Commands Overview¶

Welcome to the Dokugent CLI command reference. This section provides documentation for every command available in Dokugent.

Dokugent is a certification-first, documentation-native CLI for managing trustworthy LLM agents, workflows, and compliance metadata.

Below you'll find each command grouped by function:

🔧 CLI Commands¶

setup¶

• ✅ init: Scaffold a new project
• ✅ owner: Set or view project owner metadata
• ✅ agent: Create a new agent identity (--t for template)
• ✅ keygen: Create identity keypairs

authoring¶

• ✅ plan: Draft an agent plan
• ✅ criteria: Define evaluation criteria
• ✅ conventions: Select AI conventions
• ✅ byo: Import external agent JSON payload
• 🔲 compliance: Fill in GDPR & governance metadata
• 🔲 io: Fill in I/O & Rules

ops¶

• ✅ preview: Generate agent spec bundle
• ✅ certify: Sign and freeze validated preview
• ✅ compile: Build deployable agent bundle
• ✅ deploy: Run full deploy (preview → certify → compile)

debug¶

• ✅ dryrun: Simulate plan execution without real actions
• ✅ inspect: Inspect agent cert or plan (local or MCP)
• ✅ security: Scan for file-level threats
• ✅ simulate: Run simulated agent logic with any LLM on your Ollama
• ✅ trace: Trace agent behavior from a dokuUri

Each command includes usage examples and notes on how to integrate it with your agent workflow.

Ready to get started? Try init.