Crowdin Context CLI

Crowdin Context CLI

Use the Crowdin CLI for context download and upload. Config is read from crowdin.yml by default; override with -c, --config=<path> if needed.

crowdin context <command> [options]

context download

Download strings context to a separate file for enrichment by AI Agent.

crowdin context download [CONFIG OPTIONS] [OPTIONS]

• --to=<path> — File path to download the context to. Default: crowdin-context.jsonl
• -f, --file=<glob> — Filter strings by Crowdin file paths (glob). Multiple paths can be specified
• --label=<label> — Filter strings by labels. Multiple labels can be specified
• -b, --branch=<name> — Filter by branch name
• --croql=<expr> — CroQL expression (cannot be combined with the other filter options)
• --since=<YYYY-MM-DD> — Only strings created after this date
• --status=<value> — Which kind of context a string already has: empty (none of any kind), manual (source context, no AI context), ai (AI context written). See below — this is not a filter for "still needs context"

Config options (if not using a config file): -T, --token, -i, --project-id, --base-url, --base-path. Use -c, --config=<path> to override config file (default: crowdin.yml or crowdin.yaml).

Which --status selects the strings needing AI context depends on the source format, so prefer omitting it. A format that carries source references into Crowdin — PO #: lines, for one — leaves every string holding manual context, so empty matches nothing and manual matches everything; a format carrying no context at all inverts that. With no --status the download covers both cases in one call, and costs nothing extra: context upload writes back only the records whose ai_context was actually filled.

context upload

Upload strings context. Only files previously downloaded by context download are supported.

crowdin context upload [CONFIG OPTIONS] [OPTIONS]

• --from=<path> — File path to upload the context from. Default: crowdin-context.jsonl
• --overwrite — Also update strings where ai_context is empty (removes their AI section). Default: false
• --dryrun — Print command output without execution

context status

Show context coverage statistics — how many strings have manual, AI, or no context.

crowdin context status [CONFIG OPTIONS] [OPTIONS]

• -f, --file=<glob> — Filter strings by Crowdin file paths (glob). Multiple paths can be specified
• --label=<label> — Filter strings by labels. Multiple labels can be specified
• -b, --branch=<name> — Filter by branch name
• --croql=<expr> — CroQL expression (cannot be combined with the other filter options)
• --since=<YYYY-MM-DD> — Only strings created after this date
• --by-file — Break statistics down per file

context reset

Remove AI-generated context from strings; manually written context is preserved.

crowdin context reset [CONFIG OPTIONS] [OPTIONS]

• -f, --file=<glob> — Only reset strings from matching file paths. Multiple paths can be specified
• --label=<label> — Only reset strings with matching labels. Multiple labels can be specified
• -b, --branch=<name> — Only reset strings from the matching branch
• --croql=<expr> — Only reset strings matching the CroQL expression (cannot be combined with the other filter options)
• --since=<YYYY-MM-DD> — Only reset strings created after this date
• --dryrun — Print command output without execution
• --all — Required safety flag when no filter is specified

JSONL format

One JSON object per line. Fields:

• id — String ID in Crowdin
• key — String key
• text — Source text
• file — Crowdin file path
• context — Existing source context
• ai_context — AI context to set (edit this field before uploading)

Example line:

{"file":"/src/locales/en.po","ai_context":"","context":"#: src/App.tsx:54","id":3125833,"text":"Click on the Vite and React logos to learn more","key":"Click on the Vite and React logos to learn more"}

Typical Workflow

1. Check coverage (optional): crowdin context status — the split between manual, AI and no context. Read it before picking a --status filter for the next step, or skip the filter and take everything.
2. Download: crowdin context download (writes to crowdin-context.jsonl by default) or crowdin context download --to=path/to/file.jsonl
3. Edit the file - fill in ai_context for each string (use context-extraction to help).
4. Upload: crowdin context upload (reads from crowdin-context.jsonl by default) or crowdin context upload --from=path/to/file.jsonl

To discard AI-generated context later (e.g. before re-running enrichment from scratch), use crowdin context reset with a filter, or crowdin context reset --all.