CLI

Download the Backlog CLI, authenticate, inspect context, and run terminal-first workflows.

Updated April 3, 2026

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April 3, 2026 Updated

CLI

Start in This Manual

Use these entry points when you want the fastest route into this surface before you browse the full topic map.

Download the CLI Request a Sign-In Code Inspect the Current Workspace Context Review Draft Tasks Browse Tasks Browse Projects

Overview

How This Manual Is Organized

The current material is still one manual, but it is grouped here by the jobs readers usually come to this surface to do.

Set Up the CLI Get Access and Context Run Work from the Terminal Manage Personal Access Installs and Agents

Start with These Guides

Use these first when you want the shortest path into this surface before browsing the full topic list.

CLI Setup CLI

Download the CLI

Download the standalone Backlog CLI script from `https://backlog.to/backlog.sh` and make it executable locally.

Request a Sign-In Code

Start the OTP flow and send a sign-in code to the correct email address.

Workspace Context CLI

Inspect the Current Workspace Context

Check who the current principal is, which workspace is active, and which installation context is in effect before you run sensitive automation or admin work.

Draft Work CLI

Review Draft Tasks

Use the draft surface to inspect unfinished work before it joins the main task flow.

Task Workflows CLI

Browse Tasks

Open the main task surface, narrow the visible list, and move from the collection view into the next task action.

Project Planning CLI

Browse Projects

Open the project index, narrow the project collection, and choose the next planning action.

Set Up the CLI

Download the script, check local CLI state, save defaults, and switch auth modes cleanly.

Set Up the CLI 4 guides

CLI Setup

Download the CLI, inspect profile state, save defaults, and switch auth modes before you run repeated commands.

Get Access and Context

Start sign-in, finish verification, and confirm the active workspace before you keep going.

Get Access and Context 4 guides

Sign In and Sessions

Request sign-in codes, finish verification, and manage a human session from the terminal.

Get Access and Context 1 guides

Workspace Context

Check the active principal and workspace context from the CLI before scoped or destructive work.

Run Work from the Terminal

Read draft, task, and project data and make focused updates from the CLI.

Run Work from the Terminal 1 guides

Manage Personal Access

Review, create, and revoke personal tokens from the terminal.

Manage Personal Access 3 guides

Sessions and Personal Tokens

Manage personal tokens from the CLI when local automation needs human-owned credentials.

Installs and Agents

Work with automation secrets, workspace automations, and visible agents from the CLI.

Installs and Agents 8 guides

Automation and Agents

Exchange automation secrets and administer workspace automations or visible agents from the terminal.