omnigraph/docs/user/cli/index.md

CLI Guide

Core Graph Flow

omnigraph init --schema schema.pg graph.omni
omnigraph load --data data.jsonl --mode overwrite graph.omni
omnigraph snapshot graph.omni --branch main --json
omnigraph query  --uri graph.omni --query queries.gq --name get_person --params '{"name":"Alice"}'
omnigraph mutate --uri graph.omni --query queries.gq --name insert_person --params '{"name":"Mina","age":28}'

omnigraph query is the canonical read command (pairs with POST /query); omnigraph mutate is the canonical write command (pairs with POST /mutate). The previous names omnigraph read and omnigraph change keep working as visible aliases — invocations emit a one-line deprecation warning to stderr and otherwise behave identically. See Deprecated names for the migration table.

For ad-hoc reads and mutations (REPLs, AI agents, one-off scripts), pass the GQ source inline with -e / --query-string instead of a file path:

omnigraph query --uri graph.omni \
  -e 'query find($name: String) { match { $p: Person { name: $name } } return { $p.name, $p.age } }' \
  --params '{"name":"Alice"}'

omnigraph mutate --uri graph.omni \
  -e 'query add($name: String, $age: I32) { insert Person { name: $name, age: $age } }' \
  --params '{"name":"Inline","age":42}'

-e is mutually exclusive with --query <path>; exactly one of the two must be provided. (Operator aliases moved to their own omnigraph alias <name> subcommand — RFC-011 D4.) The inline source travels through the same parser, lint, params binding, and commit machinery as a file-based query — only the source loader changes.

Branching And Reviewable Data Flows

omnigraph branch create --uri graph.omni --from main feature-x
omnigraph branch list --uri graph.omni
omnigraph branch merge --uri graph.omni feature-x --into main

omnigraph load --data batch.jsonl --branch review/import-2026-04-09 --from main --mode merge graph.omni
omnigraph export graph.omni --branch main --type Person > people.jsonl
omnigraph commit list graph.omni --branch main --json
omnigraph commit show --uri graph.omni <commit-id> --json

Remote Server Mode

Serve a graph:

omnigraph-server graph.omni --bind 127.0.0.1:8080

Read through the HTTP API:

omnigraph query \
  --server http://127.0.0.1:8080 \
  --query queries.gq \
  --name get_person \
  --params '{"name":"Alice"}'

A server is addressed with --server (a name from ~/.omnigraph/config.yaml or a literal URL); a positional http(s):// URI is rejected. If the server requires auth, set its bearer token and omnigraph login <server> (or OMNIGRAPH_BEARER_TOKEN).

Multi-graph servers (v0.6.0+)

Against a multi-graph server (started with --config omnigraph.yaml referencing a non-empty graphs: map), use omnigraph graphs list to enumerate the registered graphs. The server must configure bearer tokens and server.policy.file with a rule that allows graph_list; /graphs is closed by default even when the server runs with --unauthenticated.

OMNIGRAPH_BEARER_TOKEN=admin-token \
  omnigraph graphs list --uri http://server.example.com --json

For config-driven clients, set the remote graph's bearer_token_env to an environment variable containing a token whose actor is authorized by server.policy.file.

list rejects local URI targets — it's for remote multi-graph servers only.

Runtime add/remove is not in v0.6.0. To add a graph, stop the server, add a graphs.<id> entry to omnigraph.yaml, then restart. To remove, stop the server, delete the entry, restart.

Per-graph URLs: hit a graph's cluster route from any subcommand by pointing --uri at it:

omnigraph read --uri http://server.example.com/graphs/beta --query q.gq ...

Runs, Policy, And Diagnostics

omnigraph lint  --query queries.gq --schema schema.pg --json
omnigraph check --query queries.gq graph.omni --json

omnigraph schema plan --schema next.pg graph.omni --json
omnigraph schema apply --schema next.pg graph.omni --json
omnigraph policy validate --config omnigraph.yaml
omnigraph policy test --config omnigraph.yaml
omnigraph policy explain --config omnigraph.yaml --actor act-alice --action read --branch main

omnigraph commit list graph.omni --json
omnigraph commit show --uri graph.omni <commit-id> --json

(Mutations and loads publish atomically; the commit graph (omnigraph commit list) is the audit surface.)

query lint and query check are the same command surface. In v1, graph-backed lint uses local or s3:// graph URIs; HTTP targets are only supported when you also pass --schema.

Config

omnigraph.yaml lets the CLI and server share named graphs, defaults, and query roots:

graphs:
  local:
    uri: demo.omni
  dev:
    uri: http://127.0.0.1:8080
    bearer_token_env: OMNIGRAPH_BEARER_TOKEN

cli:
  graph: local
  branch: main

query:
  roots:
    - queries
    - .

The config file can also define:

• server bind defaults
• auth env files
• query aliases for common read and change commands
• policy.file for Cedar authorization rules

When policy is enabled, schema apply is authorized through the schema_apply action and is typically limited to admins on protected main.

Deprecated names

The CLI was renamed to align with the HTTP server's canonical endpoint names (POST /query, POST /mutate) and the query keyword in the GQ language. The previous spellings keep working forever; invocations emit a one-line warning to stderr and otherwise behave identically.

Old (deprecated)	New (canonical)	Migration
omnigraph read	omnigraph query	Same flags and behavior. read is a visible clap alias.
omnigraph change	omnigraph mutate	Same flags and behavior. change is a visible clap alias.
omnigraph query lint	omnigraph lint	Same flags. The argv-level shim rewrites query lint to lint.
omnigraph query check	omnigraph check	check is a visible alias of omnigraph lint.

The command: field in aliases.<name> in omnigraph.yaml accepts both read / change (legacy) and query / mutate (canonical); the two spellings are interchangeable on the wire via serde aliases.