cli
Connect a project to Arcjet with the CLI: sign in, pick a team and site, and write ARCJET_KEY. Use when bootstrapping Arcjet, listing requests or guards, or managing remote rules from a terminal.
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- cli
- description
- Connect a project to Arcjet with the CLI: sign in, pick a team and site, and write ARCJET_KEY. Use when bootstrapping Arcjet, listing requests or guards, or managing remote rules from a terminal.
- license
- Apache-2.0
- compatibility
- Any project that can run npx or the arcjet binary.
- metadata
- {"author":"arcjet","type":"core","library":"@arcjet/skills","library_version":"1.14.1"}
- sources
- ["docs/cli.md"]
# Arcjet CLI
Preferred way to get a real `ARCJET_KEY` before writing Arcjet code. Do not
leave the key as a TODO.
```bash
npx -y @arcjet/cli@latest auth status
# if not signed in:
npx -y @arcjet/cli@latest auth login
npx -y @arcjet/cli@latest teams list --output json --fields id,name
npx -y @arcjet/cli@latest sites list --team-id <team_id> --output json --fields id,name
npx -y @arcjet/cli@latest sites get-key --site-id <site_id> --output json --fields key
```
Write `key` to the project's env file as `ARCJET_KEY=ajkey_...`. Match
existing env-file conventions and `.gitignore`. Never hardcode the key.
Frequent use: `npm install -g @arcjet/cli`, `brew install arcjet/tap/arcjet`,
or `curl -sSfL https://arcjet.com/cli/install.sh | bash`.
`--output json` and `--fields` keep agent context small. Confirm with the
user before write or delete operations (`--confirm`).
Investigate: `requests list` / `guards list` / `requests explain` /
`guards explain` / `briefing`. Remote rules: `rules create` (DRY_RUN) →
`analyze dry-run-impact` → `rules promote`.
If the CLI cannot run, load `@arcjet/skills#mcp` or send the user to
https://console.arcjet.com.
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