CLI Quickstart

The Parel CLI is the fastest way to use models, inspect usage, manage deployments, and wire Parel into local developer tools.

Install

macOS

brew install parel-cloud/tap/parel

Linux

curl -fsSL https://parel.cloud/install.sh | sh

PowerShell

iwr -useb https://parel.cloud/install.ps1 | iex

Scoop

scoop bucket add parel-cloud https://github.com/parel-cloud/scoop-bucket
scoop install parel

Login

parel auth login
parel auth whoami

For non-interactive use:

export PAREL_API_KEY="pk-dev-YOUR_KEY"
parel models list

First chat

parel chat "Explain vector search in one paragraph"
parel chat --model gpt-5.4 "Review this release note"

Common workflows

Workflow	Command
List models	parel models list
Run a prompt	parel chat "Hello"
Generate an image	parel images generate --model flux-schnell --prompt "a clean product photo"
Check a task	parel tasks get <task_id>
Inspect usage	parel usage summary
Export environment	parel env
Start local proxy	parel proxy
Configure Claude Code	parel claude-code init

Why use the CLI

• It keeps keys in a local profile.
• It can inject your profile key into a local OpenAI-compatible proxy.
• It exposes async task polling without writing polling code.
• It makes Claude Code setup idempotent with init, status, and uninstall.