Manual Install and Auth

Most users should start with Agent-First Onboarding.

Use this page when:

• you want to operate the CLI manually
• your coding agent asks you to authenticate
• you are setting up CI or a shared machine
• you are troubleshooting a login problem

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Prerequisites

• Node.js 20+
• npm
• A Docsalot account with access to a team/documentation

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Install

npm install -g docsalot-cli
docsalot --version

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Discover commands

If you want to inspect the CLI manually:

docsalot --help

Then inspect a specific command group:

docsalot auth --help
docsalot docs --help

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Authenticate

For local development, start an interactive login from the terminal. The CLI prints a URL, you open it in your browser, and once approved you are logged in automatically.

docsalot auth login
docsalot auth whoami --json

If you need the login URL without opening a browser automatically:

docsalot auth login --no-open

For CI or secure scripting, use token login via stdin:

echo "$DOCSALOT_API_TOKEN" | docsalot auth login --from-stdin

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Install coding-agent skill

Install Docsalot’s dedicated CLI skill so your coding agent can automatically learn CLI workflows and command patterns.

docsalot skills install

docsalot skills install detects your coding agent and installs the skill in the correct local skills directory.

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Manage API tokens from CLI

docsalot auth api-token set --token <YOUR_TOKEN>
docsalot auth api-token list
docsalot auth api-token remove --id <TOKEN_ID>

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Verify access

docsalot docs list --json

If list returns your documentations, auth is configured correctly.