# CLI femforge installs two commands. `femforge` ships with the library: it starts a project, browses the artifact store, purges run bundles, reads the telemetry store, manages the Elmer Docker image and checks the machine. `femforge-workbench` ships with the `workbench` extra and opens the browser workbench. The help text on this page is generated from the parsers at build time, so it always matches the installed commands. ## femforge ```text usage: femforge [-h] {new,artifacts,purge,index,runs,logs,sweeps,telemetry,image,doctor} ... new starts a project, artifacts browses an artifact store, purge trims run bundles, index, runs, logs, sweeps and telemetry read the telemetry store, image manages the Docker images, and doctor checks this machine. positional arguments: {new,artifacts,purge,index,runs,logs,sweeps,telemetry,image,doctor} new Start a project: one runnable script, its README and a .gitignore. artifacts Browse a local artifact store by name, key, or path. purge Apply a retention policy to run bundles (dry run unless --apply). index Build or refresh the run and artifact indexes. runs List indexed runs. logs Query the stored log records or tail the live ones. sweeps List sweeps or show one sweep's progress. telemetry Maintain the telemetry store. image Print, tag, pull, build, or version the Docker images femforge runs. doctor Check that this machine can mesh and solve, and name the fixes. options: -h, --help show this help message and exit ``` Every subcommand prints its own help with `-h`. ## New Use `femforge new` to start a project: a folder with one runnable script, its README and a `.gitignore`. `uvx femforge new NAME` runs it without installing femforge first, and it prints `uv run NAME/main.py`, the command that runs the project. It refuses a folder that is not empty unless you pass `--force`. The [Quickstart]() walks through the project. ```text usage: femforge new [-h] [--force] name positional arguments: name The project folder to create, such as magnet-plate. options: -h, --help show this help message and exit --force Write into a folder that is not empty, replacing the three files. ``` ## Artifacts Use `femforge artifacts` to look inside a local artifact store: list what it holds, show one artifact's record and files, print its directory, copy its files out, or put a bundle's store-sourced STEP and mesh back beside it. A reference is a key, a key prefix, a name, an artifact directory or a path inside one. [Artifacts and retention]() covers the store. ```text usage: femforge artifacts [-h] {ls,show,path,materialize,rehydrate} ... positional arguments: {ls,show,path,materialize,rehydrate} ls List every committed artifact. show Print an artifact's record, files, spec, and (for a bundle) its inputs. path Print the store directory of an artifact. materialize Copy an artifact's files into a directory. rehydrate Put a bundle's store-sourced inputs (STEP, mesh) back beside it. options: -h, --help show this help message and exit usage: femforge artifacts ls [-h] [--root ROOT] [--kind KIND] [--telemetry TELEMETRY] options: -h, --help show this help message and exit --root ROOT The store root (default: $FEMFORGE_ARTIFACTS, else the store a path argument lies inside). --kind KIND Only this kind directory. --telemetry TELEMETRY The telemetry root (default: $FEMFORGE_TELEMETRY). usage: femforge artifacts show [-h] [--spec] [--root ROOT] ref positional arguments: ref A key, key prefix, name, artifact directory, or a path inside one. options: -h, --help show this help message and exit --spec Also print the hashed spec payload. --root ROOT The store root (default: $FEMFORGE_ARTIFACTS, else the store a path argument lies inside). usage: femforge artifacts path [-h] [--root ROOT] ref positional arguments: ref A key, key prefix, name, artifact directory, or a path inside one. options: -h, --help show this help message and exit --root ROOT The store root (default: $FEMFORGE_ARTIFACTS, else the store a path argument lies inside). usage: femforge artifacts materialize [-h] --into INTO [--verify] [--root ROOT] ref positional arguments: ref A key, key prefix, name, artifact directory, or a path inside one. options: -h, --help show this help message and exit --into INTO The directory to write into. --verify Check every file's sha256 while copying. --root ROOT The store root (default: $FEMFORGE_ARTIFACTS, else the store a path argument lies inside). usage: femforge artifacts rehydrate [-h] [--root ROOT] bundle positional arguments: bundle A run bundle directory. options: -h, --help show this help message and exit --root ROOT The store root (default: $FEMFORGE_ARTIFACTS, else the store a path argument lies inside). ``` ## Purge Use `femforge purge` to apply a retention policy to bundles that already exist, such as after a sweep. It is a dry run unless you pass `--apply`. Start from a `--preset`, override single file classes, and narrow the bundles it touches with `--only-status`, `--older-than` and `--running-grace`. `--only-status abandoned` selects the bundles whose claim went silent before they finished. [Artifacts and retention]() covers the policies. ```text usage: femforge purge [-h] --runs-dir RUNS_DIR [--preset {default,keep_all,lean,minimal,nuke}] [--geometry {never,on_success,always}] [--gmsh-mesh {never,on_success,always}] [--elmer-mesh {never,on_success,always}] [--partitioning {never,on_success,always}] [--sif {never,on_success,always}] [--fields {never,on_success,always}] [--scalars {never,on_success,always}] [--logs {never,on_success,always}] [--sidecars {never,on_success,always}] [--run-dir {never,on_success,always}] [--cached-inputs {never,on_success,always}] [--only-status [{ok,diverged,error,running,abandoned} ...]] [--older-than DAYS] [--running-grace HOURS] [--dry-run | --apply] options: -h, --help show this help message and exit --runs-dir RUNS_DIR The runs directory holding the bundles. --preset {default,keep_all,lean,minimal,nuke} The policy to start from. --geometry {never,on_success,always} Override the geometry rule. --gmsh-mesh {never,on_success,always} Override the gmsh_mesh rule. --elmer-mesh {never,on_success,always} Override the elmer_mesh rule. --partitioning {never,on_success,always} Override the partitioning rule. --sif {never,on_success,always} Override the sif rule. --fields {never,on_success,always} Override the fields rule. --scalars {never,on_success,always} Override the scalars rule. --logs {never,on_success,always} Override the logs rule. --sidecars {never,on_success,always} Override the sidecars rule. --run-dir {never,on_success,always} Override the run_dir rule. --cached-inputs {never,on_success,always} Override the cached_inputs rule. --only-status [{ok,diverged,error,running,abandoned} ...] Touch only bundles in these statuses. --older-than DAYS Touch only bundles created at least this many days ago. --running-grace HOURS Leave running bundles whose manifest is younger than this. --dry-run Report only (the default). --apply Actually delete. ``` ## Telemetry Use `index`, `runs`, `logs`, `sweeps` and `telemetry` to read and maintain a telemetry store: build the run and artifact indexes, list runs, reap runs whose process died, query or tail the logs, follow a sweep's progress, and compact the parquet shards. Each takes `--telemetry`, else `FEMFORGE_TELEMETRY`. [Telemetry]() covers the store. ```text usage: femforge index [-h] {build,update} ... positional arguments: {build,update} build Re-read every bundle. update Read only the bundles whose manifest moved. options: -h, --help show this help message and exit usage: femforge index build [-h] [--telemetry TELEMETRY] --runs-dir RUNS_DIR [--store STORE] options: -h, --help show this help message and exit --telemetry TELEMETRY The telemetry root (default: $FEMFORGE_TELEMETRY). --runs-dir RUNS_DIR The runs directory holding the bundles. --store STORE Also index the artifact store rooted here. usage: femforge index update [-h] [--telemetry TELEMETRY] --runs-dir RUNS_DIR [--store STORE] options: -h, --help show this help message and exit --telemetry TELEMETRY The telemetry root (default: $FEMFORGE_TELEMETRY). --runs-dir RUNS_DIR The runs directory holding the bundles. --store STORE Also index the artifact store rooted here. usage: femforge runs [-h] {ls,reap} ... positional arguments: {ls,reap} ls List runs newest first. reap Break the claims of runs whose process died, mark the bundles they left running as abandoned, and re-index them. options: -h, --help show this help message and exit usage: femforge runs ls [-h] [--telemetry TELEMETRY] [--status [STATUS ...]] [--tag K=V] [--text TEXT] [--since DAYS] [--sweep SWEEP] [--live] [--limit LIMIT] options: -h, --help show this help message and exit --telemetry TELEMETRY The telemetry root (default: $FEMFORGE_TELEMETRY). --status [STATUS ...] Only runs in these statuses. --tag K=V Only runs carrying this metadata tag (repeatable). --text TEXT Only runs whose id, description or notes contain this. --since DAYS Only runs created within this many days. --sweep SWEEP Only runs solved under this sweep. --live Also show which runs are claimed right now. --limit LIMIT How many rows to print. usage: femforge runs reap [-h] [--telemetry TELEMETRY] --runs-dir RUNS_DIR options: -h, --help show this help message and exit --telemetry TELEMETRY The telemetry root (default: $FEMFORGE_TELEMETRY). --runs-dir RUNS_DIR The runs directory holding the claims. usage: femforge logs [-h] {query,tail} ... positional arguments: {query,tail} query Search the parquet log store. tail Print the live journals, which hold what parquet has not settled yet. options: -h, --help show this help message and exit usage: femforge logs query [-h] [--telemetry TELEMETRY] [--level [LEVEL ...]] [--process [PROCESS ...]] [--run RUN] [--sweep SWEEP] [--since DAYS] [--text TEXT] [--limit LIMIT] options: -h, --help show this help message and exit --telemetry TELEMETRY The telemetry root (default: $FEMFORGE_TELEMETRY). --level [LEVEL ...] Only these levels. --process [PROCESS ...] Only these process names. --run RUN Only records bound to this run. --sweep SWEEP Only records bound to this sweep. --since DAYS Only records from within this many days. --text TEXT Only records whose message contains this. --limit LIMIT How many rows to print. usage: femforge logs tail [-h] [--telemetry TELEMETRY] [--follow] options: -h, --help show this help message and exit --telemetry TELEMETRY The telemetry root (default: $FEMFORGE_TELEMETRY). --follow Keep reading until interrupted. usage: femforge sweeps [-h] {ls,show} ... positional arguments: {ls,show} ls List sweeps newest first. show Show one sweep's counts, points and failures. options: -h, --help show this help message and exit usage: femforge sweeps ls [-h] [--telemetry TELEMETRY] options: -h, --help show this help message and exit --telemetry TELEMETRY The telemetry root (default: $FEMFORGE_TELEMETRY). usage: femforge sweeps show [-h] [--telemetry TELEMETRY] sweep_id positional arguments: sweep_id The sweep to show. options: -h, --help show this help message and exit --telemetry TELEMETRY The telemetry root (default: $FEMFORGE_TELEMETRY). usage: femforge telemetry [-h] {compact} ... positional arguments: {compact} compact Fold each table's settled shards into one shard per partition. options: -h, --help show this help message and exit usage: femforge telemetry compact [-h] [--telemetry TELEMETRY] [--settle SECONDS] options: -h, --help show this help message and exit --telemetry TELEMETRY The telemetry root (default: $FEMFORGE_TELEMETRY). --settle SECONDS How long a shard must be untouched before it is folded. ``` ## Image Use `femforge image` to manage the Docker image the Docker backend runs Elmer in: print its Dockerfile or tag, pull the released image, build it locally, or raise its version after a recipe change. [Elmer: native and Docker]() covers the image. ```text usage: femforge image [-h] {dockerfile,tag,pull,build,bump} ... positional arguments: {dockerfile,tag,pull,build,bump} dockerfile Print the generated Dockerfile. tag Print the tag this checkout's recipe resolves to. pull Pull the released image from the registry. build Pull or build the image unless Docker already has it. bump Raise the image version if the recipe changed since the last bump. options: -h, --help show this help message and exit usage: femforge image dockerfile [-h] [{femforge-elmer}] positional arguments: {femforge-elmer} The image. options: -h, --help show this help message and exit usage: femforge image tag [-h] [{femforge-elmer}] positional arguments: {femforge-elmer} The image. options: -h, --help show this help message and exit usage: femforge image pull [-h] [{femforge-elmer}] positional arguments: {femforge-elmer} The image. options: -h, --help show this help message and exit usage: femforge image build [-h] [--no-pull] [{femforge-elmer}] positional arguments: {femforge-elmer} The image. options: -h, --help show this help message and exit --no-pull Build locally without trying the registry first. usage: femforge image bump [-h] [--part {major,minor,patch}] [{femforge-elmer}] positional arguments: {femforge-elmer} The image. options: -h, --help show this help message and exit --part {major,minor,patch} The version part to raise. ``` ## Doctor Use `femforge doctor` after an install or on a new machine to check that the machine can mesh and solve. It names the fix for each failed check and exits with code 1 when one fails. [Install]() lists the checks. ```text usage: femforge doctor [-h] [--json] [--runs-dir RUNS_DIR] options: -h, --help show this help message and exit --json Print the report as JSON instead of a table. --runs-dir RUNS_DIR The runs directory whose disk is checked (default: runs). ``` ## femforge-workbench Use `femforge-workbench` to open the launcher, a catalogue entry by name, or your own module with `-m`. `--app` and `--webview` open a window instead of a browser tab, and `--dev` restarts the server whenever you save a file in the shell package. [Workbench]() covers the panels. ```text usage: femforge-workbench [-h] [-m MODULE] [--app] [--webview] [--dev] [--port PORT] [--watch DIR] [--telemetry DIR] [--persist DIR] [name] Open a workbench in the trame shell. positional arguments: name a catalogue entry, e.g. demo options: -h, --help show this help message and exit -m, --module MODULE pkg.module[:attr]: attr returns a dock Split or a Renderable; without attr, main() -> Renderable --app open a Chrome/Edge app window and stop the server when it closes --webview open in pywebview (needs the app extra) --dev run the server as a child restarted on every save under the shell package; the page reloads itself --port PORT --watch DIR extra directory to watch and purge when a workbench is rebuilt (repeatable) --telemetry DIR the telemetry root the browsers read (default: $FEMFORGE_TELEMETRY) --persist DIR where layouts and choices are saved (default: the per-user config directory) ```