Command line

PromptLikeEngineer CLI

Reach your prompt library from the terminal — list, search, copy, and pipe prompts straight into your agents and scripts. Same account, same data as the web app.

Install

🚧 Coming soon to npm — launching alongside Product Hunt.

The command below is how it will work once published. Until then, use the early-access build below.

npm install -g promptlike   # 🚧 not published yet

Requires Node.js ≥18 and a clipboard tool on PATH for copy: pbcopy (macOS), xclip / wl-clipboard (Linux), or clip.exe (Windows).

Early access (build from source)

Want it before launch? Build the CLI from the monorepo and link it globally:

cd PromptLikeEngineer/cli
npm install
npm run build
npm link            # exposes the `ple` command

Sign in

The CLI uses the same account as the web app. You need a (free) PromptLikeEngineer account first — sign up here.

Signed up with Google? Google accounts have no password by default. Set one under Settings on the web first — the CLI logs in with email + password.

Command reference

ple login

$ ple login
Email: you@example.com
Password: ********
✓ Logged in as you@example.com

ple list [--tag <name>] [--limit <n>]

List every prompt your account can access. Filter by tag and cap results (default 30, max 100) — all scoped server-side.

$ ple list
ID        TITLE                          UPDATED
────────  ─────────────────────────────  ──────────
12ab34cd  Senior Code Reviewer           2d ago
98ef76dc  Bug Triage Assistant           5d ago

$ ple list --tag debug --limit 50

ple search <keyword>

Case-insensitive search across prompt title and description.

$ ple search debug
2 results:

Bug Triage Assistant · 98ef76dc · 5d ago
  Triages bug reports by severity and reproducibility.

Debug Helper · 33cc44dd · 2w ago
  Walk through systematic debugging steps.

ple show <name>

Render a prompt in the terminal with section headers. Matches by title substring or short ID.

$ ple show "code review"
── ROLE ──
You are a senior code reviewer…
── DESCRIPTION ──
Reviews diffs for correctness and clarity.
── CONTEXT ──
…

ple copy <name>

Look up a prompt by title substring or short ID and send it straight to your system clipboard.

$ ple copy "code review"
✓ Copied: Senior Code Reviewer (12ab34cd, 487 chars)

$ ple copy 12ab34cd            # short ID also works

ple get <name> [--var key=value...] [--copy]

Print a prompt raw to stdout — no colors, no decoration — so agents and scripts can pipe it. Fills {{variable}} placeholders from repeatable --var flags; messages go to stderr to keep stdout clean.

$ ple get "code review" --var lang=python | claude

$ ple get "code review" --var lang=python --copy

ple logout

Remove the local session file. The session itself expires on its own clock.

$ ple logout
✓ Logged out

Example flows

Daily use: log in, browse, copy

The everyday loop — sign in once, find a prompt, and drop it on your clipboard to paste anywhere.

$ ple login
$ ple list
$ ple copy "Senior Reviewer"
✓ Copied: Senior Code Reviewer (12ab34cd, 487 chars)

Agent / pipe workflow

ple get prints the raw prompt to stdout so you can pipe it into any tool. Fill {{variables}} inline:

# pipe a filled prompt straight into an agent
$ ple get "code review" --var lang=python | claude

# or onto the clipboard
$ ple get my-prompt | pbcopy

Questions? See the Help & FAQ or explore all features.