# Metabase CLI

> Drive a Metabase instance from the terminal via the `mb` CLI. Authenticate with named profiles; inspect databases (list, get, full metadata rollup, schemas, tables in a schema) and trigger manual schema sync / field-values rescan; inspect tables, fields; list/get/create/update/archive cards (questions, models, metrics) and run them as JSON/CSV/XLSX; list/get/create/update dashboards and patch dashcards; list/get/create collections and traverse the hierarchy by id, entity_id, or "root"/"trash" (with items and recursive tree); list/get/create/update/archive native query snippets, segments, and measures; author/update/run transforms and schedule transform-jobs; read/update settings; search content (cards, dashboards, collections, transforms, metrics); manage Enterprise workspaces; git-sync to/from a git remote (status, dirty, import, export, branches, stash, add/remove a collection from sync). Use whenever the user wants to interact with a Metabase from the terminal — "log into metabase", "what profiles do I hav

- Skill: `metabase/metabase-cli-2` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add metabase/metabase-cli-2`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/metabase/metabase-cli-2/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Data & Analytics
- Author: metabase (https://skillmd.com/u/metabase)
- Updated: 2026-09-22
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/metabase/metabase-cli-2

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# metabase-cli

Load the workflow content from the CLI:

```bash
mb skills get core      # start here — auth, flag conventions, every command group
mb skills list          # enumerate specialized skills bundled with this CLI version
mb skills get <name>    # load a specialized skill (workspace, transform, git-sync, …)
```

Don't drive Metabase by `curl`ing `/api/...` directly — the CLI handles auth profiles, retries, schema validation, and credential redaction.