"Six months ago, everyone was talking about MCPs. And I was like, screw MCPs. Every MCP would be better as a CLI."

— Peter Steinberger, Founder of OpenClaw Watch on YouTube (~2:39:00) | Lex Fridman Podcast #491

Ably Control CLI

⚠️ Unofficial CLI - Not officially sponsored or affiliated with Ably.

Use the Ably Control API to manage your applications, namespaces, keys, queues, rules, and more from the command line.

Installation

npm install -g @ktmcp-cli/ably

Quick Start

ably config set --api-key YOUR_CONTROL_API_KEY
ably --help

Get your Control API key from: https://ably.com/users/access_tokens

Commands

Apps

ably apps list                    # List all apps
ably apps get <appId>             # Get app details
ably apps create --name "My App"  # Create new app
ably apps create --name "My App" --tls-only

Keys

ably keys list <appId>                       # List keys for app
ably keys create <appId> --name "My Key"     # Create new key

Namespaces

ably namespaces list <appId>
ably namespaces create <appId> --id "chat" --persisted

Queues

ably queues list <appId>
ably queues create <appId> --name "notifications" --ttl 60

Config

ably config set --api-key KEY
ably config show

Why CLI > MCP?

No server to run. No protocol overhead. Just install and go.

License

MIT — Part of the Kill The MCP project.