Helm CLI

Intelligent context injection for AI coding assistants.

Helm hooks into Claude Code and Cursor to automatically inject your project rules, knowledge, and team context into every prompt — without you having to think about it.

Installation

macOS / Linux

curl -fsSL https://tryhelm.ai/install | bash

All platforms (macOS, Linux, Windows)

npm install -g @helmai/cli

Also works with pnpm add -g @helmai/cli and bun add -g @helmai/cli.

Requirements: Node.js 18+ (npm install only)

Getting Started

helm init

This detects your IDE and coding agents, authenticates via browser, and connects to Helm for team rule sync and Admiral agent orchestration.

Commands

Core

| Command | Description | |---|---| | helm init | Set up Helm in your project or globally | | helm status | Show current config, detected IDEs, and stack | | helm dashboard | Open the Helm dashboard | | helm update | Update to the latest version | | helm logout | Clear saved credentials |

Rules & Knowledge

| Command | Description | |---|---| | helm rule add <text> | Add a rule to .helm/standing-orders.md | | helm save [title] | Save a knowledge snippet for context injection | | helm sync | Pull rules from your organization | | helm sync --push | Push local rules to your organization | | helm link | Link this project to Helm | | helm project | Create or link a project to Helm Admiral |

MCPs

| Command | Description | |---|---| | helm mcps | Show MCP status | | helm mcps list | Browse the full MCP catalog | | helm mcps install <name> | Install an MCP | | helm mcps remove <name> | Remove an MCP | | helm mcps configure <name> | Set API key / config for an MCP |

Other

| Command | Description | |---|---| | helm qc | Run quality checks on staged files | | helm clean | Remove Helm hooks and config traces | | helm skills promote <skill> | Promote a skill for your team |

helm init Options

helm init                        # Interactive setup
helm init --yes                  # Non-interactive, auto-confirm
helm init --team <invite-token>  # Join an existing team

Supported IDEs

• Claude Code
• Cursor

Features

• Context injection — Automatically injects project rules, knowledge, and team context into every AI prompt
• Team rule sync — Share and sync rules across your organization
• Admiral — Orchestrate multiple AI coding agents from a single dashboard
• MCP management — Install, configure, and manage Model Context Protocol servers
• Quality checks — Run pre-commit quality checks powered by your project rules

Sprite Execution (MVP)

When a run is marked for hosted execution, the daemon can execute it in a Sprite sandbox.

Required environment variables on the runner machine:

• SPRITE_TOKEN (or SPRITES_TOKEN)

Optional:

• SPRITES_API_URL (defaults to https://api.sprites.dev)
• HELM_SPRITE_HOURLY_RATE_USD (used for estimated compute-cost events)

Agent provider variables should also be available to the daemon for in-sandbox runs:

• ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
• OPENAI_API_KEY

License

MIT