exemplar-cli

Terminal CLI for Exemplar skills, prompts, and memory.

This is a separate package from the Python SDK. For framework integrations and the Harness client, see exemplar-harness-sdk (docs).

Install

Recommended — isolated install with automatic PATH setup:

pipx install exemplar-cli

Other options:

# System / python.org install (macOS, Linux)
pip install exemplar-cli

# User install (no sudo)
pip install --user exemplar-cli

After install, verify everything:

exemplar doctor

If you see command not found: exemplar, the package is installed but its bin/ directory is not on your PATH. exemplar doctor prints the exact fix for your machine. Common cases:

Open a new terminal after changing shell profile files.

Quick start

export EXEMPLAR_API_KEY=eis_...

exemplar doctor
exemplar skills list
exemplar prompts list
exemplar memory add "User prefers bullet points" --user-id u1 --type preference
exemplar memory search "formatting" --user-id u1 --mode hybrid --format markdown

More copy-paste commands: examples/cli/README.md.

Environment

Commands

Doctor

exemplar doctor — check package install, PATH, and required environment variables.

Skills

list, get, search, pull, install (alias of pull), push, init, export-zip

Skill install destinations (pull / install, init):

Same folder layout for Cursor, Claude Code, ADK, and custom agent roots (dest/<skill-name>/SKILL.md plus supporting files).

# Default — Cursor project skills (no prompt)
exemplar skills pull refund-policy

# Install all skills for an agent runtime root (alias of pull)
exemplar skills install --all --dest .agents/skills

# Global Cursor skills
exemplar skills pull refund-policy --global

# Claude Code — asks for confirmation (or use -y)
exemplar skills pull refund-policy --target claude-global

# Pick interactively when multiple agents are installed
exemplar skills pull --all -i

# Override with a custom directory
exemplar skills pull refund-policy --dest ./my-skills

Set a default via EXEMPLAR_SKILLS_TARGET=cursor-global.

Prompts

list, get, search, create, build, run, publish, delete

exemplar prompts list
exemplar prompts get support-summary
exemplar prompts build support-summary --var topic=returns
exemplar prompts run support-summary --var topic=returns

Memory

add, list, get, search, recall, update, delete, delete-bulk

Memory commands accept scope flags: --user-id, --agent-id, --session-id, --app-id.

search / recall also accept:

exemplar memory add "User prefers bullet points" --user-id u1 --type preference
exemplar memory search "formatting" --user-id u1 --mode hybrid --format markdown
exemplar memory recall "how should I format answers?" --user-id u1 --format markdown --mode hybrid
exemplar memory search "theme" --user-id u1 --format toon