CLI Overview

Installation

The CLI binary is called boto. Download the latest release for your platform from the releases page.

Configuration

boto reads configuration from environment variables. Flags take precedence over env vars.

| Env variable | Flag | Default | Description | |---|---|---|---| | BT_API_KEY | --api-key | — | Your boring.tools API key | | BT_API_URL | --api-url | https://api.boring.tools | API base URL |

Authentication

Get your API key from my.boring.tools under Settings → API Keys.

export BT_API_KEY=your-api-key

Commands

| Command | Description | |---|---| | boto sbom | Generate a CycloneDX SBOM and optionally upload it to a project |