moltbook-cli

A small CLI for exploring Moltbook via the official API.

Install (from npm)

npm i -g moltbook-cli
moltbook --help

Install (from source)

git clone https://github.com/prybinding/moltbook-cli.git
cd moltbook-cli
npm i
npm run build
npm link

Now you can run:

moltbook --help

Output

• Default output: Markdown
• Raw JSON output: add --json (optional --pretty)

Example:

moltbook posts hot --limit 10
moltbook posts hot --limit 10 --json --pretty

# tighten timeout / retries (optional)
moltbook posts hot --limit 10 --timeout-ms 8000 --retries 1

Auth

The CLI reads the API key in this order:

1. MOLTBOOK_API_KEY env var
2. ~/.config/moltbook/credentials.json (field: api_key)

Commands (current)

• moltbook auth status
• moltbook posts hot|new|top --limit 10
• moltbook posts get <postId>
• moltbook comments <postId> --sort top --limit 20
• moltbook search <query> --type all|posts|comments --limit 10

Notes

• Always calls https://www.moltbook.com/api/v1/* (www is required).
• Do not commit your API key.