CLI overview
The Cerebe CLI is the free workstation critic — it reviews what your agent writes, on every commit, on any repository.
The Cerebe CLI is the workstation half of Cerebe. It reviews what your coding agent writes, on every commit, against your repo's rules — so slop is caught before the pull request exists.
The CLI is free to run on any repository. The hosted Platform — the independent panel on every pull request, the dashboard, and the required check — is the paid tier (pricing). This page covers the free workstation critic.
The loop
cerebe install arms two git hooks (see Install). From
then on the loop is automatic:
git commit -m "feat: ..." # post-commit runs the critic in the background
cerebe watch # follow the review as it runs
git push # pre-push needs a completed review, blocks on blocker / highThe commands
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
cerebe review | Run the local critic against a commit (the post-commit hook usually does this for you). |
cerebe watch | Live "factory floor" for this branch's review loop. |
cerebe status --commit HEAD | Terse verdict + per-critic status for one commit. |
cerebe show --commit HEAD | Render the full per-commit review artifact. |
cerebe findings --range origin/main..HEAD | Audit findings across a range (does not re-gate). |
cerebe stats | Summarize the critic audit trail, including overrides. |
cerebe doctor | Report armed hooks, detected agents, and config health. |
The critics
The local critic runs a multi-vendor quorum using your own AI-app
subscriptions — the CLIs you already run, such as Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor.
There are no API keys to manage; the fleet and the quorum come from
cerebe/config.json, so a single vendor being down can't brick the review.