E2B CLI
E2B (english2bits) is a cloud operating system for AI agents.
Installation
npm install -g @e2b/cli
Then you can use the CLI like this:
e2b --help
Getting started
- Authenticate with
e2b login
To authenticate without the ability to open browser, you can provide E2B_ACCESS_TOKEN
as an environment variable. Get your E2B_ACCESS_TOKEN
from e2b.dev/docs. Then use the CLI like this: E2B_ACCESS_TOKEN=sk_e2b_... e2b build
-
Create a Dockerfile
where you describe how your custom E2B environment should look like
-
Run e2b build
inside the directory with the Dockerfile
to create and build the environment. You will get environment ID that you use for connecting to the environment instances via SDKs and for rebuilding the environment
-
Use the environment ID that you got during the e2b build
with the Python or JS/TS SDK as the id
to create environment instances
-
Rebuild the environment by running e2b build <id-of-the-environment>
in the directory with the Dockerfile
Commands
All commands can be called with a --path <path-to-dir>
flag that changes the directory where the command will be called, without the need to call cd
.
-V, --version Display e2b CLI version
-h, --help display help for command
Usage: e2b env [options] [command]
Manage e2b environments
Options:
-h, --help display help for command
Commands:
build|bd [options] [id] Build environment
list|ls List environments
shell|sh <id> Connect terminal to environment
help [command] display help for command