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cli-anything-chromadb

cli-anything-chromadb

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About cli-anything-chromadb

cli-anything-chromadb is a stateless CLI for AI agents and power users to manage ChromaDB through HTTP API v2. It combines collection and document operations with semantic search and machine-readable JSON output.

Key features

  1. 01Create, inspect, and delete collections
  2. 02Add, retrieve, delete, and count documents
  3. 03Run semantic searches on collections
  4. 04Use an interactive REPL
  5. 05Get machine-readable JSON output

Use cases

  1. 01Manage ChromaDB collections from a terminal
  2. 02Write or retrieve documents in a collection
  3. 03Let an AI agent parse query results

Install

Copy the command and run it in a terminal.

$npx skills add https://github.com/hkuds/cli-anything --skill cli-anything-chromadb

After installing, type/cli-anything-chromadbin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.

Details

From the project README

cli-anything-chromadb

A stateless command-line interface for ChromaDB vector database, built on the HTTP API v2. Designed for AI agents and power users who need to manage collections, documents, and run semantic queries without a browser UI.

Installation

This CLI is installed as part of the cli-anything-chromadb package:

pip install cli-anything-chromadb

Prerequisites:

  • Python 3.10+
  • ChromaDB server running at localhost:8000 (or specify via --host)

Usage

Basic Commands
# Show help
cli-anything-chromadb --help

# Start interactive REPL mode
cli-anything-chromadb

# Check server health
cli-anything-chromadb --json server heartbeat

# List all collections
cli-anything-chromadb --json collection list

# Semantic search
cli-anything-chromadb --json query search --collection hub_knowledge --text "How to deploy"
REPL Mode

When invoked without a subcommand, the CLI enters an interactive REPL session:

cli-anything-chromadb
# Enter commands interactively with tab-completion and history

Command Groups

server

Server health and version commands.

CommandDescription
heartbeatCheck ChromaDB server health
versionGet ChromaDB server version
collection

Manage ChromaDB collections.

CommandDescription
listList all collections
create --name NAMECreate a new collection
delete --name NAMEDelete a collection
info NAMEGet collection info
document

Manage documents in collections.

CommandDescription
add --collection C --id ID --document TEXTAdd document(s)
get --collection CGet documents
delete --collection C --id IDDelete document(s)
count --collection CCount documents
query

Semantic search against collections.

CommandDescription
search --collection C --text TSemantic search

Output Formats

All commands support dual output modes:

  • Human-readable (default): Tables, colors, formatted text
  • Machine-readable (--json flag): Structured JSON for agent consumption
# Human output
cli-anything-chromadb server heartbeat

# JSON output for agents
cli-anything-chromadb --json server heartbeat

For AI Agents

When using this CLI programmatically:

  1. Always use --json flag for parseable output
  2. Check return codes - 0 for success, non-zero for errors
  3. Parse stderr for error messages on failure
  4. Use --host to connect to non-default ChromaDB instances

Version

1.0.0

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