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Install the CLI

1 min readValidated September 27, 2026

The CLI is a single Node package. It needs Node 20 or newer and nothing else: no agent, no daemon, no config file to hand edit.

The published package is [email protected], live on the npm registry. The preview runs locally and provisions nothing. Its commands are kraftify init (install into an agent), kraftify mcp (the stdio server agents launch), kraftify status, kraftify preview (an offline walkthrough) and kraftify uninstall. The commands below describe the version that ships with the API.

Run without installing #

npx kraftify-cli@latest status

This is the right choice for a one-off or for CI, where writing to a global prefix is awkward.

Install globally #

npm install -g kraftify-cli

kraftify status

Upgrade #

The CLI checks for a newer version on login and once a day after that, and prints a one line notice. It never upgrades itself.

kraftify update

Where the token lives #

kraftify login writes a token to the OS keychain when one is available, and falls back to ~/.config/kraftify/credentials with 0600 permissions. Delete that file to log out from the machine.

kraftify logout

The token is a bearer credential. Anyone holding it can act as you, so treat it like an SSH key and do not paste it into a chat or a commit.