use-circle-cli

Overview

The Circle CLI (@circle-fin/cli, command circle) is a holistic stablecoin CLI for AI agents. It surfaces Circle's full agent-facing stack — wallet management, cross-chain transfers, paid services, Gateway/Nanopayments, smart contracts, spending policy, transaction operations, and Circle's own skill catalog — through one consistent binary. New capabilities ship continuously; this skill is the front door that introduces the CLI broadly and routes to specialized skills for deep flows.

If the user is doing something narrow (paying for a service, setting up the wallet for the first time, configuring a spending limit), use one of the dedicated skills under Alternatives below. Use this skill when the user is exploring what the CLI can do, when they're doing something that doesn't have its own dedicated skill yet (e.g., bridging, smart contract execution), or when you need a quick orientation across the full command surface.

Install & verify

which circle || command -v circle
circle --version   # also surfaces any update notice from Circle's server

If not installed:

npm install -g @circle-fin/cli