# upstash-cli

Use this skill to run Upstash CLI commands from a shell, script, or CI job. It fits tasks that need JSON output or must run without Upstash MCP tools in the session.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1500 installs · ★ 34
- Author: Upstash
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/upstash/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/upstash-cli/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/upstash-cli

## What it does

\`upstash-cli` guides the agent through using the `upstash` command-line tool to manage Upstash services, including Redis and Vector. Commands write JSON to stdout, which makes their results usable by later steps in a script or CI job. The CLI also supports access setup and team administration.

For routine Upstash work, the skill prefers MCP when those tools are available; they already handle many database operations, Redis commands, usage stats, and backups. Use the CLI for shell-based workflows, setup, or when someone specifically asks for it. The recommended sign-in flow is `upstash login` with a Developer API key. Redis `exec` commands require `--db-url` and `--db-token`, or their matching environment variables.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add upstash/skills --skill upstash-cli -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/upstash-cli/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/upstash-cli/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add upstash/skills --skill upstash-cli -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/upstash-cli/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add upstash/skills --skill upstash-cli -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/upstash-cli/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install upstash/skills upstash-cli
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/upstash-cli/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add upstash/skills --skill upstash-cli -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/upstash/skills --path skills/upstash-cli
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/upstash-cli/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add upstash/skills --skill upstash-cli -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/upstash/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/upstash-cli/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- Pass JSON from an Upstash command to another CI step
- Create or change a Redis database using the CLI
- Manage Upstash team members from a shell
- Run a Redis command with REST credentials
- Connect a coding agent to Upstash with `upstash setup`

## Example prompts
- List my Upstash Redis databases and pass the JSON output to the next CI step.
- Create a Redis database named `cache-prod` in `us-east-1`.
- Connect this project to Upstash by running `upstash setup`.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: upstash-cli
description: Run the Upstash CLI (`upstash`) from a terminal, shell script, or CI job when no Upstash MCP tools are in the session. Do not load this skill when Upstash MCP tools are available (the Upstash plugin registers mcp.upstash.com) - they already cover creating, listing, renaming, and deleting Redis databases, running Redis commands, usage stats, backups, Vector and Search indexes, QStash schedules and messages, Blob buckets, and Box, so call them directly. Use this skill for shell work the MCP does not do - a CI step or provisioning script that needs `upstash` commands with JSON output, piping results into other commands, `upstash auth login` and API-key setup, team and member management, changing plans, regions, TLS, eviction, auto-upgrade, or budgets, minting temporary S3 credentials for a Blob bucket, connecting a coding agent to Upstash with `upstash setup` (the Upstash plugin, or the remote MCP server plus skills), or when the user explicitly asks for the CLI or for managing Upstash without the console.
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: Upstash
  homepage: https://upstash.com
---

## Prefer the MCP server when it is available

If Upstash MCP tools are in the session, call them instead of shelling out to the CLI. They are
already authenticated and cover the same ground — creating and inspecting Redis databases, running
Redis commands, usage stats, backups, Vector and Search indexes, Blob buckets, QStash schedules and
messages, the DLQ, and logs. Installing the Upstash plugin registers the hosted server at
`https://mcp.upstash.com/mcp`.

Use the CLI when there is no MCP in the session, or when the work is inherently shell work — a CI
step, a provisioning script, or piping JSON into other commands.

The Upstash CLI (`upstash`) manages Upstash services via the Upstash Developer API. All commands are non-interactive and emit JSON on stdout. Errors go to stderr as `{ "error": "..." }` with exit code `1`.

## Install

```bash
npm i -g upstash
```

Or run a single command without installing: `npx upstash <command>`.

## Connect coding agents to Upstash

`upstash setup` connects coding agents to Upstash in one step. Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and Gemini CLI get the Upstash plugin (the Upstash skills plus the remote MCP server). VS Code, GitHub Copilot CLI, and OpenCode get the remote MCP server (`https://mcp.upstash.com/mcp`) in their config plus the `upstash` skill. The MCP server signs in with OAuth on first use, so setup never writes an API key into an agent's config.

A person at a terminal can run `npx upstash`: with no arguments in a terminal it starts `upstash setup` and asks which agents to set up. Outside a terminal a bare `upstash` only prints the help, so from an agent or a script call `upstash setup` with `--yes` and the agent flags:

```bash
npx -y upstash setup --yes --claude             # or --codex, --cursor, --gemini, --vscode, --copilot, --opencode
npx -y upstash setup --yes --cursor --mode mcp  # remote MCP server + skill instead of the plugin
npx -y upstash setup --yes --claude --project   # this project instead of the user config
````
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