CLI Overview
The terminal CLI’s job stops at installation, updates, status, and the dashboard. It has nothing to do with running the workflow itself.
npx create-syntaxis@latest installnpx create-syntaxis@latest --scaffold create the app, then installnpx create-syntaxis@latest update apply managed workflow updatesnpx create-syntaxis@latest status read project statusnpx create-syntaxis@latest dashboard serve the local dashboardWhy the split exists
Section titled “Why the split exists”Actual workflow commands need the code, the conversation, and your judgment
all in the loop together — that only happens in your AI chat, as /feature,
$feature, or whatever named skill applies.
Type an AI skill’s name into the terminal instead, and you get an explanation of where it actually belongs rather than a confusing failure:
$ npx create-syntaxis@latest feature`feature` is an AI chat skill, not a terminal command. …The optional global command
Section titled “The optional global command”npm install --global create-syntaxis@latestsyntaxis statussyntaxis dashboardThe global syntaxis command does only status and the dashboard —
installing and updating both stay with npx create-syntaxis@latest, so a
project can never end up updated by a global binary that’s gone stale.
Getting help on any of these
Section titled “Getting help on any of these”npx create-syntaxis@latest --helpnpx create-syntaxis@latest update --helpnpx create-syntaxis@latest status --helpnpx create-syntaxis@latest dashboard --help