Using 1password

1Password CLI (op)

Create and share 1Password items without leaving the terminal.

Quick Examples

# List vaults
op vault list

# Create a secure note
op item create \
  --category "Secure Note" \
  --title "My Note" \
  --vault "Engineering" \
  'notesPlain=line one\nline two'

# Get a shareable link (expires in 7 days by default)
op item share "My Note" --vault "Engineering"

# Get a shareable link with explicit expiry
op item share "My Note" --vault "Engineering" --expires-in 7d

# One-time link — expires after first view (mutually exclusive with --expires-in)
op item share "My Note" --vault "Engineering" --view-once

# Look up an existing item
op item get "My Note" --vault "Engineering"

# List items in a vault
op item list --vault "Engineering"

Shareable Links

op item share generates a https://share.1password.com/... URL anyone can open in a browser — no 1Password account needed. Default expiry is 7 days; use --expires-in to adjust (e.g. 1d, 7d, 14d, 30d). Use --view-once to expire the link after a single view.

Creating Notes with Multiline Content

Use a heredoc to avoid shell escaping issues:

op item create \
  --category "Secure Note" \
  --title "My Note" \
  --vault "Engineering" \
  "notesPlain=$(cat <<'EOF'
Line one
Line two
Line three
EOF
)"

Authentication

op signin          # Sign in (opens browser)
op whoami          # Check current session
op signout         # End session

More Info

See REFERENCE.md for field types, tagging, and advanced patterns.