"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

Adafruit IO CLI

Production-ready CLI for Adafruit IO IoT Platform API.

Installation

npm install -g @ktmcp-cli/adafruit

Configuration

adafruit config set --api-key YOUR_AIO_KEY
adafruit config set --username YOUR_USERNAME

Get your AIO key from: https://io.adafruit.com/api/docs/

Usage

Feeds

# List all feeds
adafruit feeds list

# Get feed details
adafruit feeds get temperature-sensor

# Create a new feed
adafruit feeds create --name "Temperature" --description "Indoor temp" --visibility private
adafruit feeds create --name "GPS Location" --visibility public

Data

# Send a data point to a feed
adafruit data send temperature-sensor 72.5

# Send with GPS location
adafruit data send gps-tracker 1 --lat 40.7128 --lon -74.0060

# Get a specific data point
adafruit data get temperature-sensor <data-id>

# List recent data points
adafruit data list temperature-sensor --limit 50
adafruit data list temperature-sensor --start 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z --end 2024-01-31T23:59:59Z

Dashboards

# List all dashboards
adafruit dashboards list

# Get dashboard details
adafruit dashboards get my-home-dashboard

# Create a dashboard
adafruit dashboards create --name "Home Monitoring" --description "Temperature and humidity"

Configuration

adafruit config set --api-key YOUR_KEY
adafruit config set --username YOUR_USERNAME
adafruit config get username
adafruit config list

JSON Output

All commands support --json flag for machine-readable output:

adafruit feeds list --json
adafruit data list temperature-sensor --json

Rate Limits

• Free plan: 30 data points per minute
• Plus plan: 60 data points per minute

License

MIT