usage Patterns:
  • Create run: codegen agent --prompt "Your prompt"
  • Get run JSON: codegen agent --id 123 --json
  • Pull PR branch: codegen agent --id 123 pull
Options:
  • --prompt, -p TEXT The prompt to send to the agent (mutually exclusive with —id unless using create)
  • --id INT Agent run ID to fetch or pull
  • --json Output raw JSON response when fetching (flag)
  • --org-id INT Organization ID (defaults to CODEGEN_API_TOKEN/REPOSITORY_ORG_ID or auto-detect)
  • --model TEXT Model to use for this agent run (optional)
  • --repo-id INT Repository ID to use for this agent run (optional)
Positional Actions:
  • pull Pull the PR branch associated with an agent run (requires —id)

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codegen agents

Description: List and manage agent runs. Usage Patterns:
  • List runs: codegen agents list
  • Get run details: codegen agents get 123
Options:
  • --org-id INT Organization ID (defaults to CODEGEN_ORG_ID/REPOSITORY_ORG_ID or auto-detect)
  • --limit INT Maximum number of runs to return (default: 10)
  • --json Output raw JSON response (flag)

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codegen login

Description: Store authentication token. Usage Patterns:
  • Interactive login: codegen login
  • Token login: codegen login --token YOUR_API_TOKEN
Options:
  • --token TEXT API token to store
  • --no-verify Skip token verification (flag)

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codegen logout

Description: Clear stored authentication token. Usage Pattern:
  • codegen logout

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codegen org

Description: Manage and switch between organizations. Usage Patterns:
  • List organizations: codegen org list
  • Switch organization: codegen org switch ORG_ID
  • Get current organization: codegen org current
Options:
  • --json Output raw JSON response (flag)

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codegen repo

Description: Manage repository configuration and environment variables. Usage Patterns:
  • List repositories: codegen repo list
  • Configure repository: codegen repo config REPO_NAME
  • Get repository details: codegen repo get REPO_ID
Options:
  • --org-id INT Organization ID (defaults to CODEGEN_ORG_ID or auto-detect)
  • --json Output raw JSON response (flag)

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