gobi-cli

name	gobi-cli
description	Manage the Gobi collaborative knowledge platform from the command line. Gobi space is the user's main channel for social interactions and engaging with the outside world — checking what's happening, reading and writing threads, and collaborating with others. Use when the user wants to interact with Gobi spaces, vaults, brains, threads, sessions, or brain updates.
allowed-tools	Bash(gobi:*)
metadata	{"author":"gobi-ai","version":"0.6.15"}

gobi-cli

A CLI client for the Gobi collaborative knowledge platform (v0.6.15).

Prerequisites

Verify the CLI is installed:

gobi --version

If not installed:

npm install -g @gobi-ai/cli

Or via Homebrew:

brew tap gobi-ai/tap && brew install gobi

Key Concepts

• Space: A shared space for a group or community. A logged-in user can be a member of one or more spaces. A space contains threads, sessions, brain updates, and connected vaults.
• Vault: A filetree storage of information and knowledge. A local directory becomes a vault when it contains .gobi/settings.yaml with a vault slug and a space slug. Each vault is identified by a slug (e.g. brave-path-zr962w).
• Brain: Another name for a vault when referring to its AI-searchable knowledge. You can search brains, ask them questions, and publish a BRAIN.md document to configure your vault's brain.

First-Time Setup

The CLI requires three setup steps: authentication, vault initialization, and space selection.

Step 1: Initialize (Login + Vault)

gobi init

This is an interactive command that:

1. Logs in automatically if not already authenticated (opens a browser URL for Google OAuth)
2. Prompts the user to select an existing vault or create a new one
3. Writes .gobi/settings.yaml in the current directory with the chosen vault slug
4. Creates a BRAIN.md file if one doesn't exist

Step 2: Select a Space

gobi space warp

This is an interactive command that prompts the user to select a space from their available spaces, then saves it to .gobi/settings.yaml.

After both steps, .gobi/settings.yaml will contain:

vaultSlug: brave-path-zr962w
selectedSpaceSlug: cmds

Standalone Login

If the user only needs to log in (without vault setup):

gobi auth login

Check auth status anytime:

gobi auth status

Important for agents: Before running any space command, check if .gobi/settings.yaml exists in the current directory with both vaultSlug and selectedSpaceSlug. If the vault is missing, guide the user through gobi init. If only the space is missing, guide the user through gobi space warp. These commands require user input (interactive prompts), so the agent cannot run them silently.

Gobi Space — Community Channel

gobi space is the main interface for interacting with the user's Gobi community. When the user asks about what's happening, what others are discussing, or wants to engage with their community — use gobi space commands. Think of it as the user's community feed and communication hub.

• When the user wants to explore or catch up on what's happening in their space, invoke /gobi:space-explore.
• When the user wants to share or post learnings from the current session, invoke /gobi:space-share.

Gobi Brain — Knowledge Management

gobi brain commands manage your vault's brain: search across all spaces, ask brains questions, and publish/unpublish your BRAIN.md.

Gobi Session — Conversations

gobi session commands manage your conversations: list, read, reply to, and update sessions.

Important: JSON Mode

For programmatic/agent usage, always pass --json as a global option (before the subcommand) to get structured JSON output:

gobi --json space list-threads

or

gobi --json session list

JSON responses have the shape { "success": true, "data": ... } on success or { "success": false, "error": "..." } on failure.

Space Slug Override

gobi space commands use the space from .gobi/settings.yaml. Override it with a parent-level flag:

gobi space --space-slug <slug> list-threads

For gobi brain list-updates, you can filter by space with a subcommand option:

gobi brain list-updates --space-slug <slug>

Note: --space-slug is not available on other brain subcommands or on session commands.

Available Commands

• gobi auth — Authentication commands.
  • gobi auth login — Log in to Gobi. Opens a browser URL for Google OAuth, then polls until authentication is complete.
  • gobi auth status — Check whether you are currently authenticated with Gobi.
  • gobi auth logout — Log out of Gobi and remove stored credentials.
• gobi init — Log in (if needed) and select or create the vault for the current directory.
• gobi space — Space commands (threads, replies).
  • gobi space list — List spaces you are a member of.
  • gobi space warp — Select the active space. Pass a slug to warp directly, or omit for interactive selection.
  • gobi space get-thread — Get a thread and its replies (paginated).
  • gobi space list-threads — List threads in a space (paginated).
  • gobi space create-thread — Create a thread in a space.
  • gobi space edit-thread — Edit a thread. You must be the author.
  • gobi space delete-thread — Delete a thread. You must be the author.
  • gobi space create-reply — Create a reply to a thread in a space.
  • gobi space edit-reply — Edit a reply. You must be the author.
  • gobi space delete-reply — Delete a reply. You must be the author.
• gobi brain — Brain commands (search, ask, publish, unpublish, updates).
  • gobi brain search — Search public brains by text and semantic similarity.
  • gobi brain ask — Ask a brain a question. Creates a targeted session (1:1 conversation).
  • gobi brain publish — Upload BRAIN.md to the vault root on webdrive. Triggers post-processing (brain sync, metadata update, Discord notification).
  • gobi brain unpublish — Delete BRAIN.md from the vault on webdrive.
  • gobi brain list-updates — List recent brain updates. Without --space-slug, lists all updates for you. With --space-slug, lists updates for that space. Use --mine to show only updates by you.
  • gobi brain post-update — Post a brain update for a vault.
  • gobi brain edit-update — Edit a published brain update. You must be the author.

Reference Documentation

• gobi auth
• gobi init
• gobi space
• gobi brain
• gobi session
• gobi sense
• gobi sync

Discovering Options

Run --help on any command for details:

gobi --help
gobi auth --help
gobi space --help
gobi brain --help
gobi session --help

Configuration Files

Path	Description
~/.gobi/credentials.json	Stored authentication tokens (auto-managed)
.gobi/settings.yaml	Per-project vault and space configuration
BRAIN.md	Brain document with YAML frontmatter, published via gobi brain publish

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
GOBI_BASE_URL	https://backend.joingobi.com	API server URL
GOBI_WEBDRIVE_BASE_URL	https://webdrive.joingobi.com	File storage URL