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Installation

The CLI ships as the @brainbase-labs/cli npm package and installs a single brainbase binary on your PATH.

Requirements

  • Node.js 18 or newer — check with node --version.
  • A supported harness in the folder you want to manage — Claude Code, Codex, Kafka, Qwen Code, OpenCode, OpenClaw, Cursor, Factory Droid, Qoder, or Pi. The CLI auto-detects which one you're in.

Install

bash
npm install -g @brainbase-labs/cli

Then confirm it's available:

bash
brainbase --version
brainbase help

brainbase --version, brainbase -v, and brainbase version print the installed version.

Other package managers
The package is published to the public npm registry, so pnpm add -g @brainbase-labs/cli works too. The binary is always named brainbase.

Next steps

Continue to the Quickstart to log in and create your first agent, or read Authentication if you're setting the CLI up in CI.