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lofty-cli is configured through environment variables, on-disk config files, and per-invocation flags. Everything has a sensible default — you only need to override what is relevant to your environment.

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Environment variables

See Authentication for the full priority order between these variables.

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Global flags

These flags are accepted by every command: See Output formats for examples of each format.

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On-disk files

If you want a fully ephemeral run (e.g. inside a container), set every credential via environment variables and never invoke auth set — no files will be written.

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Aliases

Many commands accept short option aliases for ergonomics. The full mapping ships inside the package; run a command with --help to see what is available, for example:
Aliases never conflict with long options — you can mix them in the same invocation.

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Output character encoding

The CLI emits UTF-8 unconditionally. On Windows terminals, set the code page once per session if your output looks garbled:

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Locking the CLI version

For reproducible automation, install a specific version rather than @latest:
Pinning is especially recommended for CI: a minor version bump can introduce new flags or change defaults.