Quickstart

Get from zero to an authenticated LokAI CLI session in a few minutes.

Open Studio

Sign in to Studio. Your account page is where you can manage personal access tokens for the CLI.
Choose your authentication method

You have three good options:
- Run lokai auth login for an interactive terminal login with email and password.
- Run lokai auth login --browser to authenticate through Studio in the browser and link that session back to the CLI.
- Create a personal access token in Account → Access Tokens if you want to use the CLI in CI, automation, or any headless environment.
Authenticate from your terminal

Interactive login:
Terminal window
```
lokai auth login
```
Browser login:
Terminal window
```
lokai auth login --browser
```
Token-based login:
Terminal window
```
lokai auth login --token <lok_pat_...>
```
Verify the active session

Confirm that the CLI can resolve your account and workspace information:
Terminal window
```
lokai auth whoami
lokai auth status
```
Use the same auth in automation

For scripts or CI jobs, export your token as an environment variable instead of writing it into command history:
Terminal window
```
export LOKAI_API_TOKEN=<lok_pat_...>
lokai auth whoami
```

That’s it. Your machine is now connected to LokAI and ready for the next CLI workflows as they land.

What’s next

The authentication commands are available now. Project commands such as init, push, and pull are being documented alongside their implementation.

Next steps

CLI Reference — full reference for the commands available today
Installation — endpoint selection and local credential storage