alloy-runtime-cli 0.2.18

Alloy Runtime CLI - Command-line interface for Alloy Runtime server

alloy-runtime-cli

Terminal client for Alloy Runtime.

Install

pip install alloy-runtime-cli

For isolated user installs, pipx is also a good fit:

pipx install alloy-runtime-cli

Command

The installed command is alloy.

alloy --help
alloy --help-json
alloy --help-markdown
alloy --help-toon
alloy login
alloy credentials supported
alloy credentials supported --kind tools
alloy --api-url https://your-alloy-runtime-host ping
alloy api-keys create --scope read --scope update --scope use --description "automation key"

Use alloy --help-json when automation or agents need recursive machine-readable CLI help as JSON. Use alloy --help-markdown for the same help tree rendered as Markdown. Use alloy --help-toon for the same help tree rendered as TOON. For session-wide help rendering, set ALLOY_RUNTIME_HELP_FORMAT=json, ALLOY_RUNTIME_HELP_FORMAT=markdown, or ALLOY_RUNTIME_HELP_FORMAT=toon and run alloy --help.

alloy ping is the authenticated connectivity check. It confirms who you are, which host you reached, and which server build answered the request.

General command output also supports --format toon alongside compact, json, and lines. The CLI pins toon-format from the upstream GitHub source because the PyPI stub release is not usable yet.

Configuration

The CLI reads configuration in this order:

1. CLI flags such as --api-url and --api-key
2. Environment variables like ALLOY_RUNTIME_API_URL
3. Stored credentials in ~/.alloy-runtime/config

Use alloy login to save an API key locally, or set the environment variables when running on a VPS.