CLI Command Reference

OpenExec is a single binary. Run any command with --help to see its full flags and subcommands:

openexec <command> --help

The commands below are grouped by purpose.

Setup & project

Command	Description
`openexec init [project-name]`	Initialize a new OpenExec project (creates `.openexec/config.json` and `openexec.yaml`).
`openexec config show`	Show the current configuration.
`openexec config set <key> <value>`	Set a configuration value.
`openexec config init`	Initialize configuration with defaults.
`openexec doctor`	Check your environment for common issues (CLI tools, config).
`openexec version`	Print the OpenExec version.
`openexec update`	Update OpenExec to the latest version.

Command	Description
`openexec wizard`	Start the guided intent interviewer; generates `INTENT.md`.
`openexec plan [intent-file]`	Advanced: generate a project plan manually. Deprecated — use `openexec run`.
`openexec goal verify [goal-id]`	Verify the implementation against defined goals.

Command	Description
`openexec start`	Start the execution daemon for concurrent task processing.
`openexec run [task-id]`	Execute tasks using the execution engine (daemon-orchestrated).
`openexec blueprint <task-description>`	Execute a single task using blueprint-based orchestration.
`openexec chat`	Start an interactive conversational session.
`openexec status [run-id]`	Show execution-engine and run status (supports `--watch` and `--json`).
`openexec tui [directory]`	Launch the interactive terminal dashboard.
`openexec stop`	Stop the execution engine.
`openexec restart`	Restart the execution engine.

See Monitoring Status for status output details.

Command	Description
`openexec knowledge index [directory]`	Index project source code into deterministic Pointer Records.
`openexec knowledge show [symbols\|envs\|api\|prd]`	Show records in the current project's knowledge base.
`openexec knowledge ls [directory]`	List projects with an initialized knowledge base.
`openexec knowledge init [directory]`	Initialize an empty knowledge base at a path.
`openexec skills list`	List all available skills.
`openexec skills info <name>`	Show details about a skill.
`openexec skills search <query>`	Search skills by keyword.
`openexec skills create <name>`	Scaffold a new user skill.
`openexec skills enable <name>` / `disable <name>`	Enable or disable a skill.
`openexec skills import`	Import skills from external sources.

Command	Description
`openexec release create <version>`	Create a new release.
`openexec release show`	Show current release information.
`openexec release changelog`	Generate a changelog for the current release.
`openexec release process`	Process approved stories and complete the release pipeline.
`openexec release reset`	Reset all stories and tasks to pending status.
`openexec story create <id> <title>` / `list` / `show <id>`	Manage stories.
`openexec story merge <id>` / `approve <id>`	Merge or approve a story.
`openexec task create <id> <title>` / `complete <id>` / `list`	Manage tasks.
`openexec task link <id> <commit>` / `autolink`	Link commits to tasks.

Command	Description
`openexec approve list`	List pending tool approval requests.
`openexec approve yes <id>` / `no <id> [reason]`	Approve or reject a pending request.
`openexec audit`	Scan a path for stub patterns and emit a markdown/JSON report.
`openexec patch apply [diff-file]`	Apply a unified diff scoped to the workspace root.
`openexec actions validate`	Validate an Action JSON from stdin.
`openexec replay [run-id]`	Inspect checkpointed artifacts for a run (patch sequence).

Command	Description
`openexec mcp-serve`	Run the OpenExec MCP signal server (used by Claude Code).
`openexec config provider list`	List configured API provider endpoints (also `add`, `use <name>`, `remove <name>`).
`openexec seed`	Seed a running template app with synthetic users and traffic.