EvoLink CLI - EvoLink.AI

Use the CLI/MCP overview to choose by client. Shared resources in this section cover costs, tasks, files, and agent instructions. EvoLink CLI lets agents with terminal access and terminal users generate images, video, music, and speech, inspect models and parameters, query balance and tasks, upload references, and save originals. This section describes released CLI 0.8.1. It requires Node.js 22+ on macOS, Windows, or Linux. Install under the user and on the machine where the agent executes commands. Media uses agent/terminal → CLI → platform API.

Installation and verification

Send this prompt to an agent with terminal access. It matches the website installation prompt:

Set up EvoLink so I can generate images, video and audio directly here.
Install the CLI: run `npm install -g @evolinkai/cli`.
Sign in: run `evolink auth login`.
Install the companion skill: run `evolink skills install`.
Verify the connection. Once successful, tell me I can get started.

Paste the prompt in chat; commands run in the agent’s terminal or your terminal. Complete browser sign-in and permissions yourself. See installation and sign-in for detailed steps, success indicators, updates, logout, and SSH callbacks. The basic manual sequence is:

npm install -g @evolinkai/cli
evolink auth login
evolink skills install
evolink balance --json
evolink doctor --json

Wait for sign-in to complete before continuing. Do not paste the whole block and ignore authorization. Ask the agent to confirm it has read evolink-cli. Balance and diagnostics do not create paid media tasks; begin creation after verification.

Choose an agent guide

Codex

Install CLI, sign in, and load the skill in the Codex execution environment.

Claude Code

Use CLI and its skill, then complete free verification.

Cursor

Install where Agent runs and confirm command permissions.

OpenClaw

Install and sign in where the Gateway executes the agent.

Hermes

Install CLI and its skill in the Hermes execution environment.

Terminal and SSH

Five-step installation, secure credentials, and SSH callback forwarding.

Other terminal agents

Skill targets and discovery for Gemini, OpenCode, and Copilot.

CLI capabilities

Capability	Usage and guide
Environment and access	version, auth, setup, doctor; installation
Models and parameters	models search/recommend/show/schema, docs search; reference
Estimation and approval	estimate creates a local quote; generate after approval; workflow
Media	Images, video, music, and speech according to model capabilities
References	upload local files; uploads get inspects the original receipt
Tasks	get/wait, batch, paginated history, and quote-based recovery
Original downloads	One/all results, format checks, and batch recovery
Account and usage	balance and bounded historical usage, not a complete bill
Skills	skills install/status and host discovery checks

CLI does not provide general text chat, queue cancellation, funding, Key management, automatic editing, or finished-video hosting. Code development and arbitrary file editing are host agent capabilities. Deliver generated originals first; new variants, edits, or regenerations need appropriate approval.

First creation

Use EvoLink to create a coffee brand advertisement image.
First query available image models, parameters, and cost, then explain the recommendation and output specification.
Submit once after my explicit approval, save the task identifier, and download the original with its reported actual cost.

Follow model → references → estimate → approval → task → download. Installation is not approval for paid generation. Estimates are not final settlement; see costs and troubleshooting.

CLI and MCP

CLI installation includes the executable, shared business modules, and bundled evolink-cli skill. It does not require cloning MCP/plugin repositories or register native MCP. Passport provides OAuth; the operating system stores credentials securely. CLI and remote MCP sessions are managed separately. Account OAuth currently shares internal Key permissions, limits, and pause state. For Claude/ChatGPT web or native tool invocation, use the separate MCP section.

​Installation and verification

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