Cli Anything Chromadb

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 helpcli-anything-chromadb --help
# Start interactive REPL modecli-anything-chromadb
# Check server healthcli-anything-chromadb --json server heartbeat
# List all collectionscli-anything-chromadb --json collection list
# Semantic searchcli-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.

collection

Manage ChromaDB collections.

document

Manage documents in collections.

query

Semantic search against collections.

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 outputcli-anything-chromadb server heartbeat
# JSON output for agentscli-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