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CLI Reference (omnigraph)

A reference for the omnigraph binary's command surface and omnigraph.yaml schema. For a quick-start guide, see cli.md.

17 top-level command families, 40+ subcommands. All commands accept either a positional URI, --uri, or a --target <name> resolved against omnigraph.yaml.

Top-level commands

Command Purpose
init --schema <pg> → initialize a graph (also scaffolds omnigraph.yaml if missing)
load bulk load a branch (--mode overwrite|append|merge)
ingest branch-creating transactional load (--from <base>)
query (alias: read) run named read query; source via --query <path>, -e/--query-string <GQ>, or --alias <name> (exactly one). read is the deprecated previous name and prints a one-line warning to stderr
mutate (alias: change) run mutation query; same --query / -e / --alias mutual-exclusion as query. change is the deprecated previous name and prints a one-line warning to stderr
snapshot print current snapshot (per-table version + row count)
export dump to JSONL on stdout (--type T, --table K filters)
branch create | list | delete | merge branching ops
commit list | show inspect commit graph
run list | show | publish | abort transactional run ops
schema plan | apply | show (alias: get) migrations
lint (alias: check) offline / graph-backed query validation. Replaces query lint / query check, which are kept as deprecated argv-level shims that print a one-line warning and rewrite to omnigraph lint
optimize non-destructive Lance compaction
cleanup --keep N --older-than 7d --confirm destructive version GC
embed offline JSONL embedding pipeline
policy validate | test | explain Cedar tooling
version / -v print omnigraph 0.3.x

omnigraph.yaml schema

project: { name }
graphs:
  <name>:
    uri: <local|s3://|http(s)://>
    bearer_token_env: <ENV_NAME>
server:
  graph: <name>
  bind: <ip:port>
cli:
  graph: <name>
  branch: <name>
  output_format: json|jsonl|csv|kv|table
  table_max_column_width: 80
  table_cell_layout: truncate|wrap
query:
  roots: [<dir>, …]   # search path for .gq files
auth:
  env_file: ./.env.omni
aliases:
  <alias>:
    # accepted values: `read` / `query` (read alias), `change` / `mutate`
    # (write alias). `query` and `mutate` are recommended; `read` and
    # `change` remain accepted forever for back-compat.
    command: read|change|query|mutate
    query: <path-to-.gq>
    name: <query-name>
    args: [<positional-name>, …]
    graph: <name>
    branch: <name>
    format: <output-format>
policy:
  file: ./policy.yaml

Output formats (query command, alias: read)

  • json — pretty-printed object with metadata + rows
  • jsonl — one metadata line then one JSON object per row
  • csv — RFC 4180-ish quoting
  • table — fitted text table, honors table_max_column_width + table_cell_layout
  • kv — grouped per-row key/value blocks

Param resolution

Precedence (high to low): explicit --params / --params-file, alias positional args, omnigraph.yaml defaults. JS-safe-integer handling is built in (is_js_safe_integer_i64, JS_MAX_SAFE_INTEGER_U64) so 64-bit ids round-trip safely through JSON clients.

Bearer token resolution (CLI)

  1. graphs.<name>.bearer_token_env
  2. OMNIGRAPH_BEARER_TOKEN global env
  3. auth.env_file referenced .env

Duration parsing (cleanup)

s | m | h | d | w units, e.g. --older-than 7d.