Netlify CLI command reference

To get a list of commands, run

netlify help

To get a list of available sub-commands, arguments & flags run

netlify [command] help

Commands

agents

Manage Netlify AI agent tasks

Subcommand	description
`agents:create`	Create and run a new agent task on your site
`agents:list`	List agent tasks for the current site
`agents:show`	Show details of a specific agent task
`agents:stop`	Stop a running agent task

api

Run any Netlify API method

blobs

Manage objects in Netlify Blobs

Subcommand	description
`blobs:delete`	Deletes an object with a given key, if it exists, from a Netlify Blobs store
`blobs:get`	Reads an object with a given key from a Netlify Blobs store and, if it exists, prints the content to the terminal or saves it to a file
`blobs:list`	Lists objects in a Netlify Blobs store
`blobs:set`	Writes to a Netlify Blobs store an object with the data provided in the command or the contents of a file defined by the ‘input’ parameter

build

Build on your local machine

clone

Clone a remote repository and link it to an existing project on Netlify

completion

Generate shell completion script

Subcommand	description
`completion:install`	Generates completion script for your preferred shell

db

Provision a production ready Postgres database with a single command

Subcommand	description
`init`	Initialize a new database for the current site
`status`	Check the status of the database

deploy

Deploy your project to Netlify

dev

Local dev server

Subcommand	description
`dev:exec`	Runs a command within the netlify dev environment. For example, with environment variables from any installed add-ons

env

Control environment variables for the current project

Subcommand	description
`env:clone`	Clone environment variables from one project to another
`env:get`	Get resolved value of specified environment variable (includes netlify.toml)
`env:import`	Import and set environment variables from .env file
`env:list`	Lists resolved environment variables for project (includes netlify.toml)
`env:set`	Set value of environment variable
`env:unset`	Unset an environment variable which removes it from the UI

functions

Manage netlify functions

Subcommand	description
`functions:build`	Build functions locally
`functions:create`	Create a new function locally
`functions:invoke`	Trigger a function while in netlify dev with simulated data, good for testing function calls including Netlify’s Event Triggered Functions
`functions:list`	List functions that exist locally
`functions:serve`	Serve functions locally

init

Configure continuous deployment for a new or existing project. To create a new project without continuous deployment, use netlify sites:create

link

Link a local repo or project folder to an existing project on Netlify

logs

Stream logs from your project

Subcommand	description
`logs:deploy`	Stream the logs of deploys currently being built to the console
`logs:function`	Stream netlify function logs to the console

open

Open settings for the project linked to the current folder

Subcommand	description
`open:admin`	Opens current project admin UI in Netlify
`open:site`	Opens current project url in browser

recipes

Create and modify files in a project using pre-defined recipes

Subcommand	description
`recipes:list`	List the recipes available to create and modify files in a project

serve

Build the project for production and serve locally. This does not watch the code for changes, so if you need to rebuild your project then you must exit and run serve again.

sites

Handle various project operations

Subcommand	description
`sites:create`	Create an empty project (advanced)
`sites:create-template`	(Beta) Create a project from a starter template
`sites:delete`	Delete a project
`sites:list`	List all projects you have access to

status

Print status information

Subcommand	description
`status:hooks`	Print hook information of the linked project

switch

Switch your active Netlify account

unlink

Unlink a local folder from a Netlify project

watch

Watch for project deploy to finish