Reference

CLI

Command reference for the rtree CLI.

CLI reference

The RawTree CLI command is rtree.

Install

curl -sSf https://rawtree.com | sh

Global options

OptionDescription
--project <project>Override the project for this command.
--org <organization>Override the organization for this command.
--jsonPrint machine-readable output.
--versionPrint the CLI version.

Environment variables

VariableDescription
RAWTREE_TOKENJWT or API key.
RAWTREE_PROJECTDefault project.
RAWTREE_ORGDefault organization.

Resolution order:

  • Project: --project, then RAWTREE_PROJECT, then saved config.
  • Organization: --org, then RAWTREE_ORG, then saved config.
  • Token: RAWTREE_TOKEN, then saved credentials from rtree login.

Authentication

rtree login
rtree login --token rw_...
rtree logout
rtree status

Projects

rtree project list
rtree project create analytics
rtree project use analytics
rtree project rename analytics analytics_v2
rtree project delete analytics_v2

Organizations

rtree organization list
rtree organization create team-alpha
rtree organization use team-alpha
rtree organization rename team-alpha team-beta
rtree organization delete team-beta

Insert

rtree insert --table events --data '{"action":"click"}'
rtree insert --table events --file ./events.jsonl
rtree insert --table events --url https://example.com/events.jsonl
rtree insert --table traces --data '{"resource":{"attributes":[{"key":"service.name","value":{"stringValue":"api"}}]},"scopeSpans":[{"spans":[{"name":"GET /health","spanId":"abc"}]}]}' --transform otlp-traces

See Transforms for supported transform names, input shapes, and emitted rows.

Query

rtree query "SELECT * FROM events LIMIT 10"
rtree query --sql "SELECT count() FROM events"
cat query.sql | rtree query -
rtree query --limit 10 "SELECT * FROM events"

Logs

rtree logs --since 1h --limit 50
rtree logs --type insert --status error --table events
rtree logs --start-time 2026-04-24T10:00:00Z --end-time 2026-04-24T11:00:00Z

Tables

rtree table list
rtree table describe events

API keys

rtree key list
rtree key create --name ci --permission read_write
rtree key delete <id_or_token>

Utility

rtree ping
rtree docs
rtree open
rtree completions zsh