clerk

clerk

The Clerk command-line interface.

Installation

Homebrew (macOS / Linux)

brew install clerk/stable/clerk

npm

npm install -g clerk

Usage

Usage: clerk [options] [command]

Clerk CLI

Options:
  -v, --version        Output the version number
  --input-json <json>  Pass command options as a JSON string, @file.json, or -
                       for stdin
  --mode <mode>        Force interaction mode (human or agent). Defaults to
                       auto-detect based on TTY.
  --verbose            Show detailed output (enables debug messages)
  -h, --help           Display help for command

Commands: init [options] Initialize Clerk in your project auth Manage authentication link [options] Link this project to a Clerk application unlink [options] Unlink this project from its Clerk application whoami [options] Show the current logged-in user and linked application open Open Clerk resources in your browser apps Manage your Clerk applications users [options] Manage Clerk users impersonate|imp [options] [user] Impersonate a Clerk user env Manage environment variables config Manage instance configuration enable Enable Clerk features on the linked instance disable Disable Clerk features on the linked instance api [options] [endpoint] [filter] Make authenticated requests to the Clerk API doctor [options] Check your project's Clerk integration health mcp Manage the Clerk remote MCP server connection for AI editors and CLIs completion [shell] Generate shell autocompletion script update [options] Update the Clerk CLI to the latest version deploy Deploy a Clerk application to production webhooks Stream webhook events to a local handler and verify their signatures help [command] Display help for command bird Play Clerk Bird, a Flappy Bird game in your terminal