Grid CLI
Unified terminal interface for distributed governance operations.
Grid CLI bundles command utilities from anchor-audit and canon, providing a single point of interaction for distributed audits and ledger checks.
Overview
Grid CLI coordinates policy synchronization, local AST scanning, and cryptographic ledger verification directly from a developer shell.
Problem
- Developers must manage separate configs, profiles, and keys for Anchor and Canon instances.
Motivation
To provide a single entry point for all local verification and compliance checking routines.
Solution
Compile commands under a single click-based shell application called grid.
Implementation
Python client CLI package with local config state management.
Engineering Decisions
Combining disparate CLI packages into a unified tool with local profile persistence.
Challenges & Lessons
Maintaining backward-compatible flags as the underlying Anchor and Canon utilities change.
CLI Wrapper
Flagship system
Developer Shell ↓ (grid Command) Grid CLI Wrapper ↙ ↘ Anchor Canon
Centralizes credential loading.
Simplifies local workflows.
Components
Functional building blocks
The flagship documentation uses the same component taxonomy across every system.
Grid Client
Click wrapper command index.
Profile Manager
Saves configurations locally.
Features
Core capabilities
These are product features in the engineering sense, not marketing copy.
Unified command index
✓Profile config management
✓CLI Usage
Initialize and audit.
grid init grid audit .
Example output
A governed action should return enough evidence to review without reconstructing the entire runtime path.
Initialized profiles Scan complete: 0 violations
Documentation
- Command index
Papers & Consultation Briefs
Benchmarks
- Startup latency: <80ms
Roadmap
The roadmap separates what is already shipped from the next layer of work so the public record stays explicit.
Shipped
Unified commands wrapper
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Automatic shell completions · Remote hub sync commands