Global Options

Every cratis command accepts the following options regardless of which subcommand you run.

--output / -o

Controls the format of command output.

cratis <command> -o <FORMAT>

Value	Description
table	Rich terminal table with borders and color. Default in interactive terminals.
plain	Tab-separated rows, no decoration. Suitable for shell scripting and parsing.
json	Pretty-printed JSON with indentation.
json-compact	Compact single-line JSON. May be selected by a recognized tool-environment marker.

In interactive terminals the default is table. Redirected output, NO_COLOR, and recognized tool-environment markers can select another current default. Use --output explicitly for automation and bind parsing to the exact CLI version; ordinary output formats are not an unversioned stable machine contract.

Example:

cratis chronicle event-types list -o plain

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--quiet / -q

Outputs only the key identifier for each result, one per line, with no headers or decoration.

cratis chronicle observers list -q

This mode prints identifiers for bounded selection or inspection:

cratis chronicle observers list -q | head -n 5

Review the target command, event store, namespace, and operational procedure before using an identifier as input to a state-changing command.

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--yes / -y

Skips confirmation prompts on state-changing commands such as replay, retry, and remove.

cratis chronicle observers replay <ID> -y

State-changing commands do not proceed in automation, redirected output, or other non-interactive environments unless this flag is supplied. Use it only when the exact target, authorization, current state, and recovery procedure are already bounded; the prompt exists to prevent accidental changes.

Set CRATIS_NONINTERACTIVE=1 when an automation host uses a terminal-like input/output stream but must never be prompted:

CRATIS_NONINTERACTIVE=1 cratis chronicle observers replay <ID> -y

Without --yes, the command fails with a nonzero validation exit code.

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--debug

Prints diagnostic information to stderr before executing the command. No server output is affected.

The debug panel includes:

• Config file path
• Active context name
• Connection string (credentials are redacted)
• Resolved output format
• Resolved event store and namespace, each with the source it came from (option, context, or built-in default)
• RPC timing for each gRPC call

cratis chronicle observers list --debug

This flag is useful for diagnosing connection problems, verifying which context is active, and measuring server response times.

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NO_COLOR Environment Variable

Setting NO_COLOR to any value disables ANSI color codes and falls back to plain output:

NO_COLOR=1 cratis chronicle event-types list

This follows the no-color.org convention and is respected by all output formats.