Connect me

Connecting is one command. Keyless is the preferred rail — with no key, login opens a browser device-code flow and logs the person in as themselves:

catalyst-skills login

It prints a short code and a URL; the person approves in a browser (or from a phone, on a machine with no browser) and this machine is connected as them. The short-lived session refreshes silently on every request, so they stay connected for months.

A personal key still works for a script or an unattended shell — the environment form keeps it out of shell history; --key <personal-key> is the third form:

CATALYST_CLOUD_TOKEN=<your-personal-key> catalyst-skills login

npx @catalyst-cloud/catalyst-skills login works when the package is not installed globally. A non-default cloud is pinned with CATALYST_CLOUD_BASE_URL or --base-url.