Why a CLI
Dashboards are great for exploration. But when you're in the terminal, switching to a browser to check cluster costs breaks your flow.
kubeadapt talks directly to the Kubeadapt API. Authenticate once, then query clusters, nodes, workloads, costs, and recommendations without leaving your terminal.
Install
bash
1brew install kubeadapt/tap/kubeadapt-cli
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3# Binary (GitHub Releases)
4# Download from github.com/kubeadapt/kubeadapt-cli/releasesAuthenticate
bash
1kubeadapt auth login
2# Prompts for your API key (create one in Settings > API Keys)
3
4kubeadapt auth status
5# Shows current auth stateYour API key is stored in ~/.kubeadapt/config.yaml. One key, all commands.
What you can do
Clusters and infrastructure
bash
1kubeadapt get clusters # All connected clusters
2kubeadapt get cluster my-prod # Cluster detail
3kubeadapt get nodes -c my-prod # Node inventory
4kubeadapt get node-groups -c my-prod # Node group breakdown
5kubeadapt get namespaces -c my-prod # Namespace list
6kubeadapt get pvs -c my-prod # Persistent volumesWorkloads and recommendations
bash
1kubeadapt get workloads -c my-prod # All workloads with resource usage
2kubeadapt get recommendations -c my-prod # Right-sizing suggestionsCost queries
bash
1kubeadapt get overview # Cross-cluster cost summary
2kubeadapt get dashboard # Key metrics at a glance
3kubeadapt get costs teams -c my-prod # Cost by team
4kubeadapt get costs departments -c my-prod # Cost by departmentOutput formats
Every command supports --output (-o):
bash
1kubeadapt get clusters -o json # JSON (pipe to jq, feed into scripts)
2kubeadapt get clusters -o yaml # YAML
3kubeadapt get clusters -o table # Styled table (default)Debugging
Pass --verbose to see API endpoints, request timing, and status codes:
bash
1kubeadapt get clusters --verboseUseful when debugging connectivity or permission issues.
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