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elevenlabs

Build and manage ElevenLabs voice agents as code from the terminal

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Description

The official ElevenLabs CLI for building and managing multimodal AI voice agents as code. Create agents from templates, sync configurations bidirectionally, manage branches for staging/production workflows, and deploy embed widgets. Agent-first and non-interactive by default for seamless automation and AI agent integration. Rich interactive UI available via --human-friendly flag.

Install

npmnpm install -g @elevenlabs/cli
npxnpx @elevenlabs/cli agents init

AI Summary

Official ElevenLabs CLI — manage voice agents as code with templates, bidirectional sync, branching, testing, and CI/CD-friendly non-interactive output.

Capabilities

  • + Create voice agents from pre-built templates
  • + Bidirectional sync between local config and ElevenLabs platform
  • + Agent branching for staging/production workflows
  • + Push and pull agent configurations
  • + Manage webhooks and custom tools
  • + Create and run agent tests
  • + Generate embed widgets for deployment
  • + Non-interactive by default for agent and CI/CD use
  • + Secure credential storage via OS keychain

Use When

  • → You need to manage ElevenLabs voice agents from the terminal
  • → You want to treat voice agent configs as code in version control
  • → You need CI/CD deployment of voice agents
  • → You want to automate voice agent management from an AI agent

Avoid When

  • x You don't have an ElevenLabs account
  • x You only need text-to-speech without agent management

Usage Patterns

Initialize a new agent project

elevenlabs agents init

Set up local agent configuration files

Create an agent from template

elevenlabs agents add "Support Bot" --template customer-service

Create a new voice agent from a pre-built template

Push changes to ElevenLabs

elevenlabs agents push --dry-run

Preview and sync local changes to the platform

Pull remote changes

elevenlabs agents pull --update

Sync remote agent config to local files

Input / Output

stdout: Agent status, sync results, test output — non-interactive JSON by default

Typical Pipelines

elevenlabs agents init && elevenlabs agents add 'Bot' --template minimal && elevenlabs agents push
elevenlabs agents pull --update && git diff
View AGENTS.md for elevenlabs