Computer Agents CLI

Your agent projects, directly in the terminal.

Explore projects, manage tickets, continue persistent threads, and watch agents work through a terminal-native interface.

COMPUTER AGENTS
Persistent agents for real projects
› View projects
  Continue a thread
  Start new work
Recent activity
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◇ Completed API integration   18m
◇ Published project update   1h

Install

The CLI requires Node.js 20.18 or later. Both computer-agents and the shorter cagents binary are installed.

Install globally
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Authenticate

On first start, enter the API base URL and an existing API key. The CLI validates the account and stores a protected local profile for later sessions.

computer-agents auth logincomputer-agents auth statuscomputer-agents auth logout

Open your first project

Start the interactive client, choose a project, and move between its activity, backlog, tickets, and linked threads.

1Run computer-agents
2Choose Open a project
3Select a project
4Open the backlog or type a new request

Projects and tickets

Project home mirrors the essential platform view with name, description, project status, the latest update, activity, backlog, and settings. Ticket details expose title, description, assignee, status, priority, dependencies, comments, and state-aware work actions.

Full-screen project, backlog, ticket, and thread views
Live streaming output with durable reasoning and activity logs
Permission decisions, connectors, skills, and knowledge libraries
Metronome workflow and Batch queue browsers
Local repository synchronization when explicitly requested
Headless prompts for scripts and CI environments

Threads and agents

Use /threads to preview and resume recent work, /agent to select an agent, and /new to start with clean thread history. Remote work continues if you navigate away.

Keyboard controls

Ctrl+CClear a draft, go back one level, or exit from initial home
EscapeClose a picker or stop an active thread
Ctrl+POpen the command menu
Page Up / DownMove through the transcript or preview
Home / EndJump to the oldest or newest content

Configuration

Profiles live in ~/.computer-agents/config.toml. Command flags override environment variables, which override the selected profile.

config.toml
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Troubleshooting

Authentication expired

Run computer-agents auth login and replace the saved key.

Wrong deployment

Run computer-agents config init to add or update a profile.

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