Chrono CLI

Chrono CLI allows you to interact with the Developer Platform without accessing the dashboard.

Quick Start

Get started with chrono-cli in minutes:

# 1. Check if chrono is installed
chrono --version

# 2. If not installed, install via curl
curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ChronoAIProject/chrono-cli/main/install.sh | sh

# 3. Navigate to your project and initialize
cd /path/to/project
chrono init

# 4. Login to authenticate
chrono login

# 5. Setup MCP integration with your AI editor
chrono mcp-setup

Installation

Via curl (Recommended)

curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ChronoAIProject/chrono-cli/main/install.sh | sh

Verify Installation

chrono --version

Available Commands

Authentication

Login – Authenticate via Keycloak device flow

chrono login

Logout – Clear local credentials

chrono logout

Status – Show current login status

chrono status

Project Setup

Init – Initialize Chrono configuration for your project

chrono init

Creates .chrono/config.yaml with project settings.

Detect – Analyze project and detect tech stack

chrono detect [--save]

• --save – Save detected configuration as metadata

AI Editor Integration

MCP Setup – Configure AI editor to use Chrono as an MCP server

chrono mcp-setup [editor]

Supported editors:

• cursor (default) – Cursor IDE
• claude-code – Claude Code
• codex – Codex
• gemini – Gemini CLI

This command:

1. Creates API token automatically
2. Configures editor’s MCP settings
3. Verifies MCP connection

Configuration Files

~/.chrono/config.yaml     # Main CLI config
.chrono/config.yaml       # Project-specific config
.chrono/metadata.yaml      # Auto-generated project metadata
.cursor/mcp.json          # Cursor MCP config (auto-generated)
.mcp.json                 # Claude Code MCP config (auto-generated)

Common Workflows

First-time setup for a new project:

1. cd /path/to/project
2. chrono init
3. chrono login
4. chrono detect --save
5. chrono mcp-setup

Deploy current project:

# Use the MCP tools via your AI editor
- list_projects
- create_pipeline
- trigger_pipeline_run
- get_run_status

Global Flags

• --api-url string – API server URL (overrides config)
• --config string – Config file path
• --debug – Enable debug output
• -h, --help – Help for any command
• -v, --version – Show version