CLI

Folo CLI Skill

Trigger Conditions

Use this skill when a user asks to:

• Manage RSS subscriptions
• Browse timeline entries
• Read entry details or readability content
• Mark entries as read/unread
• Search feeds/lists or trending sources
• Import/export OPML
• Check unread counts

Preconditions

1. Node.js and npm are installed so the CLI can be executed with npx.
2. Authentication is configured:
   • npx --yes folocli@latest login (recommended, opens browser and auto-logins)
   • or npx --yes folocli@latest login --token <session-token>
   • or set FOLO_TOKEN=<token>

Execution Policy

• Prefer npx --yes folocli@latest ... for all agent runs.
• Do not require npm install -g folocli.
• No separate update preflight is needed. Using folocli@latest is the update strategy.
• If a user already has a working global folo binary, it is acceptable, but npx --yes folocli@latest remains the recommended default in docs and automation.

Output Contract

Default output is JSON with a stable envelope:

{
  "ok": true,
  "data": {},
  "error": null
}

Errors return:

{
  "ok": false,
  "data": null,
  "error": {
    "code": "UNAUTHORIZED",
    "message": "Token is invalid or expired."
  }
}

You can switch output mode:

• --format json (default)
• --format table
• --format plain

Core Workflows

1. Timeline Reading

1. Fetch timeline:
   • npx --yes folocli@latest timeline --limit 10
2. Get entry detail:
   • npx --yes folocli@latest entry get <entryId>
3. Get readability content:
   • npx --yes folocli@latest entry read <entryId>

2. Subscription Management

1. Discover:
   • npx --yes folocli@latest search discover <keyword>
2. Add subscription:
   • npx --yes folocli@latest subscription add --feed <url>
   • or npx --yes folocli@latest subscription add --list <listId>
3. List subscriptions:
   • npx --yes folocli@latest subscription list

3. Unread Processing

1. Check unread total:
   • npx --yes folocli@latest unread count
2. List unread subscriptions:
   • npx --yes folocli@latest unread list
3. Read unread entries:
   • npx --yes folocli@latest timeline --unread-only --limit 20
4. Mark read:
   • npx --yes folocli@latest entry mark-read <entryId>
   • or batch: npx --yes folocli@latest entry mark-all-read --view articles

4. Collection Operations

• Add: npx --yes folocli@latest collection add <entryId>
• Remove: npx --yes folocli@latest collection remove <entryId>
• List: npx --yes folocli@latest collection list --limit 20

5. OPML Import / Export

• Export:
  • npx --yes folocli@latest opml export --output backup.opml
• Import:
  • npx --yes folocli@latest opml import feeds.opml

Pagination Pattern

npx --yes folocli@latest timeline returns:

• entries
• nextCursor
• hasNext

Loop until hasNext is false:

1. npx --yes folocli@latest timeline --limit 20
2. Read nextCursor
3. npx --yes folocli@latest timeline --limit 20 --cursor <nextCursor>
4. Repeat

Command Reference

• npx --yes folocli@latest login [--timeout <seconds>] [--token <token>]

• npx --yes folocli@latest logout

• npx --yes folocli@latest whoami

• npx --yes folocli@latest auth login [--timeout <seconds>] [--token <token>]

• npx --yes folocli@latest auth logout

• npx --yes folocli@latest auth whoami

• npx --yes folocli@latest timeline [--view <type>] [--limit <n>] [--unread-only] [--cursor <datetime>]

• npx --yes folocli@latest timeline --feed <feedId> [--limit <n>] [--cursor <datetime>]

• npx --yes folocli@latest timeline --list <listId> [--limit <n>] [--cursor <datetime>]

• npx --yes folocli@latest timeline --category <name> [--view <type>] [--limit <n>]

• npx --yes folocli@latest subscription list [--view <type>] [--category <name>]

• npx --yes folocli@latest subscription add --feed <url> [--category <name>] [--view <type>] [--private]

• npx --yes folocli@latest subscription add --list <listId> [--category <name>] [--view <type>]

• npx --yes folocli@latest subscription remove <id> [--target feed|list|url]

• npx --yes folocli@latest subscription update <id> [--target feed|list] [--category <name>] [--title <title>] [--view <type>] [--private|--public]

• npx --yes folocli@latest entry get <entryId>

• npx --yes folocli@latest entry read <entryId>

• npx --yes folocli@latest entry mark-read <entryId>

• npx --yes folocli@latest entry mark-unread <entryId>

• npx --yes folocli@latest entry mark-all-read [--feed <feedId>] [--list <listId>] [--view <type>]

• npx --yes folocli@latest feed get <feedId|feedUrl>

• npx --yes folocli@latest feed refresh <feedId>

• npx --yes folocli@latest feed analytics <feedId>

• npx --yes folocli@latest list ls

• npx --yes folocli@latest list get <listId>

• npx --yes folocli@latest list create --title <title> [--description <desc>] [--view <type>] [--fee <n>]

• npx --yes folocli@latest list update <listId> [--title <title>] [--description <desc>] [--view <type>] [--fee <n>]

• npx --yes folocli@latest list delete <listId>

• npx --yes folocli@latest list add-feed <listId> --feed <feedId>

• npx --yes folocli@latest list remove-feed <listId> --feed <feedId>

• npx --yes folocli@latest search discover <keyword> [--type feeds|lists]

• npx --yes folocli@latest search rsshub <keyword> [--lang <lang>]

• npx --yes folocli@latest search trending [--range 1d|3d|7d|30d] [--view <type>] [--limit <n>] [--language eng|cmn] [--category <keyword>]

• npx --yes folocli@latest collection list [--limit <n>] [--cursor <datetime>]

• npx --yes folocli@latest collection add <entryId> [--view <type>]

• npx --yes folocli@latest collection remove <entryId>

• npx --yes folocli@latest opml export [--output <file>]

• npx --yes folocli@latest opml import <file> [--items <url1,url2,...>]

• npx --yes folocli@latest unread count

• npx --yes folocli@latest unread list [--view <type>]

Error Recovery

• UNAUTHORIZED
  • Re-login: npx --yes folocli@latest login
  • or npx --yes folocli@latest login --token <token>
  • Or set FOLO_TOKEN
• HTTP_4xx / HTTP_5xx
  • Retry with --verbose for request details
  • Verify --api-url if using non-default endpoint
• INVALID_ARGUMENT
  • Run npx --yes folocli@latest <command> --help to inspect accepted options