CLI Reference¶

Nexus-Dev provides a comprehensive set of command-line tools for managing your knowledge base.

Available Commands¶

Command	Description
nexus-init	Initialize a new Nexus-Dev project
nexus-index	Index files into the knowledge base
nexus-status	Show project status and statistics
nexus-inspect	Inspect database contents for debugging
nexus-clean	Delete indexed data for a project
nexus-search	Search the knowledge base
nexus-export	Export knowledge base to markdown
nexus-reindex	Re-index entire project
nexus-import-github	Import GitHub issues/PRs
nexus-mcp	Start MCP server
nexus-agent	Run agentic tasks
nexus-agent-config	Configure project agent (AGENTS.md)
nexus-index-mcp	Index MCP server definitions

nexus-init --project-name "my-project" --embedding-provider openai

nexus-index src/ docs/ -r

nexus-status

nexus-search "authentication function"

All commands support these standard options:

Option	Description
`--help`	Show command help and exit
`--version`	Show version and exit

Commands respect these environment variables:

Variable	Purpose
`OPENAI_API_KEY`	Required for OpenAI embeddings
`NEXUS_PROJECT_ROOT`	Override project root detection
`NEXUS_DB_PATH`	Custom database location

Code	Meaning
`0`	Success
`1`	Error (missing config, invalid arguments, etc.)