Bit CLI Quick Reference

usage: bit [--version] [--help] <command> [<args>]

bit documentation: https://bit.dev/

System & Utility help - display available commands and usage information version - display the installed Bit version config - manage Bit configuration settings Subcommands: set, del, get, list globals - display global directories and paths used by Bit system <sub-command> - access system-level operations and debugging tools Subcommands: log, tail-log doctor [diagnosis-name] - diagnose and troubleshoot workspace issues clear-cache - remove cached data to resolve stale data issues

Information & Analysis show <component-name> - display component metadata, dependencies, and configuration graph [id] - visualize component dependencies as a graph image pattern <pattern> - test and validate component patterns list [remote-scope] - display components in workspace or remote scope diff [component-pattern] [version] [to-version] - compare component changes between versions or against the current workspace status - show workspace component status and issues schema <pattern> - display component API schema and type definitions

Component Configuration envs - show components and their assigned environments Subcommands: list, get, set, unset, replace, update scope <sub-command> - manage component scope names and assignments Subcommands: set, rename, rename-owner, fork eject-conf <pattern> - create component.json configuration files for components local-only <sub-command> - manage components that exist only in the workspace Subcommands: set, unset, list aspect <sub-command> - manage component aspects and their configurations Subcommands: list, list-core, get, set, unset, update

Collaboration & Remote remote - manage remote scopes for self-hosted environments Subcommands: add, del, list deprecate <component-name> - mark a component as deprecated to discourage its use undeprecate <id> - remove the deprecation status from a component import [component-patterns...] - bring components from remote scopes into your workspace delete <component-pattern> - soft-delete components from remote scopes recover <component-pattern> - restore soft-deleted components export [component-patterns...] - upload components to remote scopes lane [sub-command] - manage lanes for parallel development Subcommands: list, show, create, remove, change-scope, alias, rename, remove-readme, import, remove-comp, fetch, eject, history, history-diff, checkout, revert, merge-move ci <sub-command> - continuous integration commands for automated workflows Subcommands: verify, pr, merge fork <pattern> [target-component-name] - create a new component by copying from an existing one

Run & Serve start [component-pattern] - launch the Bit development server run [app-name] - start an application component locally app [sub-command] - manage application components Subcommands: list, run

Advanced/Debug capsule - manage isolated component environments Subcommands: list, create, delete mcp-server [sub-command] - start Model Context Protocol server for AI assistants Subcommands: start, setup, rules

Develop components script [script-name] - run a script defined by the environment

Workspace Tools ws-config <sub-command> - generate IDE configuration files Subcommands: write, clean, list git <sub-command> - Git utilities for Bit repositories Subcommands: set-merge-driver refactor <sub-command> - automatically refactor component source code Subcommands: dependency-name

Component Development add [path...] - track existing directory contents as new components in the workspace create <template-name> <component-names...> - scaffold new component(s) from a template (sources, config, and env) templates - list available templates for creating components and workspaces watch - watch and compile components on file changes build [component-pattern] - run build pipeline tasks in isolated environments compile [component-names...] - transpile component source files move <current-component-dir> <new-component-dir> - relocate a component to a different directory remove <component-pattern> - untrack components from the workspace rename <current-name> <new-name> - change a component name

Workspace & Project Setup new <template-name> <workspace-name> - create a new Bit workspace from a template init [path] - initialize a Bit workspace in an existing project

Testing & Quality artifacts <component-pattern> - view and download build artifacts test [component-pattern] - run component tests check-types [component-pattern] - validate TypeScript type correctness lint [component-pattern] - analyze component code for issues and style violations validate [component-pattern] - run type-checking, linting, and testing in sequence format [component-pattern] - auto-format component source code

Dependencies & Packages install [packages...] - install workspace dependencies uninstall [packages...] - remove dependencies from workspace update [package-patterns...] - update workspace dependencies to newer versions link [component-names...] - create links between components and node_modules eject <component-pattern> - remove component from workspace and install it as npm package deps <sub-command> - manage component dependencies Subcommands: get, remove, unset, debug, set, reset, eject, blame, usage, diagnose, write why <dependency-name> - find components that use the specified dependency set-peer <component-id> <range> - configure component to always be installed as peer dependency unset-peer <component-id> - remove always-peer configuration from component dependents <component-name> - show components that depend on the specified component

Version Control checkout <to> [component-pattern] - switch between component versions or remove local changes revert <component-pattern> <to> - replace component files with specified version while preserving current version tag [component-patterns...] - create immutable component snapshots with semantic version tags snap [component-pattern] - create immutable component snapshots for development versions reset [component-pattern] - revert local tags and snaps to previous versions merge [component-pattern] - merge diverged component history when local and remote have different versions stash <sub-command> - temporarily save and restore component changes Subcommands: save, load, list log <id> - display component version history log-file <filepath> - EXPERIMENTAL. display history of changes to a specific file blame <filepath> - EXPERIMENTAL. show line-by-line authorship and modification history

Authentication & Cloud login - authenticate with Bit Cloud for component publishing and collaboration logout - sign out of Bit Cloud and clear authentication tokens whoami - display the currently authenticated Bit Cloud user npmrc [sub-command] - configure .npmrc file with Bit Cloud registry and authentication settings Subcommands: generate

IMPORTANT: When you need flags, arguments, or subcommand details, READ the file CLI_REFERENCE.md in this same directory using the Read tool. Only fall back to 'bit <command> --help' if the reference file doesn't cover what you need.