krad CLI

krad and krad-ade-agents are the same program. The app puts both on the PATH of its terminals, and the help names the one you typed. Inside the app's terminals it finds the API through the KRAD_ADE_* variables; elsewhere through api.json.

krad <command> [args] [--json]

• --json on any command prints the response line instead of text. For status it prints an object with working, waiting_for_input, done, idle and exited lists.
• --version prints the build.
• krad help prints the guide, its commands and the exit codes; krad help lead prints the guide a lead follows.

AgentsCopy Anchor Link

Messages and WorkersCopy Anchor Link

send, spawn and close direct Workers, so only a lead may run them. See Lead and Workers.

Sessions, worktrees, files and changesCopy Anchor Link

Kraddies and automationsCopy Anchor Link

krad pet still runs krad kraddie, from the feature's former name; it is not listed in the help. See Kraddies and Automations.

VariantsCopy Anchor Link

krad variants run \
  --variant codex --model gpt-5.5 \
  --variant claude --instruction "Keep the diff small" \
  --test "cargo test" \
  "Fix the flaky upload test"

See Variants.

Code and toolsCopy Anchor Link

The API itselfCopy Anchor Link

Commands for the harnessesCopy Anchor Link

The verbs hook, ask, statusline and mcp are run by the harnesses the app configures, not by people, and are not listed in the help. krad mcp serves the code tools and the memory tools as a stdio MCP server named krad-code.

Exit codesCopy Anchor Link

The mapping from each error code is in Errors and exit codes.