Contentful CLI

Contentful CLI is Contentful's command line client for administering spaces and environments and for moving structured content between them. It also covers schema and migration work, organization-level exports and security checks, and a few onboarding or merge workflows.

• Create, list, delete, and select spaces or environments, manage environment aliases and access tokens, and inspect content types from the shell.
• Export space data to JSON, import exported content into another space, run migration scripts, seed templates, and generate migration files from existing spaces.
• Export organization taxonomy data, run organization security checks, and compare two environments or export their diff as a migration.

• Useful as a direct CMS control surface for backup, migration, environment-management, and governance workflows because commands are explicit and scriptable once auth and context are set.
• Machine-readable output exists for some high-value paths, but it is not consistent across the CLI: several inspect commands still render tables instead of offering a uniform --json mode.
• Best in agent loops after bootstrap, since default login, init, and some space or environment selection flows open a browser or prompt interactively.

• Requires a Contentful Management API token, and the default login flow stores context in ~/.contentfulrc.json after browser-based authorization or token entry.
• Coverage is not complete for every CMS admin task: export and import docs call out limits around memberships, roles, credentials, and some extension handling, and merge features depend on Contentful app actions.