CLI Quick Reference

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Quick reference for the most commonly used AgenticGoKit CLI commands.

Project Creation

Templates (Recommended)

# Research assistant with web search
agentcli create research-bot --template research-assistant

# RAG knowledge base
agentcli create knowledge-base --template rag-system

# Data processing pipeline
agentcli create data-flow --template data-pipeline

# Chat system with memory
agentcli create chat-bot --template chat-system

# Basic multi-agent system
agentcli create my-project --template basic

Custom Configuration

# Custom RAG system
agentcli create my-kb --memory pgvector --embedding openai --rag 1500

# Production MCP setup
agentcli create my-bot --mcp production --visualize

# Interactive setup
agentcli create --interactive

Template Overrides

# Use template but customize
agentcli create my-research --template research-assistant --agents 5 --mcp production

Template Management

# List all templates
agentcli template list

# Create custom template
agentcli template create my-template

# Validate template
agentcli template validate my-template.yaml

# Show search paths
agentcli template paths

Consolidated Flags

Flag	Description	Examples
--template, -t	Project template	basic, research-assistant, rag-system
--memory	Memory provider	memory, pgvector, weaviate
--embedding	Embedding provider	openai, ollama:nomic-embed-text
--mcp	MCP integration	basic, production, full
--rag	RAG chunk size	default, 1000, 2000
--orchestration	Agent coordination	sequential, collaborative, loop
--agents, -a	Number of agents	2, 3, 5
--provider, -p	LLM provider	openai, azure, ollama
--visualize	Generate diagrams	(boolean flag)
--interactive, -i	Interactive mode	(boolean flag)

Built-in Templates

Template	Description	Use Case
basic	2 agents, sequential	Learning, simple projects
research-assistant	3 agents, web search	Research, analysis
rag-system	3 agents, vector DB	Knowledge bases, Q&A
data-pipeline	4 agents, sequential	ETL, data processing
chat-system	2 agents, memory	Chatbots, conversations

Other Commands

# Version info
agentcli version

# List sessions
agentcli list

# View traces
agentcli trace session-id

# Memory debug
agentcli memory --stats

# MCP management
agentcli mcp servers

# Cache management
agentcli cache stats

# Shell completion
agentcli completion bash > /etc/bash_completion.d/agentcli
agentcli completion zsh > "${fpath[1]}/_agentcli"
agentcli completion powershell > agentcli.ps1

Common Patterns

Development Setup

# Quick development project
agentcli create dev-project --template basic --provider mock

Production Setup

# Production-ready RAG system
agentcli create prod-kb --template rag-system --mcp production --visualize

Research Workflow

# Research assistant with custom agents
agentcli create research-team --template research-assistant --agents 4

Data Processing

# ETL pipeline with visualization
agentcli create etl-system --template data-pipeline --visualize

Help Commands

# General help
agentcli --help

# Command-specific help
agentcli create --help
agentcli template --help

# Template details
agentcli create help-templates
agentcli template list

Shell Completion

Enable intelligent tab completion for faster CLI usage:

Bash

# Load for current session
source <(agentcli completion bash)

# Install permanently (Linux)
agentcli completion bash > /etc/bash_completion.d/agentcli

# Install permanently (macOS with Homebrew)
agentcli completion bash > $(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion.d/agentcli

Zsh

# Enable completion support
echo "autoload -U compinit; compinit" >> ~/.zshrc

# Install completion
agentcli completion zsh > "${fpath[1]}/_agentcli"

PowerShell

# Load for current session
agentcli completion powershell | Out-String | Invoke-Expression

# Install permanently
agentcli completion powershell > agentcli.ps1
# Add to your PowerShell profile

Fish

# Load for current session
agentcli completion fish | source

# Install permanently
agentcli completion fish > ~/.config/fish/completions/agentcli.fish

For complete documentation, see the Full CLI Reference.