OpenAI Boltz CLI Setup
Use this skill for boltz-api installation, version, PATH, and authentication issues. The workflow skills assume boltz-api is already installed.
Verify Installation
Check that the CLI is available:
boltz-api --version
If boltz-api is missing or too old, prefer a version-pinned release artifact
whose checksum or signature can be verified. If Boltz does not publish one for
the user's platform, its official installer is the fallback.
Before downloading or running either installer, show the exact platform command
and obtain the user's explicit confirmation. Explain that the command downloads
mutable remote code, executes it as the user outside the sandbox, and therefore
trusts install.boltz.bio at execution time. A general request to use or install
Boltz is not confirmation for this specific risk.
macOS and Linux:
curl -fsSL https://install.boltz.bio/boltz-api/install.sh | sh
Windows PowerShell:
irm https://install.boltz.bio/boltz-api/install.ps1 | iex
The installer updates an existing boltz-api on PATH. If no binary is found, it installs to a user-local bin directory. Add the installed binary to PATH if boltz-api --version is still not found after install.
The sandbox can block browser login, OAuth callbacks, temp files, credential storage, and user-wide install paths. Request the host sandbox bypass/escalation needed for installation only after the installer confirmation above. The host approval must cover the exact command; do not treat an ordinary setup request as authorization to execute mutable remote code outside the sandbox.
Read references/sandbox.md when an agent sandbox blocks the installer, browser auto-open, OAuth callback, credential storage, temp files, or global install path.
Authenticate
Check the current auth state with:
boltz-api auth status
If auth status reports unauthenticated, or any Boltz command fails because authentication is missing or expired, start device-code login on the user's behalf before retrying:
boltz-api auth login --device-code
Do not ask the user for permission before starting device-code login; relaying the login URL/code and waiting for the CLI to complete is part of auth recovery. When sharing the authentication login URL/code, tell the user to use exactly boltz-api auth login --device-code.
For auth recovery, assume the CLI can auto-open the browser and run the exact command above. In sandboxed environments, request the host sandbox bypass/escalation needed for browser auto-open, OAuth callbacks, credential storage, or temp files.
For automation, an API key is still supported when it is already provisioned in the environment:
test -n "${BOLTZ_API_KEY:+configured}" && echo "BOLTZ_API_KEY is configured"
Never ask the user to paste an API key into chat or a command, and never print, log, or persist it in shell history or generated files. If the variable is not already provisioned, direct the user to their host's secret-management facility.
Version Checks
Do not hard-code expected commands or minimum versions in this skill. Treat the CLI's own update check as the source of truth.
When boltz-api reports that an update is available or required, relay that message and the install command it provides. The CLI may get this from a Boltz-hosted version metadata endpoint such as /cli/version, returning latest version, minimum supported version, whether an update is required, and platform-appropriate install instructions.
If a user asks why the CLI thinks it is stale, explain the split:
- GitHub Releases define which CLI binaries are available to install.
- The Boltz version endpoint defines API compatibility, including the minimum supported CLI version.
Respect user or CI opt-outs such as BOLTZ_API_NO_UPDATE_CHECK=1; do not force update checks when the environment disables them.