CLI Commands

Overview

clnode start              # Start daemon (port 3100)
clnode stop               # Stop daemon
clnode status             # Show active sessions/agents
clnode init [path]        # Install hooks + agents/skills/rules + register project
clnode ui                 # Open Web UI in browser
clnode logs [-n N] [-f]   # View/follow daemon logs

Commands

clnode start

Start the daemon in the background. Runs on port 3100 by default.

clnode start
# Custom port
CLNODE_PORT=3101 clnode start

clnode stop

Stop the running daemon.

clnode status

Show active sessions and agents. Useful for verifying the daemon is running and hooks are working.

clnode init [path]

Install clnode into a project directory. This:

1. Installs hook configuration in .claude/settings.local.json
2. Copies agent templates (clnode-reviewer, clnode-curator)
3. Copies skill templates (compress-output, compress-review, clnode-agents)
4. Copies rule templates (team.md)
5. Seeds agent memory files
6. Registers the project in the database
7. Auto-starts the daemon if not running

Options:

• -p, --port <port> — Daemon port (default: 3100)
• --hooks-only — Install hooks only, skip all templates

clnode ui

Open the Web UI dashboard in your default browser.

clnode logs

View daemon logs.

Options:

• -n <lines> — Number of lines to show (default: 50)
• -f — Follow mode (tail -f)