Unified CLI — cb¶

cb is the single entry point for all credential-bridge operations.

Install & invoke¶

Bash

# Standard
cb --help

# python -m fallback (when executables are blocked)
python -m credential_bridge --help

Commands¶

Command	Description
`cb vault`	HashiCorp Vault operations
`cb keyring`	System keyring operations
`cb env`	.env file operations
`cb wizard`	Interactive wizard

Global flags¶

Flag	Description
`--version`, `-V`	Print version and exit
`--help`	Show help
`--install-completion`	Install shell tab-completion

Version¶

Bash

cb --version
# cb version 1.2.3

Shell tab-completion¶

Bash

cb --install-completion   # installs for current shell
cb --show-completion      # prints the completion script

Interactive mode fallback¶

When --secret is omitted from add or update commands, the CLI prompts for secrets interactively with masked input:

Text Only

$ cb env add DB_URL
Enter secrets interactively. Leave KEY blank to finish.
  Key   : DB_URL
  Value : ········
  Key   :
✓  Secret DB_URL added to .env.

Machine-readable output¶

All get and list commands support --output json for scripting:

Bash

cb vault get myapp/db --output json | jq '.user'
cb env list --output json | python3 -c "import sys,json; print(json.load(sys.stdin))"