Stop context-switching. Stop clicking through boards in a browser tab you'll forget to check. If you spend half your day in a terminal, the Zoobbe CLI lets you manage projects, track time, and query your backlog — without leaving it.

Why Manage from the CLI?

Here's the thing: project management tools are great until they're not. The browser-based PM suite is fine when you're in the office, clicking through cards during a meeting. But as a developer, your real work happens in VS Code, your terminal, your git repos.

Every time you switch to a browser to update a card, you're paying a context-switch tax. The CLI removes that entirely.

Benefits in plain terms:

  • Speed — Type a command, done. No loading, no navigation.
  • Scriptability — Hook into your own scripts, CI pipelines, or aliases.
  • No context-switching — Stay in your flow.
  • Repeatable workflows — Automate the boring PM stuff.

If you've ever wished "I could just do this from the command line," now you can.

Core Commands

The Zoobbe CLI is available at /home/akash/.nvm/versions/node/v22.22.2/bin/zoobbe. Install it once, use it everywhere.

Board and Card Management

# List all your boards
zoobbe board list

# Create a new card on a board
zoobbe card create --board "Blindr Mission Control" --title "Fix login bug" --description "Session tokens expiring too early"

# Move a card
zoobbe card move  --column "In Progress"

# Assign yourself to a card
zoobbe card assign  --user "[email protected]"

Clean. Fast. No clicking required.

Status at a Glance

Instead of opening a browser to see what you have pending:

zoobbe status

This pulls all your cards across all boards — in progress, to do, done. It saves you the login + navigation step entirely.

Your Personal Daily List

zoobbe myday

This is your personal task list for the day. Add cards to it, clear it out, plan it the night before. If you're the kind of person who likes a clean mental inbox, this is for you.

zoobbe ask: Natural Language Project Management

This is the part that makes the CLI genuinely powerful.

zoobbe ask "what's overdue"
zoobbe ask "show me all cards in Q&A that haven't been touched in a week"
zoobbe ask "what did I complete yesterday"

You write what you want in plain English. The CLI queries your boards, your cards, your activity, and comes back with actual data. No filtering, no building custom views — just ask.

Behind the scenes, zoobbe ask routes to an AI provider. You choose which one:

# Use Claude (Anthropic)
zoobbe ask "what's on my plate" --provider claude

# Use OpenAI
zoobbe ask "what's on my plate" --provider openai

# Use a local Ollama instance
zoobbe ask "what's on my plate" --provider ollama --model llama3

The -p, --provider flag controls it. All standard. No lock-in.

If you're security-conscious, Ollama support means your queries never leave your machine. That's a meaningful option for teams with data residency requirements.

Timer Tracking Without Leaving the Terminal

This is where the CLI pays off in real hours saved.

# Start a timer on a card
zoobbe timer start 

# Check elapsed time
zoobbe timer status

# Stop and log it
zoobbe timer stop

No browser tab. No time-tracking extension. Just a timer that runs while you work.

For freelancers or teams that bill by the hour, or anyone who wants to understand where their time actually goes — this is the workflow. Open a card, start a timer, code. When you're done, the time is logged.

If you've ever manually typed "1h 23m" into a timesheet from memory, you know how wrong that gets. The CLI fixes that.

Why This Beats Browser-Based PM for Developer Workflows

Here's the honest comparison:

| Browser PM Tools | Zoobbe CLI | |---|---| | Loads in 2-3 seconds | Instant | | Requires mouse/touch | 100% keyboard | | One view at a time | Multiple queries on demand | | Hard to script | Fully scriptable | | Tied to browser window | Works anywhere | | AI features buried in menus | Direct natural language |

The browser tools got comfortable because everyone uses them. But "everyone uses it" isn't the same as "it's the best way."

If your development environment is terminal-first (and if you're reading this, it probably is), the CLI fits how you actually work. Not how a product manager imagined you'd work.

Getting Started

Install the Zoobbe CLI and connect it to your account:

npm install -g @zoobbe/cli
zoobbe auth login

Configure your preferred AI provider:

zoobbe config set provider openai
zoobbe config set model gpt-4

That's it. Then you're productive.

Pricing: Zoobbe offers a free plan so you can try it without commitment. Standard plan is $4.99/seat — competitive with browser-based tools that do far less from the terminal.

Ready to run your projects from the command line? Start with zoobbe status and see what you're working with right now.