Servosity Hudu - Printing Press CLI
Prerequisites: Install the CLI
This skill drives the hudu-cli binary. You must verify the CLI is installed before invoking any command from this skill. If it is missing, install it first:
- macOS / Linux:
bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Servosity/msp-skills/main/skills/hudu/install.sh) - Windows (PowerShell):
iwr -useb https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Servosity/msp-skills/main/skills/hudu/install.ps1 | iex - Verify:
hudu-cli --version - Ensure
~/.local/bin(macOS / Linux) or%LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\msp-skills(Windows) is on$PATH.
The installer downloads the hudu-cli and hudu-mcp binaries into ~/.local/bin
(macOS / Linux) or %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\msp-skills (Windows). It does not
register the skill with your agent and writes no MCP client config - see
mcp-install.md for that wire-up.
If --version reports "command not found" after install, the runtime cannot see the binary directory on $PATH. Do not proceed with skill commands until verification succeeds.
The first general-purpose Hudu CLI. It covers the full ~120-operation Hudu API surface with write support, adds full write parity plus a local SQLite mirror not present in read-only MCP servers, and makes documentation-hygiene audits possible offline: completeness scoring, stale-password and stale-article detection, an expiration radar, a cross-tenant hygiene rollup, and integration reconciliation - none of which exist in the Hudu UI or API. Built for MSP technicians who live in a terminal and for AI agents that need --json/--select and typed exit codes.
When to Use This CLI
Use this CLI when an agent or technician needs to read, write, or audit Hudu IT documentation from the terminal: bulk asset and company maintenance, password-vault and expiration audits, documentation-completeness scoring before a QBR, new-client onboarding scaffolding, or reconciling PSA/RMM integration records. Prefer sync then local audit/search/analytics for anything that would otherwise make many live calls against the 300/min limit.
Anti-triggers
Do not use this CLI for:
- Do not use this CLI for fuzzy keyword discovery when you mean full-text search across resources - that is
search, notresolve(resolve is exact URL/name lookup). - Do not use the write path of
onboardwith a company-scoped API key - creating layouts/folders needs a global key; preview (onboardwithout --apply) works regardless. - Do not use this CLI to read or export password secret values - the vault mirror stores metadata only (name, username, dates); fetch secrets in the Hudu portal.
- Do not use this CLI against Hudu instances older than 2.4.0 for flags/flag-types or recent procedure-task shapes - run
doctorfirst; those endpoints are version-gated. - Do not script bulk live reads in a tight loop - Hudu rate-limits at 300 req/min over a 5-minute window;
synconce and run audits/search locally instead.
Unique Capabilities
These capabilities aren't available in any other tool for this API.
Documentation hygiene audits
audit completeness- Score how completely each company's assets fill their layout's required fields, worst-first.Reach for this when an agent needs a hard documentation-hygiene number per client before a QBR instead of eyeballing asset lists.
hudu-cli audit completeness --cross-tenant --agentaudit stale-passwords- Find vault passwords not rotated within a threshold, grouped by company.Reach for this when auditing credential rotation for compliance - the answer doesn't exist anywhere in the Hudu UI or API.
hudu-cli audit stale-passwords --older-than 180d --agentaudit expirations- Windowed, typed view of expiring SSL certs, domains, warranties, and passwords sorted by days remaining.Reach for this to answer 'what expires in the next month across all clients' without hammering the 300/min rate limit.
hudu-cli audit expirations --within 30d --type ssl --agentaudit summary- One worst-first hygiene scorecard per company combining completeness, stale passwords, expirations due, and stale articles.Reach for this when an agent needs the bottom-N worst-documented clients across every hygiene dimension in one call instead of running four audits.
hudu-cli audit summary --limit 5 --agentaudit layout-drift- Find assets carrying custom fields not in their layout's current schema, or missing newly-added fields.Reach for this after a bulk layout migration to catch assets left in an inconsistent field state.
hudu-cli audit layout-drift --layout-name Server --agentaudit stale-articles- Rank knowledge-base articles by how long since they were last updated.Reach for this to find documentation that hasn't been touched in a year and likely lies about the current environment.
hudu-cli audit stale-articles --older-than 365d --company 42 --agent
Multi-tenant operations
onboard- Preview (default) and apply with --apply a saved bundle of asset layouts, folder tree, and procedures-from-template to a new company; the write path needs a global (not company-scoped) API key.Reach for this when standing up a new client so documentation structure never drifts between technicians.
hudu-cli onboard --init --template msp-standardreconcile- Bulk bidirectional check of which integrator (PSA/RMM) records resolve to a live Hudu asset and which are orphaned.Reach for this when auditing whether a PSA/RMM integration has gone stale, before something breaks in production.
hudu-cli reconcile --integrator cw_manage --agent
Reliability
doctor- Check CLI health: config, auth, API reachability, credential presence, and local-cache freshness.Reach for this first against any tenant to confirm the key, base URL, and reachability before running other commands.
hudu-cli doctor --agentresolve- Paste a Hudu object URL or exact name and get the object plus its company, layout, and relations.Reach for this when an agent has a Hudu link or an exact asset name and needs full object context without paging list endpoints.
hudu-cli resolve "DC01" --agent
Command Reference
activity-logs - Read-only audit/activity log
hudu-cli activity-logs- List activity-log entries (paginated)
api-info - Instance metadata - Hudu version (used to gate version-specific endpoints)
hudu-cli api-info- Get the Hudu instance version and API info
articles - Knowledge-base articles
hudu-cli articles archive- Archive an articlehudu-cli articles create- Create a knowledge-base articlehudu-cli articles delete- Delete an articlehudu-cli articles get- Get a single article (with body content)hudu-cli articles list- List knowledge-base articles (paginated)hudu-cli articles unarchive- Unarchive an articlehudu-cli articles update- Update a knowledge-base article
asset-layouts - Asset layouts - the custom-field schemas that type assets
hudu-cli asset-layouts create- Create an asset layout.hudu-cli asset-layouts get- Get a single asset layout (with its field definitions)hudu-cli asset-layouts list- List asset layouts (paginated)hudu-cli asset-layouts update- Update an asset layout.
asset-passwords - Password vault entries
hudu-cli asset-passwords archive- Archive a password entryhudu-cli asset-passwords create- Create a password vault entryhudu-cli asset-passwords delete- Delete a password vault entryhudu-cli asset-passwords get- Get a single password entryhudu-cli asset-passwords list- List password vault entries (paginated). The secret is returned only on single get, never the list, per Hudu.hudu-cli asset-passwords unarchive- Unarchive a password entryhudu-cli asset-passwords update- Update a password vault entry
assets - Assets - configuration items typed by an asset layout, owned by a company
hudu-cli assets archive- Archive an assethudu-cli assets create- Create an asset under a company. custom_fields is a JSON array string matching the asset layout's fields.hudu-cli assets delete- Delete an assethudu-cli assets get- Get a single assethudu-cli assets list- Global asset list/search (paginated). NOTE: fails on company-scoped API keys - use list-by-company instead.hudu-cli assets list-by-company- List assets for a single company (works with company-scoped keys)hudu-cli assets move-layout- Move an asset to a different asset layouthudu-cli assets unarchive- Unarchive an assethudu-cli assets update- Update an asset. Sending a different company_id in the body MOVES the asset to that company.
cards - Integration card lookup - resolve an external integrator record to its Hudu object
hudu-cli cards- Look up Hudu objects by an external integrator's record id
companies - Client companies - the root tenant-of-record everything else hangs off
hudu-cli companies archive- Archive a companyhudu-cli companies create- Create a companyhudu-cli companies delete- Delete a companyhudu-cli companies get- Get a single company by idhudu-cli companies list- List/search companies (paginated)hudu-cli companies unarchive- Unarchive a companyhudu-cli companies update- Update a company
expirations - Read-only rollup of dated items (SSL, domains, warranties, passwords)
hudu-cli expirations- List upcoming/expiring items across the instance (paginated)
exports - Data exports (recent Hudu versions)
hudu-cli exports create- Start an exporthudu-cli exports create-s3- Start an export targeted at S3hudu-cli exports get- Get a single export's statushudu-cli exports list- List/poll exports (paginated)
flag-types - Flag type definitions (Hudu 2.4.0+)
hudu-cli flag-types create- Create a flag type. Requires Hudu 2.4.0+.hudu-cli flag-types delete- Delete a flag type. Requires Hudu 2.4.0+.hudu-cli flag-types list- List flag types (paginated). Requires Hudu 2.4.0+.hudu-cli flag-types update- Update a flag type. Requires Hudu 2.4.0+.
flags - Flags (Hudu 2.4.0+) - gate on api-info version before use
hudu-cli flags create- Create a flag. Requires Hudu 2.4.0+.hudu-cli flags delete- Delete a flag. Requires Hudu 2.4.0+.hudu-cli flags list- List flags (paginated). Requires Hudu 2.4.0+.hudu-cli flags update- Update a flag. Requires Hudu 2.4.0+.
folders - Folders for organizing articles and assets
hudu-cli folders create- Create a folderhudu-cli folders get- Get a single folderhudu-cli folders list- List folders (paginated)hudu-cli folders update- Update a folder
groups - User/permission groups (read-only)
hudu-cli groups get- Get a single grouphudu-cli groups list- List groups (paginated)
ip-addresses - IP address records
hudu-cli ip-addresses create- Create an IP address recordhudu-cli ip-addresses delete- Delete an IP address recordhudu-cli ip-addresses get- Get a single IP address recordhudu-cli ip-addresses list- List IP address records (paginated)hudu-cli ip-addresses update- Update an IP address record
lists - Custom lists (dropdown option sets)
hudu-cli lists create- Create a custom list. list_items is a JSON array of option objects.hudu-cli lists delete- Delete a custom listhudu-cli lists get- Get a single list (with its options)hudu-cli lists list- List custom lists (paginated)hudu-cli lists update- Update a custom list
magic-dash - Magic Dash - custom dashboard tiles on a company page
hudu-cli magic-dash delete- Delete a Magic Dash tile by idhudu-cli magic-dash list- List Magic Dash tiles (paginated)hudu-cli magic-dash set- Create or update a Magic Dash tile (upsert keyed by company_name + title)
matchers - Integration matchers - reconcile Hudu records to PSA/RMM records
hudu-cli matchers list- List integration matchers (paginated)hudu-cli matchers update- Update a matcher (link/unlink an integrator record to a Hudu company)
networks - Network records
hudu-cli networks create- Create a networkhudu-cli networks delete- Delete a networkhudu-cli networks get- Get a single networkhudu-cli networks list- List networks (paginated)hudu-cli networks update- Update a network
procedure-tasks - Tasks within a procedure
hudu-cli procedure-tasks create- Create a procedure task (body shape changed at Hudu 2.4.1)hudu-cli procedure-tasks delete- Delete a procedure taskhudu-cli procedure-tasks get- Get a single procedure taskhudu-cli procedure-tasks list- List procedure tasks (paginated)hudu-cli procedure-tasks update- Update a procedure task
procedures - Process templates and running procedures (UI label: Processes)
hudu-cli procedures create- Create a procedure (process template)hudu-cli procedures create-from-template- Instantiate a procedure from a template into a companyhudu-cli procedures delete- Delete a procedurehudu-cli procedures duplicate- Duplicate a procedurehudu-cli procedures get- Get a single procedurehudu-cli procedures kickoff- Kick off (start) a procedure runhudu-cli procedures list- List procedures (paginated)hudu-cli procedures update- Update a procedure
public-photos - Public photo gallery (inline images for articles)
hudu-cli public-photos- List public photos (paginated)
rack-storage-items - Items mounted in a rack storage unit
hudu-cli rack-storage-items create- Mount an item in a rackhudu-cli rack-storage-items delete- Delete a rack storage itemhudu-cli rack-storage-items get- Get a single rack storage itemhudu-cli rack-storage-items list- List rack storage items (paginated)hudu-cli rack-storage-items update- Update a rack storage item
rack-storages - Rack storage units
hudu-cli rack-storages create- Create a rack storage unit (Hudu uses a POST with id segment for this resource)hudu-cli rack-storages delete- Delete a rack storage unithudu-cli rack-storages get- Get a single rack storage unithudu-cli rack-storages list- List rack storage units (paginated)hudu-cli rack-storages update- Update a rack storage unit
relations - Generic many-to-many links between any two entities
hudu-cli relations create- Create a relation between two entitieshudu-cli relations delete- Delete a relationhudu-cli relations list- List relations (paginated)
uploads - File uploads
hudu-cli uploads delete- Delete an uploadhudu-cli uploads get- Get a single upload's metadatahudu-cli uploads list- List uploads (paginated)
users - Users (read-only)
hudu-cli users get- Get a single userhudu-cli users list- List users (paginated)
vlan-zones - VLAN zones
hudu-cli vlan-zones create- Create a VLAN zonehudu-cli vlan-zones delete- Delete a VLAN zonehudu-cli vlan-zones get- Get a single VLAN zonehudu-cli vlan-zones list- List VLAN zones (paginated)hudu-cli vlan-zones update- Update a VLAN zone
vlans - VLAN records
hudu-cli vlans create- Create a VLANhudu-cli vlans delete- Delete a VLANhudu-cli vlans get- Get a single VLANhudu-cli vlans list- List VLANs (paginated)hudu-cli vlans update- Update a VLAN
websites - Monitored websites with SSL/domain expiration tracking
hudu-cli websites create- Add a monitored websitehudu-cli websites delete- Delete a monitored websitehudu-cli websites get- Get a single websitehudu-cli websites list- List monitored websites (paginated)hudu-cli websites update- Update a monitored website
Finding the right command
When you know what you want to do but not which command does it, ask the CLI directly:
hudu-cli which "<capability in your own words>"
which resolves a natural-language capability query to the best matching command from this CLI's curated feature index. Exit code 0 means at least one match; exit code 2 means no confident match - fall back to --help or use a narrower query.
Recipes
Cross-client hygiene scorecard, worst-first
hudu-cli audit summary --agent --select company_name,hygiene_score
One ranked table combining completeness, stale passwords, expirations due, and stale articles per company - hand the bottom five to the team as tickets.
Worst-documented clients before a QBR
hudu-cli audit completeness --cross-tenant --agent --select company_name,completeness_pct
Ranks every client by how completely their assets fill required layout fields, narrowed to just the company and score columns.
Credentials overdue for rotation
hudu-cli audit stale-passwords --older-than 180d --agent
Lists vault entries (names only, never secrets) untouched for six months, grouped by company.
Everything expiring this month
hudu-cli audit expirations --within 30d --agent
Pulls SSL certs, domains, warranties, and password expiries from the local mirror sorted by days remaining.
Find stale knowledge-base articles for one client
hudu-cli audit stale-articles --older-than 365d --company 42 --agent --select name,updated_at
Surfaces documentation that hasn't been updated in a year for a single company, showing only title and last-updated.
Audit a PSA integration for drift
hudu-cli reconcile --integrator cw_manage --agent
Reports which ConnectWise integrator records no longer resolve to a live Hudu asset, both directions.
Keep a scheduled daily sync fast
A full sync fetches every resource's complete collection. A few resources (public-photos, procedures, procedure-tasks) hold the bulk of the data and dominate the runtime. For a scheduled daily job, skip them or sync incrementally:
# Skip the heavy resources; everything else still syncs
hudu-cli sync --exclude public-photos,procedures,procedure-tasks
# Or sync only the resources you name
hudu-cli sync --resources companies,assets,asset-passwords
# Or refresh incrementally instead of a full re-pull
hudu-cli sync --since 7d
hudu-cli sync --latest-only
Run a full hudu-cli sync on a slower cadence (e.g. weekly) to backfill the excluded resources. Some Hudu deployments return the complete procedure-tasks collection while ignoring pagination parameters. Sync detects a repeated primary-key set before upsert and reconciles sync_complete.total to the local cache row count without truncating deployments that honor pagination.
Sync matchers for an integration
Hudu's /matchers endpoint requires an integration_id and returns HTTP 500 without one, so a flat sync skips it. There is no integrations-list endpoint; integration IDs live in synced asset cards data. After a full sync, list the IDs from the local cache:
SELECT DISTINCT
json_extract(card.value, '$.integrator_id') AS integration_id,
json_extract(card.value, '$.integrator_name') AS integration_name
FROM resources, json_each(json_extract(data, '$.cards')) AS card
WHERE resource_type = 'assets'
AND json_extract(card.value, '$.integrator_id') IS NOT NULL
ORDER BY integration_id;
Then fetch matchers per integration:
hudu-cli matchers list --integration-id 2
hudu-cli sync --resource-param matchers:integration_id=6
Auth Setup
Hudu is per-tenant. Set HUDU_BASE_URL to your instance's /api/v1 URL (self-hosted, *.huducloud.com, or a custom domain) and HUDU_API_KEY to a key created under Admin -> API Keys. The key is sent as the x-api-key header. Keys are global or company-scoped; a company-scoped key cannot call the global assets list (use assets list-by-company). Run doctor to confirm the key, base URL, and reachability; use api-info get for the Hudu version. Save the key with auth set-token (or env vars) and check it with auth status.
Run hudu-cli doctor to verify setup.
Agent Mode
Add --agent to any command. Expands to: --json --compact --no-input --no-color --yes.
Pipeable - JSON on stdout, errors on stderr
Filterable -
--selectkeeps a subset of fields. Dotted paths descend into nested structures; arrays traverse element-wise. Critical for keeping context small on verbose APIs:hudu-cli activity-logs --agent --select id,name,statusPreviewable -
--dry-runshows the request without sendingOffline-friendly - sync/search commands can use the local SQLite store when available
Non-interactive - never prompts, every input is a flag
Explicit retries - use
--idempotentonly when an already-existing create should count as success, and--ignore-missingonly when a missing delete target should count as success
Response envelope
Commands that read from the local store or the API wrap output in a provenance envelope:
{
"meta": {"source": "live" | "local", "synced_at": "...", "reason": "..."},
"results": <data>
}
Parse .results for data and .meta.source to know whether it's live or local. A human-readable N results (live) summary is printed to stderr only when stdout is a terminal AND no machine-format flag (--json, --csv, --compact, --quiet, --plain, --select) is set - piped/agent consumers and explicit-format runs get pure JSON on stdout.
Agent Feedback
When you (or the agent) notice something off about this CLI, record it:
hudu-cli feedback "the --since flag is inclusive but docs say exclusive"
hudu-cli feedback --stdin < notes.txt
hudu-cli feedback list --json --limit 10
Entries are stored locally at ~/.local/share/hudu-cli/feedback.jsonl. They are never POSTed unless HUDU_FEEDBACK_ENDPOINT is set AND either --send is passed or HUDU_FEEDBACK_AUTO_SEND=true. Default behavior is local-only.
Write what surprised you, not a bug report. Short, specific, one line: that is the part that compounds.
Output Delivery
Every command accepts --deliver <sink>. The output goes to the named sink in addition to (or instead of) stdout, so agents can route command results without hand-piping. Three sinks are supported:
| Sink | Effect |
|---|---|
stdout |
Default; write to stdout only |
file:<path> |
Atomically write output to <path> (tmp + rename) |
webhook:<url> |
POST the output body to the URL (application/json or application/x-ndjson when --compact) |
Unknown schemes are refused with a structured error naming the supported set. Webhook failures return non-zero and log the URL + HTTP status on stderr.
Named Profiles
A profile is a saved set of flag values, reused across invocations. Use it when a scheduled agent calls the same command every run with the same configuration - HeyGen's "Beacon" pattern.
hudu-cli profile save briefing --json
hudu-cli --profile briefing activity-logs
hudu-cli profile list --json
hudu-cli profile show briefing
hudu-cli profile delete briefing --yes
Explicit flags always win over profile values; profile values win over defaults. agent-context lists all available profiles under available_profiles so introspecting agents discover them at runtime.
Exit Codes
| Code | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 0 | Success |
| 2 | Usage error (wrong arguments) |
| 3 | Resource not found |
| 4 | Authentication required |
| 5 | API error (upstream issue) |
| 7 | Rate limited (wait and retry) |
| 10 | Config error |
Argument Parsing
Parse $ARGUMENTS:
- Empty,
help, or--help→ showhudu-cli --helpoutput - Starts with
install→ ends withmcp→ MCP installation; otherwise → see Prerequisites above - Anything else → Direct Use (execute as CLI command with
--agent)
MCP Server Installation
- Install the MCP binary (run the install script from the Prerequisites section, or see mcp-install.md for per-agent wire-up).
- Register with Claude Code:
claude mcp add hudu-mcp -- hudu-mcp - Verify:
claude mcp list
Direct Use
- Check if installed:
which hudu-cliIf not found, offer to install (see Prerequisites at the top of this skill). - Match the user query to the best command from the Unique Capabilities and Command Reference above.
- Execute with the
--agentflag:hudu-cli <command> [subcommand] [args] --agent - If ambiguous, drill into subcommand help:
hudu-cli <command> --help.