CLI command reference
Search the complete mf command tree, arguments, and options.
This page is generated from the same Commander tree as the mf binary. It documents the current public command surface; the installed binary remains authoritative for its own version.
Generated from: mf 5.12.0
Run mf <command> --help to confirm syntax for the version installed on your machine.
Commands
| Command | Purpose |
|---|---|
mf auth | Authenticate and manage capabilities for the current identity |
mf setup | One-command onboarding: sign in, register this machine as a daemon, start it |
mf login | Authenticate this machine with Manyfold |
mf whoami | Print the currently authenticated user |
mf agent | Manage agents |
mf automations | Manage scheduled automations |
mf backups | Manage agent backups and restores |
mf channels | Manage agent channels (Telegram, Lark, Slack, etc.) |
mf files | Read/write files on an agent runtime |
mf connections | List the connections linked to this agent (or, for a user, your account) |
mf model-config | Read/update agent model configuration |
mf model-providers | List and test the model providers agents can be created with |
mf runtime | Manage agent runtimes (a framework on one of your computers) |
mf sandbox | List, delete and inspect your sandboxes |
mf skills | Manage installed agent skills |
mf mcp | Manage an agent’s MCP servers |
mf usage | Read token + cost usage statistics |
mf a2a | Talk to A2A servers and manage this agent exposure and callers |
mf daemon | Local daemon for Manyfold agents (claude-code / codex / gemini-cli / pi / antigravity-cli) |
mf profile | Inspect and manage CLI profiles (ADR-0014) |
mf update | Update this machine’s mf CLI to the latest version |
mf updates | Pending updates on your computers, sandboxes, frameworks and skills, as in the web’s Update Center |
mf version | Show the installed version, update channel and build metadata |
mf doctor | Diagnose this machine’s mf setup: the install, every profile’s sign-in and API, and local daemons |
mf help | display help for a command; —agent prints the agent operations guide |
Global options
Usage: mf [options] [command]
Options
| Options | Purpose |
|---|---|
-V, --version | output the version number |
--profile <name> | CLI profile: separate credentials and daemon state per environment (env: MF_PROFILE) |
--api-url <url> | API base URL |
--token <token> | API token override (”-” reads stdin; direct values may appear in shell history and process lists) |
--agent-id <id> | agent context: default agent for agent-scoped commands, accepted before or after the subcommand (env: MF_AGENT_ID) |
--account | act at account scope: operate across the current account instead of only the current agent (default). Requires user-granted permission; without it the command stays scoped to the current agent. |
-h, --help | display help for command |
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