the bise command
every subcommand of bise, for your terminal and your scripts. bise --help prints the same list.
start
| command | what it does |
|---|---|
bise | open bise in this folder: main and its agents |
bise switchboard --stop | stop this folder's bise and its agents; --keep-agents: they go on |
keys and models
| command | what it does |
|---|---|
bise login [provider] | add a provider's key: checked with one tiny call, then saved (more) |
bise logout [provider] | remove it |
bise providers | your providers: which are set up, where each key comes from (also bise auth list) |
bise auth check [provider] | one tiny call with the key bise finds; saves nothing. --model provider/model |
bise models [filter] | the models bise knows, and which have a key. voice as the filter: the speech models |
bise config get KEY | read a setting: main, agents, small, voice, approvals, compaction_threshold, project_doc_fallback_filenames |
bise config set KEY VALUE | write it in config.toml |
setup
| command | what it does |
|---|---|
bise setup scan | what this Mac has for bise: where keys are, tools, repos, Claude Code's and Codex's setup; never a key |
bise setup ghostty | add the Ghostty lines for cmd+v/f/k/a/↑↓; --dry-run shows the change only |
bise plugins [list] | agent plugins and what's wrong with them; --json |
bise plugins enable NAME / disable NAME | turn a plugin on or off |
bise plugins import-mcp NAME [--dry-run] < servers.json | Claude Code's or Codex's MCP servers as one plugin |
bise plugins login [SERVER] / logout SERVER | log in to a remote MCP server in the browser, or forget it (more) |
bise doctor | check this Mac, the install, keys, models and running bise; --verbose (more) |
the install
| command | what it does |
|---|---|
bise update | install the latest release; --check only says if there is one (more) |
bise uninstall | remove bise; --purge also removes ~/.bise: settings, keys and threads |
bise --version | this version |
bise session show [<id>] | a session's log: the transcript; --context what the model sees now; --raw the log lines |
for programs
| command | what it does |
|---|---|
bise --headless | one session without the TUI: --model NAME, --port N, --continue, --resume ID (a prefix of the id works) |
bise sb <command> | the agents' own tool (sb is a link to bise). sb help lists its commands |