Manage your reading queue from the terminal.
Save articles. Triage them. Let the rest burn.
CLI for Burn 451 — the reading triage system with a 24h countdown.
You have 47 tabs open. You'll "read them later." You won't.
Burn 451 gives every saved article a 24-hour countdown. Read it or lose it. burn451 brings that system to your terminal — save URLs, check what's burning, search your history, see your triage stats. No browser required.
npm install -g burn451
# 1. Get your token from burn451.cloud/settings → MCP Server
burn451 login bmcp_your_token_here
# 2. See what's burning
burn451 flame
# 3. Save something
burn451 save https://karpathy.bearblog.dev/verifiability/
# 4. Check your stats
burn451 stats
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
burn451 login <token> | Authenticate (token from burn451.cloud/settings) |
burn451 flame | Show articles burning soon (< 6h remaining) |
burn451 list [filter] | List bookmarks: flame (default), vault, spark, all |
burn451 save <url> | Save URL to Flame (24h countdown starts) |
burn451 search <query> | Search across all bookmarks |
burn451 stats | Your reading triage statistics |
# What needs attention right now?
burn451 flame
# Everything in your permanent vault
burn451 list vault --limit=50
# Find that MCP article you saved
burn451 search "MCP server"
# Save from a pipe
echo "https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/8/muse-spark/" | xargs burn451 save
Two ways to authenticate:
Option 1: Login command (persistent)
burn451 login bmcp_your_token
# Token saved to ~/.burn451/config.json
Option 2: Environment variable
export BURN_MCP_TOKEN=bmcp_your_token
burn451 flame
Get your token at burn451.cloud/settings → MCP Server section.
burn451 CLI → Burn 451 API (Supabase) → Your reading queue
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~/.burn451/config.json (token)
~/.burn451/session.json (cached JWT, 5min TTL)
No intermediate server. Your CLI talks directly to Burn's API with your token. Session is cached locally for 5 minutes to avoid repeated token exchanges.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| burn451 (this) | CLI for daily queue management |
| burn-mcp-server | MCP server — 26 tools for Claude/Cursor |
| burn-daily-triage | Claude Code Routine — auto-triage every morning |
| morning-brief | Daily briefing from GitHub + reading + tasks |
| reading-digest | Weekly digest from your bookmarks |
burn451 keep <id> (move to Vault), burn451 read <id> (mark as Spark)burn451 digest (generate reading digest inline)burn451 brief (morning brief inline)MIT — see LICENSE
FAQs
Burn 451 CLI — manage your reading queue from the terminal. Brief, digest, triage.
The npm package burn451 receives a total of 2 weekly downloads. As such, burn451 popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that burn451 demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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