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  Task infrastructure for AI agents

delega-cli

CLI for the Delega task API. Manage tasks, agents, and delegations from your terminal.

Installation

npm install -g @delega-dev/cli

Quick Start

The fastest way to get started — one command handles signup, verification, and your first task:

npx @delega-dev/cli init

The interactive wizard walks you through:

• Hosted — sign up with your email, verify, get your API key
• Self-hosted — spin up a Docker instance and bootstrap your first agent

Either path ends with a working API key, a demo task, and ready-to-paste MCP config.

Already have an account?

# Authenticate with your API key
delega login

# Create a task
delega tasks create "Review pull request #42" --priority 1

# List your tasks
delega tasks list

# Complete a task
delega tasks complete <task-id>

Commands

Getting Started

delega init           # Interactive setup wizard (signup or self-hosted)

Authentication

delega login          # Authenticate with your API key
delega whoami         # Show current authenticated agent

Tasks

delega tasks list                          # List tasks
delega tasks list --completed              # Include completed tasks
delega tasks list --limit 10               # Limit results
delega tasks create "content"              # Create a task
delega tasks create "content" --priority 1 # Create with priority (1-4)
delega tasks create "content" --labels "bug,urgent"
delega tasks create "content" --due "2026-03-15"
delega tasks show <id>                     # Show task details
delega tasks complete <id>                 # Mark task as completed
delega tasks delete <id>                   # Delete a task
delega tasks delegate <task-id> <agent-id> --content "subtask description"
delega tasks claim                         # Atomically claim the next available task
delega tasks claim --project <id> --labels "backend,bug" --lease 600
delega tasks heartbeat <id>                # Extend the lease on a claimed task
delega tasks heartbeat <id> --lease 600    # Extend with a custom lease (30-3600s)
delega tasks release <id>                  # Release a claimed task back to the queue

Repo Sync

delega sync init --repo owner/name          # Create .delega/config.json + tasks.jsonl
delega sync pull                            # Pull hosted tasks into .delega/tasks.jsonl
delega sync status                          # Show local vs hosted drift
delega sync push                            # Push local JSONL edits with CAS conflict checks
delega sync push --no-auto-link             # Disable branch/HEAD auto-linking

Agents

delega agents list                              # List agents
delega agents create <name>                     # Create an agent
delega agents create <name> --display-name "Friendly Name"
delega agents rotate <id>                       # Rotate an agent's API key (admin key required)

Stats

delega stats          # Show usage statistics

Global Options

--json                # Output raw JSON for any command
--api-url <url>       # Override API URL
--version             # Show version
--help                # Show help

Configuration

Non-secret CLI settings are stored in ~/.delega/config.json:

{
  "api_url": "https://api.delega.dev"
}

delega login stores API keys in the OS credential store when one is available:

• macOS: Keychain
• Linux: libsecret keyring via secret-tool
• Windows: DPAPI-protected user storage

Existing api_key entries in ~/.delega/config.json are still read for backward compatibility until the next successful delega login.

Environment Variables

Variable	Description
DELEGA_API_KEY	API key (overrides secure storage and config)
DELEGA_API_URL	API base URL (overrides config file)

Environment variables take precedence over the config file.

Hosted vs Self-Hosted

The CLI defaults to the hosted API at https://api.delega.dev/v1.

For self-hosted deployments:

export DELEGA_API_URL="http://localhost:18890"
# or for a remote reverse-proxied instance:
export DELEGA_API_URL="https://delega.yourcompany.com/api"

Bare localhost URLs automatically use the self-hosted /api namespace. For remote self-hosted instances, include /api explicitly.

Security Notes

• delega login now hides API key input instead of echoing it back to the terminal.
• delega login stores API keys in the OS credential store instead of plaintext config when secure storage is available.
• ~/.delega/config.json is written with owner-only permissions (0600), and the config directory is locked to 0700.
• Remote API URLs must use https://; plain http:// is only accepted for localhost / 127.0.0.1.
• On servers that do not expose /agent/me, delega login and delega whoami fall back to generic authentication checks instead of printing hosted account metadata.

License

MIT