CLI

The Invoke CLI is the terminal side of Invoke. Use it to sign in, scaffold and deploy agent projects, call tools through the governed gateway, and inspect and verify what your agents did.

Installation

npm install -g @invokehq/cli

Or run it without installing:

npx @invokehq/cli --help

invoke login

Saves your API key and the Invoke URL locally for later commands. It prompts for the key, or you can pass --api-key. invoke status shows what you’re signed in as, and invoke doctor checks the credentials and the runtime.

Build and ship

`invoke init`

Scaffold a project and provision a workspace for it.

invoke init billing-agent --template crm-guardrail

Flag	Description
`--template`	`default`, `claude-agent`, `gemini-agent`, `linear` or `crm-guardrail`
`--workspace-name`	Name for the provisioned workspace. Defaults to the project name.
`--no-cloud`	Scaffold only. Don’t provision a workspace.

`invoke deploy`

From inside a project, register its runtime, policies, agents and tools with Invoke.

invoke deploy

`invoke agents list`

List the projects you’ve deployed from this machine.

Governed calls from the terminal

invoke gateway drives the workspace gateway, the same governed path the SDK and MCP clients use.

invoke gateway create acme-prod      # provision a workspace and make it active
invoke gateway tools                 # the tools you can call through it
invoke gateway call stripe.charge_customer \
  '{"customer_id":"cus_123","amount":2400,"invoice_id":"inv_881"}' \
  --agent-id billing-agent --idempotency-key invoice:inv_881
invoke gateway url                   # the MCP URL to paste into Claude, Cursor or ChatGPT

The same --idempotency-key is the same action: send the call twice and it runs once.

Inspect and verify

invoke inspect last                  # a run's full story: pipeline, cost, its ledger slice
invoke receipts --verify             # check receipts' signatures
invoke graph                         # agents, their tasks, and recent runs
invoke logs                          # the execution event log

Run invoke <command> --help for every flag.

Next steps

TypeScript SDK: the same governed calls from your code
Quick Start: your first call in five minutes
Authentication: agent keys and account keys

Get Started

Core Concepts

Guides

SDK & CLI

Configuration

Installation

Build and ship

`invoke init`

`invoke deploy`

`invoke agents list`

Governed calls from the terminal

Inspect and verify

Next steps

​Installation

​Sign in

​Build and ship

​invoke init

​invoke deploy

​invoke agents list

​Governed calls from the terminal

​Inspect and verify

​Next steps

Installation

Sign in

Build and ship

`invoke init`

`invoke deploy`

`invoke agents list`

Governed calls from the terminal

Inspect and verify

Next steps