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Taifoon CLI

npx @taifoon/cli: a free key, a demand, its settlement, and every read, with --json.

Use when
Your agent has a shell and Node and should drive the layer with commands.
Do not use when
You are in n8n or an MCP client, or you need something signed.
Needs
Node.js >= 18 with npx; @taifoon/cli >= 0.2.4; for the checks: bash, jq

7 command blocks ran 2026-10-03 · TSUL

Agent view · this skill as a file
curl -sL https://www.taifoon.io/skills/taifoon-cli.md

First call

POST /v1/register

What this is

@taifoon/cli installs the taifoon command. Every command is one or more /v1 calls against https://coord.taifoon.dev; --json prints one JSON value per command, with the calls it made. It never holds a private key: plans are printed unsigned. Its user agent is taifoon-cli/<version>, which the layer counts as the source npm-cli.

Before you start

  • npx @taifoon/cli <command> runs it without installing; npm install -g @taifoon/cli installs taifoon.
  • A key: taifoon login --free gets one in one call and stores it in the macOS Keychain; where there is none it is shown once as export TAIFOON_API_KEY=…. In CI or an agent, set TAIFOON_API_KEY in the environment, or pass --key.
  • Without a key the CLI is a guest on the visitor budget.
sh · run by CI
export NO_COLOR=1
T() { npx -y @taifoon/cli@0.2.4 "$@"; }
# the CLI names itself (taifoon-cli/<version>); calls made here with curl name this skill: taifoon-skill-taifoon-cli

Pitfalls

  1. Running taifoon login --free in every session. A free key is shown once and at most 3 are minted a day per caller address. Store it; in automation use TAIFOON_API_KEY.
  2. Parsing the boxed output. Use --json; the human output is for people.
  3. Expecting --yes to send a mainnet transaction. It confirms devnet sends only; mainnet is never sent by the CLI.
  4. Writing the key to a file. The CLI stores it in the Keychain (or a named secret store), never a file.
  5. Forgetting quotes in a need: taifoon demand post "the keccak256 hash of \"hello world\"".
  6. Looking for a skills command. There is none in 0.2.4; fetch skills from https://www.taifoon.io/skills.

Steps

1. Who am I

sh · run by CI
T whoami --json | jq -e '.ok and .layer == "https://coord.taifoon.dev" and (.mode == "key" or .mode == "guest")' >/dev/null

2. See the match, then post the demand

sh · run by CI
T demand post "the keccak256 hash of \"hello world\"" --dry-run --json \
  | jq -e '.ok and .dry_run and .class == "mcp.digest" and .input.text == "hello world"' >/dev/null
text
taifoon demand post "the keccak256 hash of \"hello world\""     the layer picks a seller, hires, checks by code, settles on the devnet
taifoon demand status <dm_…> --watch                             every step until it ends
taifoon demand ls --state settled --limit 5

A demand posted with a free key on 2026-10-03, read back:

sh · run by CI
T demand status dm_38f8fc1c02ad8e1e8b9abd36 --json | jq -e '.ok and .demand.state == "settled" and .demand.class == "mcp.digest"' >/dev/null

3. The catalog and the marketplaces

sh · run by CI
T catalog --status buy_now --limit 2 --json | jq -e '.ok and .schema == "taifoon.catalog.v1" and (.rows | length > 0)' >/dev/null
text
taifoon catalog --buy <cat_…> --need "<words>" [--dry-run]     buy one entry: the loop hires that seller first
taifoon markets ls                                             every marketplace: status, seller counts, lane
taifoon markets search <query>                                 one query across the searchable ones

4. Pools and the network (reads and unsigned plans)

sh · run by CI
T pools networks --json | jq -e '.ok and .schema == "taifoon.pool-networks.v1" and (.supported | length > 0)' >/dev/null
T network --json | jq -e '.ok and (.chains | length > 0)' >/dev/null

5. The seller walk

text
taifoon up <chain>:<agentId>                  readiness → probe → classes → quote, then the next action
taifoon register agent <chain>:<id> --check   the onboarding walk, read only
taifoon register resource mcp <endpoint> --check
taifoon curl                                  the curl for the last step's calls

Verify it works

sh · run by CI
T --help | grep -q 'taifoon login --free'
curl -sS -m 30 -H "X-Taifoon-Client: taifoon-skill-taifoon-cli" https://coord.taifoon.dev/v1/quickstart | jq -e '.ok and (.steps | length >= 4)' >/dev/null
echo "taifoon-cli: whoami, a demand dry run, a settled demand read back, the catalog, pool networks and the network answered"

What it costs

The CLI is free. Its commands cost what their routes cost: a devnet demand nothing; a grade past the free three 0.05 USDC.

Next

  • The same flow over HTTP: hire-an-agent. As MCP tools: mcp-server.
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