podojo-cli
Command-line tool for the Podojo user research platform.
podojo lets UX researchers manage projects, upload and transcribe interviews,
build unmoderated user tests, run AI voice interviews, download research
videos, cut showreels, and run synthetic test participants — all without
leaving the terminal.
Installation
uv tool install podojo-cli
Or with pip:
pip install podojo-cli
Requires Python 3.11+. Some commands need extra tooling:
showreelrequiresffmpegon yourPATH(brew install ffmpeg).synthrequires the optionalsynthextra:pip install 'podojo-cli[synth]'thenplaywright install chromium.
Authentication
Log in once with your Podojo API key — it's stored in your system keychain:
podojo auth login # prompts for the key
podojo auth login --key XXX # or pass it directly
podojo auth logout # remove the stored key
Configuration is read from, in order of precedence:
- Environment variables —
PODOJO_API_KEY,PODOJO_BASE_URL ~/.podojo.toml- The system keyring (set by
podojo auth login)
Usage
podojo --help # top-level help
podojo <group> --help # help for a command group
Projects
podojo projects list
podojo projects create "Checkout Redesign" --brief "Q1 usability study"
Interviews & transcripts
podojo interviews upload session-03.mp4 --project "Checkout Redesign"
podojo transcripts list "Checkout Redesign"
podojo transcripts download "Checkout Redesign" <batch-id> -o transcript.txt
Videos & showreels
podojo videos list "Checkout Redesign"
podojo videos download <batch-id> -o clip.mp4
podojo showreel create clips.json -o showreel.mp4
The showreel clips.json is a list of clips, each with batch_id,
participant, country, topic, start, and end (MM:SS or HH:MM:SS).
Each clip gets an auto-generated title card.
Unmoderated user tests
podojo usertests example > my-test.yaml # print a template to start from
podojo usertests validate my-test.yaml # check it without creating
podojo usertests create -f my-test.yaml
podojo usertests list
podojo usertests get checkout-usability-v1
podojo usertests update checkout-usability-v1 -f changes.yaml
podojo usertests delete checkout-usability-v1
podojo usertests snippet # recording snippet: two script tags + recorder.js
A user test can open with optional on-screen screening_questions (closed
questions, single- or multi-select), answered before consent and recording;
answers are recorded with each session. A question marked screener: true
also gates entry: its options carry qualifies: true flags, and participants
who don't pick a qualifying option see the test's rejection_message and
never reach the recorded test. See podojo usertests example for the exact
shape.
Set required_device: mobile or required_device: desktop to restrict a test
to one kind of device. Participants who open the link on the other kind are
asked to switch over before the welcome screen, so they never start a screener
or use up a session. Tablets count as mobile.
AI interviews
An AI interview is a self-serve voice conversation: an AI interviewer asks your questions in order and adaptively follows up. One YAML file defines one study:
podojo aiinterviews example > my-interview.yaml # print a template to start from
podojo aiinterviews validate my-interview.yaml # check it without creating
podojo aiinterviews create -f my-interview.yaml
podojo aiinterviews list
podojo aiinterviews get checkout-experience-v1
podojo aiinterviews update checkout-experience-v1 -f changes.yaml
podojo aiinterviews delete checkout-experience-v1
create and get print the participant Preview and Live URLs. The frontend
base URL can be overridden via ai_interviews_url in ~/.podojo.toml or
PODOJO_AI_INTERVIEWS_URL.
A study can open with optional on-screen screening_questions (closed
multiple-choice questions; multi_select: true allows several picks). Answers
are recorded with each session. A question marked screener: true also gates
entry: its options carry qualifies: true flags, and participants who don't
pick a qualifying option see the study's rejection_message and never reach
the voice interview. A question can carry a show_if condition to appear only
when an earlier question was answered with specific options. Each closed
question can also carry a subtitle — optional secondary text shown under the
question on the participant's screen. See
podojo aiinterviews example for the exact shape.
Synthetic participants
The synth group drives a Playwright browser through a user test preview so an
agent (e.g. Claude Code) can act as a synthetic participant:
podojo synth start checkout-usability-v1 # or a preview URL
podojo synth state
podojo synth click "Get Started"
podojo synth fill "#answer" "It felt slow"
podojo synth advance
podojo synth stop
Links
License
MIT
1 maintainer
Metadata
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