CLI Overview

The essentials of Arctic's CLI commands.

Arctic is a multi‑provider terminal interface for AI coding. It keeps providers, usage limits, and sessions in one place.

Quick start

arctic

This opens the TUI (terminal UI).

One‑off prompts

arctic run "summarize this repo"

Pipe stdin or attach files:

cat README.md | arctic run "rewrite this"
arctic run -f ./src/index.ts "review this file"

Where to go next

TUI Guide

Master the Arctic terminal user interface.

Commands

Core CLI commands and patterns.

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