Quickstart: CLI

The plain-text CLI that mirrors the API one-to-one, built for agents.

The CLI mirrors the API one-to-one and prints plain text: no colors, no interactive prompts, so agents can drive it directly. Everything it does, the REST API does with the same names.

Install

npm install -g routergrowth

EACCES on a locked-down machine? Install per-user instead:

npm install --prefix ~/.local routergrowth
ln -sf ~/.local/node_modules/.bin/routergrowth ~/.local/bin/routergrowth

Set up and sign up

routergrowth setup --client "my-agent"
routergrowth signup --email you@company.com --org "Acme"   # sandbox account, $5 credit, key saved locally

Already have a key (from the dashboard or a teammate)? Store it instead:

routergrowth keys add -k rg_test_... -l main

The loop

routergrowth balance
routergrowth discover -q "find a verified email for a person"
routergrowth inspect -c contact.find
routergrowth run -c contact.find \
  -i '{"first_name":"Alex","last_name":"Rivera","company_domain":"example.com"}' \
  -o result.json
routergrowth runs

Ground rules that keep spend predictable:

• inspect before any billable run, and surface the price.
• Cap any call with --max-cost.
• Write large results to a file with -o instead of printing them.

Every key gets a web view of the same state, balance, keys, runs and usage, on the dashboard. Agents read it over the CLI and API; you read it in the browser.

Next

• CLI reference: every command and flag.
• Quickstart: agents: make any coding agent use this CLI on its own.

Reading this as an agent? This page as markdown: /docs/quickstart-cli.md · every page: /docs/llms.txt