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API Keys

API Keys are used to authenticate you for using Command Code.

How to get your API key

You can get your API key by following these steps:

1

Login

Login to your account on Command Code.

2

Navigate

Navigate to your API keys page.

3

Generate

Click on the Generate API key button to generate a new API key.

4

Manage

From here you can manage your existing API keys.

Use an API key in CI

For non-interactive environments (CI pipelines, Docker images, scheduled jobs), export the Command Code API key as the COMMAND_CODE_API_KEY environment variable. The CLI reads the env var at startup and uses it as the auth token. No need to run cmd auth login or pre-write an auth.json file to login with Command Code.

export COMMAND_CODE_API_KEY="cc_live_..." cmd "Run my workflow" # already logged in

The env var takes precedence over ~/.commandcode/auth.json. It overrides any local authentication method.

Run cmd auth status to confirm the output which will show Source: $COMMAND_CODE_API_KEY when the env var is the active credential.

Treat the key as a secret: use your CI provider's encrypted-secrets store (GitHub Actions secrets, GitLab CI variables, etc.) rather than committing it to the repo.

Next steps

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