Commands

Every command the codebrew CLI provides.

All commands run through the codebrew program. Running it with no command prints the help screen.

Command	Description	Options
wakeup	Guided start: banner, preflight check, mode picker, then chat.	None
chat	Interactive streaming chat session with conversation memory.	-m, --mode <agent\|ask\|plan> (default agent), -v, --verbose
talk <prompt>	One-off single-shot prompt, runs in the default agent mode.	-v, --verbose
doctor	Verifies Node.js 18+ and that ANTHROPIC_API_KEY is set.	None
hello	Shows the ASCII welcome banner.	None

wakeup

The guided entry point. wakeup prints the banner, runs a preflight check against your Node version and API key, then hands you a mode picker before dropping you into chat. No flags to remember, just run it.

codebrew wakeup

The codebrew wakeup guided flow: a preflight check confirming Node.js and the API key, followed by a mode picker showing agent, ask, and plan as selectable cards. — codebrew wakeup

chat

The interactive session. chat starts a live REPL that remembers every turn, streams the agent's replies as they arrive, and lets you switch permission modes on the fly with /mode.

codebrew chat --mode agent

An interactive codebrew chat session started in agent mode, showing the slash-command list (/mode, /help, /context, /exit) and an empty prompt waiting for input. — codebrew chat --mode agent

hello

A quick sanity check. hello prints the ASCII welcome banner without touching your environment or starting a session, useful for confirming the install worked.

codebrew hello

codebrew hello

More examples

# Guided start: banner, preflight, pick a mode, then chat
codebrew wakeup

# Jump straight into an interactive chat in agent mode, verbose
codebrew chat --mode agent --verbose

# Interactive chat, read-only
codebrew chat --mode ask

# One-off single-shot prompt
codebrew talk "what does src/agents do?"

# Environment check
codebrew doctor