Inline CLI

Inline CLI

Global flags

• --json: Output raw JSON payloads (proto/RPC results) to stdout (available on all commands).
  • When --json is set and a command fails, the CLI prints a structured error JSON to stderr: {"error":{"code","message","hint","examples"}} and exits non-zero.
  • Table-only convenience flags are disabled in --json mode. Specifically: inline users list --filter/--ids/--id, inline bots list --filter/--ids/--id, and inline chats list --ids/--id.
  • inline chats list --json still supports --filter, --limit, and --offset for pre-filtered/paginated payloads.
  • Destructive commands never prompt in --json mode; pass --yes explicitly.
• --pretty: Pretty-print JSON output (default).
• --compact: Compact JSON output (no whitespace).

Subcommands

auth

• inline auth login [--email you@x.com | --phone +15551234567]
  • Run an interactive login flow.
  • If code is wrong, prompt to try again or edit email/phone (no hard exit).
• inline auth me
  • Fetch and print the current user (verifies your token is still valid).
• inline auth logout
  • Clear the stored token and current user.

shortcuts and aliases

• inline me and inline whoami
  • Shortcut for inline auth me.
• inline search ...
  • Shortcut for inline messages search ....
• inline chat ..., inline thread ..., inline threads ...
  • Aliases for inline chats ....
• inline bot ...
  • Alias for inline bots ....

chats

• inline chats list
  • List chats with human-readable names, unread count, and last message preview (sender + text in one column).
• inline chats list --json --filter "launch"
  • Same GetChatsResult JSON payload, but pre-filtered by chat name/space/id for agent pipelines.
• inline chats get [--chat-id 123 | --user-id 42]
  • Fetch a chat (thread or DM) by id.
• inline chats participants --chat-id 123
  • List participants for a chat, including join date.
• inline chats add-participant --chat-id 123 --user-id 42
  • Add a user to a chat.
• inline chats remove-participant --chat-id 123 --user-id 42
  • Remove a user from a chat.
• inline chats create --title "Project" [--space-id 31] [--description "Spec"] [--emoji ":rocket:"] [--public] [--participant 42]
  • Create a new chat or thread. If --public is set, participants must be empty.
• inline chats create-dm --user-id 42
  • Create a private chat (DM).
• inline chats update-visibility --chat-id 123 [--public | --private --participant 42 --participant 99]
  • Change a chat between public/private.
  • --public cannot include participants.
  • --private requires one or more --participant values.
• inline chats rename --chat-id 123 --title "New title" [--emoji "🚀"]
  • Rename a chat or thread.
• inline chats mark-unread [--chat-id 123 | --user-id 42]
  • Mark a chat or DM as unread.
• inline chats mark-read [--chat-id 123 | --user-id 42] [--max-id 456]
  • Mark a chat or DM as read. If --max-id is omitted, marks through the latest message.
• inline chats delete --chat-id 123
  • Delete a chat (space thread). Prompts for confirmation unless --yes is provided (--json requires --yes).

bots

• Alias: inline bot ... maps to inline bots ....
• inline bots list [--filter "name"] [--ids | --id]
  • List bots you can access.
• inline bots create --name "Build Bot" --username build_bot [--add-to-space 31]
  • Create a bot. Token is not printed in table output; use inline bots reveal-token explicitly. JSON includes the token.
• inline bots reveal-token --bot-user-id 42
  • Print (or JSON-return) an existing bot token by bot user id.

typing

• inline typing start [--chat-id 123 | --user-id 42]
  • Send a "typing" compose action.
• inline typing stop [--chat-id 123 | --user-id 42]
  • Clear the compose action (stop typing).

users

• inline users list [--filter "name"] [--ids | --id]
  • List users that appear in your chats (derived from getChats).
  • --filter matches name, username, email, or phone.
  • --ids prints one user id per line.
  • --id requires exactly one match and prints that id.
• inline users get --id 42
  • Fetch one user by id (from the same getChats payload).

spaces

• inline spaces list
  • List spaces referenced by your chats (derived from getChats).
• inline spaces members --space-id 31
  • List members in a space.
• inline spaces invite --space-id 31 [--user-id 42 | --email you@x.com | --phone +15551234567] [--admin] [--public-chats]
  • Invite a user to a space (role is optional; defaults to server behavior).
• inline spaces delete-member --space-id 31 --user-id 42
  • Remove a member from a space (prompts for confirmation; use --yes to skip; --json requires --yes).
• inline spaces update-member-access --space-id 31 --user-id 42 [--admin | --member] [--public-chats]
  • Update a member's access/role. Provide --admin or --member (and optional --public-chats).

notifications

• inline notifications get
  • Show current notification settings.
• inline notifications set [--mode all|none|mentions|only-mentions|important] [--silent | --sound]
  • Update notification settings.

update

• inline update
  • Download and install the latest release for this machine.

doctor

• inline doctor
  • Print diagnostic info (system, config, paths, auth state).

tasks

• inline tasks create-linear --chat-id 123 --message-id 456 [--space-id 31]
  • Create a Linear issue from a message.
• inline tasks create-notion --chat-id 123 --message-id 456 --space-id 31
  • Create a Notion task from a message.

schema

• inline schema proto
  • Print bundled protobuf source files.

messages

• inline messages list [--chat-id 123 | --user-id 42] [--limit 50] [--offset-id 456] [--translate en] [--since "yesterday"] [--until "today"]
  • List chat history for a chat or DM.
  • --translate <lang> fetches translations and includes them in output.
• inline messages export [--chat-id 123 | --user-id 42] [--limit 50] [--offset-id 456] [--since "1w ago"] [--until "today"] --output PATH
  • Export chat history to a JSON file.
• inline messages search [--chat-id 123 | --user-id 42] --query "onboarding" [--query "alpha beta"] [--limit 50] [--since "today"] [--until "tomorrow"]
  • Search messages in a chat or DM.
  • --query is repeatable; each query can contain space-separated terms (ANDed within a query, ORed across queries). Extra whitespace is collapsed.
  • --since and --until accept relative time expressions like yesterday, 2h ago, monday, 2024-01-15, or RFC3339.
• inline messages get --chat-id 123 --message-id 456 [--translate en]
  • Fetch one full message by id (includes media + attachments).
• inline messages send [--chat-id 123 | --user-id 42] [--text "hi" | --message "hi" | --msg "hi" | -m "hi"] [--stdin] [--reply-to 456] [--mention USER_ID:OFFSET:LENGTH ...] [--attach PATH ...] [--force-file]
  • Send a message (markdown parsing enabled). Mentions are provided via --mention with UTF-16 offsets.
  • --stdin reads message text from stdin.
  • --attach is repeatable. Each attachment is sent as its own message; --text is reused as the caption.
  • Folders are zipped before upload. Attachments over 200MB are rejected.
  • --force-file uploads photos/videos as files (documents).
  • --mention is repeatable and must match the message text (user_id:offset:length with UTF-16 units).
• inline messages forward --from-chat-id 123 --message-id 456 --to-chat-id 789 [--no-header]
  • Forward one or more messages between chats or DMs.
  • Repeat --message-id to forward multiple messages.
• inline messages edit [--chat-id 123 | --user-id 42] --message-id 456 [--text "updated" | --message "updated" | --msg "updated" | -m "updated" | --stdin]
  • Edit a message by id.
• inline messages delete [--chat-id 123 | --user-id 42] --message-id 456 [--message-id 789]
  • Delete one or more messages (prompts for confirmation; use --yes to skip; --json requires --yes).
• inline messages add-reaction [--chat-id 123 | --user-id 42] --message-id 456 --emoji "👍"
  • Add an emoji reaction to a message (emoji characters only, no :shortcode:).
• inline messages delete-reaction [--chat-id 123 | --user-id 42] --message-id 456 --emoji "👍"
  • Remove an emoji reaction from a message (emoji characters only, no :shortcode:).
• inline messages download [--chat-id 123 | --user-id 42] --message-id 456 [--output PATH | --dir PATH]
  • Download the attachment from a message.

Examples

• Login and greet user:
  • inline auth login (prompts for email/phone + code, then prints welcome name)
• Verify who you are:
  • inline auth me
  • Shortcut: inline me
• Check diagnostics:
  • inline doctor
• List chats/threads:
  • inline chats list
  • Alias: inline thread list
• Update chat visibility:
  • inline chats update-visibility --chat-id 123 --public
  • inline chats update-visibility --chat-id 123 --private --participant 42 --participant 99
• Search messages in a chat:
  • inline messages search --chat-id 123 --query "design review"
  • JSON: inline messages search --chat-id 123 --query "design review" --json
  • Shortcut: inline search --chat-id 123 --query "design review"
• Translate and list messages:
  • inline messages list --chat-id 123 --translate en
• Filter messages by time:
  • inline messages list --chat-id 123 --since "yesterday"
  • inline messages list --chat-id 123 --since "2h ago" --until "1h ago"
• Export messages to a file:
  • inline messages export --chat-id 123 --output ./messages.json
  • inline messages export --chat-id 123 --since "1w ago" --output ./recent.json
• Send message with multiple attachments:
  • inline messages send --chat-id 123 --text "FYI" --attach ./photo.jpg --attach ./spec.pdf
• Reply to a message:
  • inline messages send --chat-id 123 --reply-to 456 --text "on it"
• Forward a message:
  • inline messages forward --from-chat-id 123 --message-id 456 --to-chat-id 789
• Send a message with a mention entity:
  • inline messages send --chat-id 123 --text "@Sam hello" --mention 42:0:4
• Download an attachment:
  • inline messages download --chat-id 123 --message-id 456 --dir ./downloads
• Rename a thread:
  • inline chats rename --chat-id 123 --title "New title"
• Bots:
  • inline bots list
  • inline bots create --name "Build Bot" --username build_bot
  • inline bots reveal-token --bot-user-id 42 (token is not printed by default)
• Tasks:
  • inline tasks create-linear --chat-id 123 --message-id 456
  • inline tasks create-notion --chat-id 123 --message-id 456 --space-id 31
• Typing:
  • inline typing start --chat-id 123
  • inline typing stop --chat-id 123
• Edit and delete a message:
  • inline messages edit --chat-id 123 --message-id 456 --text "updated"
  • inline messages delete --chat-id 123 --message-id 456
• Invite and manage members:
  • inline spaces invite --space-id 31 --email you@example.com
  • inline spaces update-member-access --space-id 31 --user-id 42 --admin
• JQ pipelines for lists:
  • inline users list --json | jq -r '.users[] | "\(.id)\t\(.first_name) \(.last_name)\t@\(.username // "")\t\(.email // "")"'
  • inline users list --json | jq -r '.users[] | select((.first_name + " " + (.last_name // "") + " " + (.username // "") + " " + (.email // "")) | ascii_downcase | contains("mo")) | "\(.id)\t\(.first_name) \(.last_name)"'
• inline chats list --json | jq -r '.chats[] | "\(.id)\t\(.title // "")\tspace:\(if .space_id == null then "dm" else (.space_id | tostring) end)"'
• inline chats list --json | jq -r '.dialogs[] | select(.unread_count > 0) | "\(.chat_id)\tunread:\(.unread_count)"'
• inline messages list --chat-id 123 --json | jq -r '.messages[] | "\(.id)\t\(.from_id)\t\((.message // "") | gsub("\n"; " ") | .[0:80])"'
• inline schema proto --json --compact | jq -r '.files[].name'

Agent Tips

Finding users quickly

inline users list | grep -i "partial_name"

Faster than parsing JSON when you just need user ID.

DM: last 5 messages + download media

# Find the DM user id by name/email/username
USER_ID="$(inline users list --filter "sam" --id)"

# Read the last 5 messages
inline messages list --user-id "$USER_ID" --limit 5 --json --compact

# Download media from the last 50 messages
inline messages list --user-id "$USER_ID" --limit 50 --json --compact \
  | jq -r '.messages[] | select(.media != null) | .id' \
  | while read -r MESSAGE_ID; do
      inline messages download --user-id "$USER_ID" --message-id "$MESSAGE_ID" --dir ./downloads
    done

Filtering messages with jq

# Get last N outgoing messages (your messages)
inline messages list --user-id ID --json | jq '[.messages[] | select(.out == true)] | .[0:3]'

# Get last N incoming messages (their messages)
inline messages list --user-id ID --json | jq '[.messages[] | select(.out == false)] | .[0:3]'

Multi-term search for feedback/bugs

inline messages search --user-id ID --query "bug" --query "issue" --query "loom" --query "broken" --limit 30 --json

Each --query is ORed together - useful for finding feedback items.

Common patterns

• Use --user-id for DMs instead of looking up chat IDs
• Use --json + jq for programmatic filtering
• Use default (non-JSON) mode for quick human-readable output

More quick tips

# Page back with offset-id
inline messages list --chat-id ID --limit 50 --offset-id 1234

# Get the latest message id
inline messages list --chat-id ID --limit 1 --json | jq '.messages[0].id'

# Export a batch for offline review
inline messages export --chat-id ID --limit 500 --output ./chat.json

# Compact JSON for pipelines
inline messages list --chat-id ID --json --compact | jq '.messages | length'

JSON samples

Chat list (GetChatsResult, truncated to essential fields):

{
  "dialogs": [
    {
      "peer": { "type": { "Chat": { "chat_id": 340 } } },
      "space_id": 31,
      "archived": false,
      "pinned": false,
      "read_max_id": 1,
      "unread_count": 0,
      "chat_id": 340,
      "unread_mark": false
    }
  ],
  "chats": [
    {
      "id": 340,
      "title": "Main",
      "space_id": 31,
      "description": "Main chat for everyone in the space",
      "emoji": null,
      "is_public": true,
      "last_msg_id": 1,
      "peer_id": { "type": { "Chat": { "chat_id": 340 } } },
      "date": 1754585453
    }
  ],
  "spaces": [
    { "id": 31, "name": "Design", "creator": false, "date": 1750000000 }
  ],
  "users": [
    {
      "id": 1000,
      "first_name": "Ava",
      "last_name": "Chen",
      "username": "ava",
      "email": "ava@example.com",
      "min": false,
      "bot": false
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "from_id": 1000,
      "peer_id": { "type": { "Chat": { "chat_id": 340 } } },
      "chat_id": 340,
      "message": null,
      "out": true,
      "date": 1754585453,
      "media": {
        "media": {
          "Document": {
            "document": {
              "id": 32,
              "file_name": "recording.mp4",
              "mime_type": "video/mp4",
              "size": 6932635,
              "cdn_url": "https://..."
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Message list (GetChatHistoryResult, truncated to essential fields):

{
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": 456,
      "from_id": 42,
      "peer_id": { "type": { "Chat": { "chat_id": 123 } } },
      "chat_id": 123,
      "message": "Ship it",
      "out": true,
      "date": 1733184000,
      "attachments": {
        "attachments": [
          {
            "id": 9001,
            "attachment": {
              "UrlPreview": {
                "id": 88,
                "url": "https://...",
                "site_name": "Docs",
                "title": "Spec",
                "description": "API rollout spec"
              }
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}

Source: inline-chat/inline — distributed by TomeVault.