CLI Reference: Commands, Flags & Configuration

Full reference for the OneCLI command-line tool: installation, every command with flags, environment variables, and configuration.

The onecli CLI lets you manage your OneCLI instance from the terminal. Create agents, add secrets, configure access, all with JSON output that AI agents can parse and act on.

GitHub: github.com/onecli/onecli-cli

Why a CLI for managing OneCLI?

The dashboard is great for humans. But when an AI agent needs to set up its own environment (create its identity, register the secrets it needs, check its current access), it shouldn’t need a human clicking through a UI.

The onecli CLI gives agents (and the frameworks that orchestrate them) a programmatic interface to manage the OneCLI server. An agent orchestrator can spin up a new agent, assign it credentials for specific services, and configure rules, all in a single script, no browser required.

This is especially useful for:

• Agent bootstrapping, where an orchestrator creates an agent identity and assigns secrets before the agent starts working
• Dynamic provisioning: spin up short-lived agents with scoped access for specific tasks, then clean up after
• CI/CD pipelines that automate agent and secret management as part of your deployment
• Self-healing agents that detect a missing credential, check their own status, and request what they need

Install

curl -fsSL onecli.sh/cli/install | sh

Or download from GitHub Releases, or build from source:

go install github.com/onecli/onecli-cli/cmd/onecli@latest

Quick start

onecli auth login --api-key oc_...
onecli agents list
onecli secrets list
onecli agents create --name "My Agent" --identifier my-agent

Commands

Run

Wrap a coding agent process with OneCLI gateway access. See the Coding Agents guide for the full walkthrough.

onecli run -- claude                               # Launch Claude Code with gateway access
onecli run --agent my-agent -- cursor              # Use a specific agent identity
onecli run --dry-run -- claude                     # Preview config without launching
onecli run --gateway localhost:10255 -- claude     # Override gateway address
onecli run --no-ca -- claude                       # Skip CA cert injection

Projects

Manage projects (isolated workspaces for agents, secrets, and rules). See the Projects guide for details.

onecli projects list                                   # List all projects
onecli projects get --id X                             # Get a single project
onecli projects create --name "payments-app"           # Create a new project
onecli projects update --id X --name "new-name"        # Rename a project
onecli projects delete --id X --confirm X              # Delete a project (repeat the ID to confirm)

Deleting a project permanently removes all its agents, secrets, connections, rules, and audit logs. --confirm must repeat the project ID to prevent accidental deletion. You cannot delete your last remaining project.

Most commands accept --project (or -p) to target a specific project. Without it, the active project from onecli config set project is used, or the default project.

Agents

Manage agent identities. Agents belong to a project and see all secrets in that project.

onecli agents list                                     # List agents in active project
onecli agents list --project payments-app              # List agents in a specific project
onecli agents get-default                              # Get the default agent
onecli agents set-default --id X                       # Mark an agent as the project default
onecli agents create --name X --identifier Y           # Create a new agent
onecli agents delete --id X                            # Delete an agent
onecli agents rename --id X --name Y                   # Rename an agent
onecli agents regenerate-token --id X                  # Regenerate access token
onecli agents secrets --id X                           # List secret IDs assigned to an agent
onecli agents set-secrets --id X --secret-ids a,b,c    # Assign secrets (switches to selective mode)
onecli agents set-secret-mode --id X --mode all        # 'all' or 'selective'
onecli agents connections get --id X                   # App-connection assignments (+ granular policies)
onecli agents connections set --id X --json '[...]'    # Replace app-connection assignments
onecli agents granular-access                          # Per-agent granular-access overview (project-wide)

An agent’s secret mode controls what it can use: all (every secret in the project) or selective (only assigned secrets). agents connections set takes the API’s raw connections array: objects with an appConnectionId and an optional provider-specific sessionPolicy (e.g. GitHub repository or Dropbox folder scoping).

Secrets

Manage credentials stored in the vault.

onecli secrets list                                    # List secrets in active project
onecli secrets list --project payments-app             # List secrets in a specific project
onecli secrets create --name "Anthropic" --type anthropic \
  --value "$ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \
  --host-pattern api.anthropic.com                     # Anthropic API key
onecli secrets create --name "OpenAI" --type openai \
  --value "$OPENAI_API_KEY" \
  --host-pattern api.openai.com                        # OpenAI API key
onecli secrets create --name X --type generic \
  --value Y --host-pattern api.example.com \
  --header-name Authorization \
  --value-format "Bearer {value}"                      # Header injection
onecli secrets create --name X --type generic \
  --value Y --host-pattern api.example.com \
  --param-name key                                     # Query param injection
onecli secrets create --name "Codex" --type openai \
  --file ~/.codex/auth.json \
  --host-pattern api.openai.com                        # Read the value from a file
onecli secrets update --id X --value Y                 # Update a secret
onecli secrets delete --id X                           # Delete a secret

The --type flag accepts anthropic, openai, or generic. For anthropic and openai types, the gateway handles header injection automatically. For generic secrets, you must specify injection flags. --value and --file are mutually exclusive; use --file for multi-line values like Codex’s auth.json.

When creating or updating a generic secret, the available injection flags are:

Flag	Description
--header-name	Inject as an HTTP header (e.g. Authorization)
--value-format	Header value template (default: {value}, e.g. Bearer {value})
--param-name	Inject as a URL query parameter (e.g. key)
--param-format	Param value template (default: {value})

--header-name and --param-name are mutually exclusive: each secret injects as either a header or a query parameter, not both.

Apps

Manage OAuth app connections so the OneCLI gateway can handle token exchange on behalf of agents. After configuring an app, use apps list to get the credential stubs docs URL your MCP server needs to start.

onecli apps list                                       # List all apps with config and connection status
onecli apps get --provider gmail                       # Get a single app with setup guidance
onecli apps connections list                           # List app connections
onecli apps connections list --provider github         # Filter by provider
onecli apps connections rename --id X --label "Work"   # Rename a connection
onecli apps disconnect --provider gmail                # Disconnect (errors with the ID list if multiple connections; pass --connection-id)
onecli apps disconnect --provider gmail \
  --connection-id X                                    # Disconnect a specific connection
onecli apps configure --provider gmail --client-id X \
  --client-secret Y                                    # Save OAuth credentials (BYOC)
onecli apps configure --provider github-app \
  --field appId=123 --field appSlug=my-app \
  --field privateKey="$(cat key.pem)"                  # Arbitrary per-app fields
onecli apps remove --provider gmail                    # Remove BYOC credentials
onecli apps config get --provider gmail                # BYOC config status (settings, enabled)
onecli apps config toggle --provider gmail --enabled=false
onecli apps configured                                 # Providers with an enabled config
onecli apps env-defaults                               # Providers with platform default credentials
onecli apps permission-definition --provider github    # Tool catalog for permission rules

App blocklists

Some apps ship predefined blocklist hosts (e.g. public registries) you can activate; you can also add custom deny rules per app:

onecli apps blocklist list --provider github           # Blocklist state (predefined + custom)
onecli apps blocklist activate --provider github --host-id X
onecli apps blocklist add --provider github --name X --host-pattern uploads.github.com
onecli apps blocklist toggle --provider github --rule-id X --enabled=false
onecli apps blocklist remove --provider github --rule-id X

Policy

Manage policy-engine rules (the staged draft → publish model). See the Policy rules guide for how the engine works.

onecli policy rules list                               # Draft working copy
onecli policy rules list --status published            # The enforced set
onecli policy rules get --id X                         # Get a DRAFT rule
onecli policy rules create --name X --action allow \
  --targets '[{"kind":"network","hostPattern":"api.example.com"}]'
onecli policy rules update --id X --action block       # Update a DRAFT rule
onecli policy rules delete --id X                      # Delete a DRAFT rule
onecli policy rules reorder --ordered-ids '["a","b"]'  # Full id permutation
onecli policy default get                              # The terminal Default Rule
onecli policy default set --action block
onecli policy publish                                  # Publish the whole staged draft
onecli policy status                                   # Staged diff + last publish

Writes auto-publish when the draft has no other staged changes; otherwise the publish is withheld (publishSkipped in the output). Review with onecli policy status, then onecli policy publish or --publish-all. --no-publish stages deliberately. Compare rules across draft and published by logicalId, never id.

The binary also ships an older onecli rules family for self-hosted servers that predate the policy engine (OneCLI Cloud rejects those writes with 410 Gone); run onecli rules --help there.

Organization

Organization-scoped commands manage resources that apply across all projects. These mirror the project-level secrets, policy, and apps commands but operate at the org level, with no --project flag needed. They require the admin or owner role.

Org Secrets

onecli org secrets list                                # List all org-scoped secrets
onecli org secrets create --name "Anthropic" --type anthropic \
  --value "$ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \
  --host-pattern api.anthropic.com                     # Create org secret
onecli org secrets update --id X --value Y             # Update an org secret
onecli org secrets delete --id X                       # Delete an org secret

Org secrets use the same --type, injection flags (--header-name, --param-name, etc.), and --json override as project-level secrets.

Org Policy

onecli org policy rules list [--status published]      # Org rules (draft or enforced)
onecli org policy rules create --name X --action block \
  --targets '[{"kind":"network","hostPattern":"api.github.com"}]'
onecli org policy rules update --id X --enabled=false  # Update a DRAFT org rule
onecli org policy rules delete --id X                  # Delete a DRAFT org rule
onecli org policy rules reorder --ordered-ids '[...]'  # Full id permutation
onecli org policy default get|set --action allow|block # The org Default Rule
onecli org policy publish                              # Publish the org draft
onecli org policy status                               # Staged diff + last publish

Org policy rules take agentGroup/user/group identities via --identities (never a specific agent). Requires an org API key with the admin role. The older onecli org rules family serves self-hosted servers that predate the policy engine (OneCLI Cloud rejects those writes with 410 Gone).

Org Connections

onecli org connections list                            # List all org connections
onecli org connections list --provider github          # Filter by provider
onecli org connections rename --id X --label "Shared"  # Rename a connection
onecli org connections delete --id X                   # Delete a connection

Org Apps

Manage BYOC (bring your own credentials) app configuration at the org level.

onecli org apps configured                             # List providers with org credentials
onecli org apps get --provider gmail                   # Get config status for a provider
onecli org apps configure --provider gmail \
  --client-id X --client-secret Y                      # Save BYOC credentials
onecli org apps remove --provider gmail                # Remove BYOC credentials
onecli org apps toggle --provider gmail --enabled=true # Enable or disable an app
onecli org apps blocklist list --provider github       # Org-level blocklist (same subcommands as
                                                       # 'onecli apps blocklist')

Org Settings

Control the organization-wide policy mode: allow (default-allow: requests pass unless a rule blocks them) or deny (lockdown default-deny: requests are blocked unless a rule allows them).

onecli org settings get                                # Show current policy mode
onecli org settings set --policy-mode deny             # Switch to default-deny

Vaults and counts

onecli vaults list                                     # External vault connections (e.g. 1Password)
onecli counts                                          # Project resource totals (agents, apps, llms, secrets)

Migrate

Move a self-hosted instance’s data (secrets, agents, agent-secret assignments, rules) to OneCLI Cloud. Run against the self-hosted server; secrets are decrypted server-side and sent directly to Cloud over HTTPS.

onecli migrate --cloud-key oc_your_cloud_key           # Migrate to OneCLI Cloud
onecli migrate --cloud-key oc_... --dry-run            # Preview without executing

Auth

Authenticate with the OneCLI server.

onecli auth login [--api-key oc_...]                   # Store API key
onecli auth logout                                     # Remove stored API key
onecli auth status                                     # Check current auth state
onecli auth update --name "New Name"                   # Update your display name
onecli auth api-key                                    # Show your current API key
onecli auth regenerate-api-key                         # Regenerate your API key

Authentication is only required when the server enforces it. In local/single-user mode, commands work without logging in.

Config

Read and write configuration values.

onecli config get <key>                                # Read config value
onecli config set <key> <value>                        # Write config value
onecli config set project payments-app                 # Set active project for all commands

Output

All output is JSON. Use --fields to select specific fields, or --quiet to extract a single value:

onecli agents list --quiet id
# "agent_abc123"
# "agent_def456"

onecli agents list --fields id,name,identifier
# [{"id": "agent_abc123", "name": "My Agent", "identifier": "my-agent"}, ...]

Agents and scripts can parse responses directly without jq or string manipulation.

List commands return at most 20 results by default; pass --max to raise (or lower) the cap.

Environment variables

Variable	Description
ONECLI_API_KEY	API key (overrides stored key)
ONECLI_API_HOST	API base URL (default: https://api.onecli.sh)
ONECLI_PROJECT	Active project slug (overrides onecli config set project)
ONECLI_ENV	dev or production

Example: agent orchestrator bootstrapping

A common pattern is an orchestrator that provisions agents before they start working:

# Create a project for this workflow
onecli projects create --name "email-workflow"
onecli config set project email-workflow

# Add the secret the agent needs
onecli secrets create --name "Gmail" --type generic \
  --value "$GMAIL_KEY" --host-pattern "*.googleapis.com" \
  --header-name Authorization --value-format "Bearer {value}"

# Create the agent (it sees all secrets in the project)
AGENT=$(onecli agents create --name "email-agent" --identifier email-agent | jq -r .id)

# Get its access token
TOKEN=$(onecli agents regenerate-token --id "$AGENT" | jq -r .accessToken)

# Pass the token to the agent container
docker run -e HTTPS_PROXY=http://onecli:10255 \
  -e PROXY_AUTH="$TOKEN" \
  my-email-agent:latest

The agent sees only the secrets in its project, enforced by the gateway and any rules you’ve configured. No hardcoded keys, no broad access.