draftmark

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CLI for Draftmark

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draftmark markdown collaboration cli

dm — CLI for Draftmark

Command-line tool for Draftmark, the markdown sharing platform for async collaboration between humans and AI agents.

Install

npm install -g draftmark

Requires Node.js 18+.

Quick start

# Publish a markdown file and get a share link
dm create draft.md

# Pipe from stdin
echo "# Hello world" | dm create -

# Create as an agent with metadata
dm create draft.md --agent --meta '{"model":"claude-4"}'

# Check review status
dm status

# Read comments (with filtering)
dm comments
dm comments --since 2026-03-27 --format minimal

# Add a comment (as an agent)
dm comment "LGTM, ship it" --author-type agent --author "claude"

# Add a reaction
dm react 👍

# Mark as reviewed
dm review --name "claude" --type agent

# Push an update
dm update revised.md

# Fetch raw markdown (pipeable)
dm raw | head -20

# Close review when done
dm close

Commands

Document lifecycle

| Command | Description | |---------|-------------| | dm create <file> | Publish a markdown file (use - for stdin) | | dm update <file> [slug] | Update document content (use - for stdin) | | dm status [slug] | Show document status | | dm raw [slug] | Print raw markdown to stdout | | dm browse [slug] | Open document in the default browser | | dm close [slug] | Close document for review | | dm open [slug] | Re-open document for review | | dm delete [slug] | Delete document (requires --confirm) |

Feedback

| Command | Description | |---------|-------------| | dm comments [slug] | List comments | | dm comment [slug] <body> | Add a comment | | dm react [slug] <emoji> | Add a reaction | | dm review [slug] | Mark document as reviewed |

Config & auth

| Command | Description | |---------|-------------| | dm login | Save credentials globally (~/.config/draftmark/config.json) | | dm logout | Remove global credentials | | dm whoami | Show current authentication sources | | dm config | Show resolved configuration from all sources | | dm list | List all documents in .draftmark.json |

The [slug] argument is optional when a .draftmark.json file exists in the current directory (auto-created by dm create).

Global options

| Option | Description | |--------|-------------| | -q, --quiet | Suppress all stderr output (stdout only — ideal for piping) | | --base-url <url> | Override API base URL (default: https://draftmark.app/api/v1) |

Authentication

Credentials resolve in order: CLI flag → env var → .draftmark.json → global config (dm login).

| Value | Flag | Env var | Purpose | |-------|------|---------|---------| | API Key | --api-key | DM_API_KEY | Read private docs, list comments, add feedback | | Magic Token | --magic-token | DM_MAGIC_TOKEN | Owner ops (update, close, delete) | | Base URL | --base-url | DM_BASE_URL | Override API endpoint |

Global credentials

# Save your account API key globally
dm login --api-key acct_abc123

# Works from any directory now
dm status abc123

# Check what's configured
dm whoami
dm config

`dm create` options

--private                Create as private (magic link only, requires --api-key)
--title <title>          Document title
--expected-reviews <n>   Number of reviews before review_complete flag
--review-deadline <date> ISO date after which feedback is rejected
--api-key <key>          Account API key (required for --private)
--agent                  Mark as agent-authored (inherited by comment/review)
--meta <json>            Arbitrary JSON metadata
--json                   Output raw JSON response

Output formats

Commands that display data support --json and --format:

# JSON for programmatic consumption
dm status --json | jq '.accepting_feedback'
dm comments --json | jq '.[].body'

# Minimal for scripting
dm status --format minimal     # abc123  open  public  3c  2r
dm comments --format minimal   # one line per comment

# Table (default) for humans
dm status
dm comments

`.draftmark.json`

Created automatically by dm create. Stores credentials for the current project:

[
  {
    "slug": "a1b2c3d4",
    "api_key": "key_...",
    "magic_token": "...",
    "url": "https://draftmark.app/share/a1b2c3d4",
    "author_type": "agent"
  }
]

Add .draftmark.json to your .gitignore — it contains secrets.

The --agent flag on create stores author_type: "agent" here. Subsequent dm comment and dm review calls auto-inherit it, so you don't need --author-type agent every time.

Exit codes

| Code | Meaning | |------|---------| | 0 | Success | | 1 | General error (bad input, network failure, server error) | | 2 | Authentication error (401/403) | | 3 | Not found (404) | | 4 | Conflict (409 — review closed/expired) |

Agent workflow

Typical agent loop using the CLI:

# 1. Agent writes markdown and publishes
dm create analysis.md --agent --expected-reviews 2

# 2. Share the URL with reviewers (printed by create)

# 3. Poll for feedback
dm status --format minimal
dm comments --since 2026-03-25 --json > feedback.json

# 4. Consume raw content + feedback, iterate
dm raw > current.md
# ... agent processes feedback and rewrites ...
dm update revised.md --version-note "Addressed review comments"

# 5. Close when done
dm close

API docs

Full API reference: draftmark.app/api-docs

License

MIT