Overview

The DCD CLI is the primary way to interact with DeviceCloud from your terminal or CI/CD pipeline. It is a drop-in replacement for maestro cloud — in most cases you can swap maestro cloud for dcd cloud.

The CLI is published as @devicecloud.dev/dcd on npm and as a standalone binary. The same package also ships an MCP server so AI agents can drive DeviceCloud directly.

New in v5: browser-based dcd login (no more passing a key on every command), a standalone binary installer with dcd upgrade, interactive dcd live device sessions, and an MCP server. Existing API keys and dcd cloud usage continue to work unchanged.

Installation

The recommended install is the standalone binary — it has no dependencies and doesn't require Node.

macOS / Linux

curl -fsSL https://get.devicecloud.dev/install.sh | sh

Windows

npm

In CI, you can skip a separate install step and run the CLI directly with npx:

npx --yes @devicecloud.dev/dcd@latest cloud <app-file> <flows-dir>

Upgrading

If you installed the standalone binary, update it in place:

dcd upgrade

If you installed via npm, upgrade with npm instead:

npm install -g @devicecloud.dev/dcd@latest

dcd upgrade is only for binary installs. Automatic upgrade is not yet supported on Windows — re-run the PowerShell installer to update.

Authentication

There are two ways to authenticate. See Authentication for full detail.

• dcd login (recommended for local use) — authenticate once in your browser. The CLI stores a session, so you don't have to pass a key on every command, and it unlocks live test updates.

• API key (recommended for CI/headless) — set the DEVICE_CLOUD_API_KEY environment variable, or pass --api-key <key> on any command.

# Local: log in once
dcd login

# CI / headless: provide an API key
export DEVICE_CLOUD_API_KEY=your-api-key

When both are present, precedence is: --api-key flag → DEVICE_CLOUD_API_KEY env var → stored dcd login session.

Commands

Command	Description
dcd cloud	Upload an app and run Maestro flows on DeviceCloud
dcd upload	Upload an app binary and get a reusable binary ID
dcd status	Check the status of a test upload
dcd list	List recent uploads for your organisation
dcd artifacts	Download artifacts or reports for a completed run
dcd login	Authenticate via your browser
dcd logout	Clear the stored session
dcd whoami	Show the logged-in user and active organisation
dcd switch-org	Switch the active organisation
dcd live	Start and interact with a live device session (beta)
dcd upgrade	Upgrade the standalone binary in place

Getting Help

dcd --help
dcd cloud --help
dcd live --help