Commands

The current Bee command surface centers on prompts, sessions, workflow state, and staged approvals.

Section

Core CLI

Command	Use case
bee	Start the interactive shell.
bee -p "..."	Run a single prompt and exit.
bee --continue -p "..."	Resume the latest session.
bee --new-session-from <session>	Create a child session.
bee --worktree <name>	Run in a managed worktree.

Section

Session commands

bash

bee sessions list
bee sessions show session-1234
bee sessions compact session-1234 checkpoint --summary "Condensed summary"
bee sessions branch session-1234 checkpoint
bee sessions handoff session-1234

Section

Workflow commands

bash

bee workflow show session-1234
bee workflow next session-1234
bee workflow start implement "Ship adapter diagnostics"
bee workflow start review "Review parser error handling"
bee workflow plan-goal session-1234 "Ship workflow bridge"
bee workflow wrapup-ready session-1234 "Startup diagnostics are in place." "Run adapter smoke coverage in a fresh session."

Section

REPL shortcuts

`:status` shows the current operator dashboard.
`:next` previews the next derived workflow prompt.
`:run-next` executes that prompt in the current shell.
`:wrapup`, `:continuation`, and `:handoff` package follow-up work.
`:approvals` inspects the staged edit queue.

Configuration

Tools