TeamCity CLI

teamcity is the official command-line client for TeamCity. It covers the day-to-day — starting builds, tailing logs, digging through the queue — and the odd jobs too: shelling into build agents, editing job settings, raw REST calls when nothing else fits.

Full documentation, including installation, authentication, and a command reference, lives at jb.gg/tc/docs.

Install

macOS (Homebrew):

brew install jetbrains/utils/teamcity

Linux:

curl -fsSL https://jb.gg/tc/install | bash

Windows (Winget):

winget install JetBrains.TeamCityCLI

npm:

npm install -g @jetbrains/teamcity-cli

Debian/Ubuntu:

curl -fsSLO https://github.com/JetBrains/teamcity-cli/releases/latest/download/teamcity_linux_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i teamcity_linux_amd64.deb

RHEL/Fedora:

sudo rpm -i https://github.com/JetBrains/teamcity-cli/releases/latest/download/teamcity_linux_amd64.rpm

Arch Linux (AUR):

yay -S teamcity-bin

PowerShell:

irm https://jb.gg/tc/install.ps1 | iex

CMD:

curl -fsSL https://jb.gg/tc/install.cmd -o install.cmd && install.cmd && del install.cmd

Chocolatey:

choco install teamcitycli

Scoop:

scoop bucket add jetbrains https://github.com/JetBrains/scoop-utils
scoop install teamcity

Build from source:

go install github.com/JetBrains/teamcity-cli/tc@latest

See the getting started guide for the full walkthrough.

Usage

Log in once and the CLI remembers the server:

teamcity auth login

Then:

# my latest build on this branch
teamcity run list --user @me --branch @this --limit 1

# start a build and stay attached to it
teamcity run start MyProject_Build --branch main --watch

# logs from the latest build of a job
teamcity run log --job MyProject_Build

# what's sitting in the queue
teamcity queue list

# shell into a build agent
teamcity agent term Agent-Linux-01

One naming note: TeamCity says build and build configuration; the CLI says run and job. The glossary has the full mapping.

Every command takes --json or --plain for scripting, and --web opens the matching page in the TeamCity UI. When no command covers what you need, teamcity api calls the REST API directly with your stored credentials. You can also log in to several servers and switch between them — see configuration.

Commands

| Group | Commands | |--------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | auth | login, logout, status | | run | list, start, view, watch, log, tree, changes, tests, diff, cancel, download, artifacts, restart, pin/unpin, tag/untag, comment | | job | list, view, create, tree, pause/resume, step list/view/add/delete, param list/get/set/delete, settings list/get/set | | project | list, view, create, tree, vcs list/view/create/test/delete, ssh list/generate/upload/delete, cloud profile/image/instance, connection list/view/create github-app/create docker/authorize/delete, param, token get/put, settings export/status/validate | | pipeline | list, view, create, validate, pull, push, schema, delete | | queue | list, approve, remove, top | | agent | list, view, term, exec, jobs, authorize/deauthorize, enable/disable, move, reboot | | pool | list, view, link/unlink | | api | Raw REST API access | | link | Bind this repository to a TeamCity project via teamcity.toml | | config | list, get, set | | alias | set, list, delete | | skill | list, install, remove, update | | update | Check for CLI updates |

Run teamcity <command> --help for usage, or see the command reference.

For AI agents

The CLI ships with an Agent Skill that teaches coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor, and others) how to drive teamcity:

teamcity skill install           # auto-detects installed agents
teamcity skill install --project # install to current project only
teamcity skill update            # update to the version bundled with teamcity
teamcity skill remove            # uninstall

or specifically for Claude Code:

/plugin marketplace add JetBrains/teamcity-cli
/plugin install teamcity-cli@teamcity-cli

See AI agent integration for details.

Learn more

• Getting started – install, authenticate, and run your first commands
• Configuration – config file, environment variables, multi-server setup, shell completion
• Scripting and automation – JSON output, plain text mode, CI/CD integration
• Aliases – create custom command shortcuts

Contributing

TeamCity CLI is open source under the Apache-2.0 license. Bug reports and pull requests are welcome — CONTRIBUTING.md covers how the project is built and tested.