1Password CLI
Follow the official CLI get-started steps. Don't guess install commands.
Prerequisites
- tmux is required for reliable
opcommands (the shell tool uses fresh TTYs per command, causing re-auth issues without tmux)- macOS:
brew install tmux - Linux (Debian/Ubuntu):
sudo apt install tmux - Linux (RHEL/Fedora):
sudo dnf install tmux
- macOS:
References
references/get-started.md(install + app integration + sign-in flow)references/cli-examples.md(realopexamples)
Workflow
- Check OS + shell.
- Verify CLI present:
op --version. - Confirm desktop app integration is enabled (per get-started) and the app is unlocked.
- REQUIRED: create a fresh tmux session for all
opcommands (no directopcalls outside tmux). - Sign in / authorize inside tmux:
op signin(expect app prompt). - Verify access inside tmux:
op whoami(must succeed before any secret read). - If multiple accounts: use
--accountorOP_ACCOUNT.
REQUIRED tmux session
The shell tool uses a fresh TTY per command. To avoid re-prompts and failures, always run op inside a dedicated tmux session with a fresh socket and session name.
Socket conventions:
- Put sockets under
${LETTA_TMUX_SOCKET_DIR:-${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/letta-tmux-sockets}so they're isolated and easy to clean up. - Use a timestamped session name (e.g.
op-auth-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)) so you never reuse an old session — previous auth state may be stale or broken. - Kill the session when you're done (
tmux -S "$SOCKET" kill-session -t "$SESSION") to avoid leaking long-running tmux processes.
Full example:
SOCKET_DIR="${LETTA_TMUX_SOCKET_DIR:-${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/letta-tmux-sockets}"
mkdir -p "$SOCKET_DIR"
SOCKET="$SOCKET_DIR/letta-op.sock"
SESSION="op-auth-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)"
tmux -S "$SOCKET" new -d -s "$SESSION" -n shell
tmux -S "$SOCKET" send-keys -t "$SESSION":0.0 -- "op signin --account my.1password.com" Enter
tmux -S "$SOCKET" send-keys -t "$SESSION":0.0 -- "op whoami" Enter
tmux -S "$SOCKET" send-keys -t "$SESSION":0.0 -- "op vault list" Enter
tmux -S "$SOCKET" capture-pane -p -J -t "$SESSION":0.0 -S -200
tmux -S "$SOCKET" kill-session -t "$SESSION"
Guardrails
- Never paste secrets into logs, chat, or code.
- Prefer
op run/op injectover writing secrets to disk. - If sign-in without app integration is needed, use
op account add. - If a command returns "account is not signed in", re-run
op signininside tmux and authorize in the app. - Do not run
opoutside tmux; stop and ask if tmux is unavailable.