Introduction to Forge CLI

Updated on Oct 1, 2026

Forge provides a command-line interface (CLI) for project configuration and AI-assisted development. It also manages stateful workflows and execution results.

The CLI is useful for developers who want precise control from a terminal, teams that want repeatable commands in scripts or CI/CD, and advanced users who need access to configuration, workflow, tracing, and recovery capabilities. The Forge Desktop App provides a graphical interface for many of the same workflow and project-management tasks. For guided, prompt-based project setup, see Interactive Configuration.

How Forge CLI works

Forge builds its command tree when the CLI starts. The command surface combines:

Utility Command

CLI Experience

Built-in utility commands for configuration, status monitoring, diagnostics, shell completions, updates, tutorials, app discovery, and workflow management.

Workflow Commands

CLI Experience

Use AI agents to perform software delivery tasks such as issue drafting, code generation, pull request reviews, and workflow execution with shared options and project-specific customization.

Global options

CLI Experience

Shared across commands, including help, version, quiet output, and trace streaming.

When the workflow registry loads successfully, the CLI exposes the complete command surface. If workflow configuration cannot load, Forge keeps utility commands available so you can diagnose the problem and run frg config lock or other recovery commands.

See Also

• Getting Started with CLI