Shortcuts

The CLI ships with single-letter aliases for the verbs you use most. Aliases compose: xpander → x, agent → a, then a single letter for the action.

# Full
xpander agent new

# Short
x a n

Authentication

Shortcut	Full command
`x l`	`xpander login`
`x c`	`xpander configure`

Top-level lifecycle (apply to active agent or to `[agent]`)

These exist as both top-level shortcuts and agent subcommands. The forms are equivalent: the top-level form is shorter.

Shortcut	Full	Equivalent
`x d [agent]`	`xpander deploy`	`xpander agent deploy` (`agent d`)
`x i [agent]`	`xpander initialize`	`xpander agent init` (`agent i`)
`xpander dev [agent]`	–	`xpander agent dev`
`xpander logs [agent]`	–	`xpander agent logs` (`agent l`)
`xpander restart [agent]`	–	`xpander agent restart`
`xpander stop [agent]`	–	`xpander agent stop`
`xpander invoke [agent] "msg"`	–	`xpander agent invoke`

Agent namespace

Shortcut	Full command
`x a`	`xpander agent`
`x a n`	`xpander agent new`
`x a g <agent>`	`xpander agent get`
`x a i [agent]`	`xpander agent init`
`x a o [agent]`	`xpander agent edit` (or `agent open`)
`x a del [agent]`	`xpander agent delete`
`x a invoke [agent] "msg"`	`xpander agent invoke`
`x a d [agent]`	`xpander agent deploy`
`x a l [agent]`	`xpander agent logs`

Common chains

x a d my-agent              # deploy
x a invoke my-agent "test"  # test the deployed change
x a l my-agent              # tail logs

x a n                       # create new agent (interactive)
x a i                       # scaffold its files locally
x a d                       # deploy

When [agent] is omitted, the CLI shows an interactive selection list: handy when you only have one or two agents in a profile, or use --no-interactive to fail instead of prompting.

Global flags (work with every shortcut)

Flag	Description
`-v, --version`	Print version.
`--profile <n>`	Use a specific profile.
`--api-key <key>`	Override API key for this command.
`--output <fmt>`	`json` or `table`.
`-y, --yes`	Auto-approve prompts.
`--no-interactive`	Disable interactive prompts (fail if input is needed).
`-h, --help`	Show help for the current command.

These compose with shortcuts:

x a list --json --profile staging
x a d --confirm --no-interactive

Auth & Config

Overview

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Overview

Platform

Getting Started

Building Agents

Workflows

Agentic Automation

Observability

Deployment Channels

Deployment Guides

Self-Hosted

Security & Compliance

Building In-Product Agents

Authentication

Top-level lifecycle (apply to active agent or to `[agent]`)

Agent namespace

Common chains

Global flags (work with every shortcut)

​Authentication

​Top-level lifecycle (apply to active agent or to [agent])

​Agent namespace

​Common chains

​Global flags (work with every shortcut)

Authentication

Top-level lifecycle (apply to active agent or to `[agent]`)

Agent namespace

Common chains

Global flags (work with every shortcut)