Addness CLI
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Addness CLI

Run Addness from your terminal.

Goal management, team collaboration, AI features. All from the command line. Check, update, and create goals without opening a browser.

$curl -fsSL https://cli.addness.com/install.sh | sh
See how to get started
addness — Terminal
$ addness login
Opening browser for login...
Waiting for login...
Login successful!
API Key: sk-xx...xxxx
Organization: ADDNESS Inc.
$ addness goal list
Loading goals...
$

"Setting goals" and "working toward them" happen in the same place.

With other tools, goals and work live in separate worlds. Write goals in one service, code in another, report in yet another, then go back to update the status. Humans connect everything.

With Addness, it's all one line.

AI understands your goals and acts

The moment you cut a branch, it's linked to a goal. The AI agent checks "what is this work for" on its own. All you decide is what you want to achieve.

Progress is recorded automatically

Write code and progress is logged to the goal. Merge a PR and the status updates. Manually changing statuses is a thing of the past.

Wake up to yesterday's results

Just open addness summary to see your entire team's progress at a glance. What's done, what's stuck. No need to patrol multiple tools.

A goal management tool where you don't manage goals. That's why you use Addness.

What you can do

Tree view of goals

See your organization's goal hierarchy as a tree. Parent, child, and grandchild goals at a glance.

Create and update goals

Create new goals, change status, edit titles. Keyboard-only workflow without opening a browser.

Add and view comments

Post comments on goals and view comment history. Share progress with your team from the terminal.

Switch organizations

Switch between organizations with a single command. Access goals across different orgs.

AI integration (--json)

Add --json flag to any command. Connect with Claude Code or GitHub Copilot to automate goal management.

AI skills prompt

Run addness skills to output a skills definition for AI agents. Teach Claude Code or Copilot all available CLI commands.

Browser authentication

Run addness login to open your browser and securely connect your Addness account. API key is auto-generated.

Usage examples

Here are some common operations.

List goals as a tree

View your organization's goal hierarchy.

$addness goals list
▸ Q4 Revenue Target          active
  ▸ Launch CLI v1.0           active
    ─ S3 + CDN setup          done
    ─ Landing page            active
  ▸ Expand to APAC market    planned

Update goal status

Change the status of a specific goal.

$addness goals update --status completed <goal-id>
Goal updated successfully.

Add a comment

Leave a progress comment on a goal.

$addness comments create <goal-id> "S3 setup completed"
Comment created.

Switch organization

Change the active organization.

$addness org switch <org-id>
Switched to organization: ADDNESS Inc.

View goal details

Show detailed information about a goal.

$addness goals context <goal-id>
Title:   Launch CLI v1.0
Status:  active
Parent:  Q4 Revenue Target
Owner:   bearwash
Created: 2026-03-30

Output AI skills prompt

Teach AI agents how to use Addness CLI. Add to Claude Code's CLAUDE.md or custom instructions.

$addness skills
# Addness CLI Skills

## What is Addness
Addness is a new OS for advancing your life with AI.
...

AI integration

Add --json to any command for structured JSON output. Call addness commands from Claude Code or GitHub Copilot to let AI understand and automate your goal management.

Example with Claude Code

Reference and update goals directly from Claude Code's terminal.

$addness goals list --json
[
  {
    "id": "goal_abc123",
    "title": "Launch CLI v1.0",
    "status": "active",
    "children": [
      { "id": "goal_def456", "title": "S3 + CDN setup", "status": "completed" },
      { "id": "goal_ghi789", "title": "Landing page", "status": "active" }
    ]
  }
]

Get started

1

Install

One-line install. macOS and Linux supported.

$curl -fsSL https://cli.addness.com/install.sh | sh
2

Log in

Opens your browser to connect your Addness account. API key is auto-generated.

$addness login
3

View goals

See your goals as a tree.

$addness goals list
4

Leave a comment

Share progress with your team.

$addness comments create <goal-id> "Done"

Roadmap

Shipped

CLI commands

Goal management, comments, org switching, AI integration (--json) from the command line.

In progress

TUI mode

Run addness without arguments to launch an interactive TUI (Terminal User Interface). Navigate, view, and edit goals with keyboard-driven UI.

Get started now

One-line install. Browser login. Start using it right away.

$curl -fsSL https://cli.addness.com/install.sh | sh