1password

1Password CLI

Follow the official CLI get-started steps. Don't guess install commands.

References

• references/get-started.md (install + app integration + sign-in flow)
• references/cli-examples.md (real op examples)

Workflow

1. Check OS + shell. 2. Verify CLI present: op --version. 3. Confirm desktop app integration is enabled (per get-started) and the app is unlocked. 4. REQUIRED: create a fresh tmux session for all op commands (no direct op calls outside tmux). 5. Sign in / authorize inside tmux: op signin (expect app prompt). 6. Verify access inside tmux: op whoami (must succeed before any secret read). 7. If multiple accounts: use --account or OP_ACCOUNT.

REQUIRED tmux session (T-Max)

The shell tool uses a fresh TTY per command. To avoid re-prompts and failures, always run op inside a dedicated tmux session with a fresh socket/session name.

Example (see tmux skill for socket conventions, do not reuse old session names):

SOCKET_DIR="${ERNOS_TMUX_SOCKET_DIR:-${ERNOS_TMUX_SOCKET_DIR:-${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/ernos-tmux-sockets}}"
mkdir -p "$SOCKET_DIR"
SOCKET="$SOCKET_DIR/ernos-op.sock"
SESSION="op-auth-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)"

tmux -S "$SOCKET" new -d -s "$SESSION" -n shell
tmux -S "$SOCKET" send-keys -t "$SESSION":0.0 -- "op signin --account my.1password.com" Enter
tmux -S "$SOCKET" send-keys -t "$SESSION":0.0 -- "op whoami" Enter
tmux -S "$SOCKET" send-keys -t "$SESSION":0.0 -- "op vault list" Enter
tmux -S "$SOCKET" capture-pane -p -J -t "$SESSION":0.0 -S -200
tmux -S "$SOCKET" kill-session -t "$SESSION"

Guardrails

• Never paste secrets into logs, chat, or code.
• Prefer op run / op inject over writing secrets to disk.
• If sign-in without app integration is needed, use op account add.
• If a command returns "account is not signed in", re-run op signin inside tmux and authorize in the app.
• Do not run op outside tmux; stop and ask if tmux is unavailable.

op CLI examples (from op help)

Sign in

• op signin
• op signin --account <shorthand|signin-address|account-id|user-id>

Read

• op read op://app-prod/db/password
• op read "op://app-prod/db/one-time password?attribute=otp"
• op read "op://app-prod/ssh key/private key?ssh-format=openssh"
• op read --out-file ./key.pem op://app-prod/server/ssh/key.pem

Run

• export DB_PASSWORD="op://app-prod/db/password"
• op run --no-masking -- printenv DB_PASSWORD
• op run --env-file="./.env" -- printenv DB_PASSWORD

Inject

• echo "db_password: {{ op://app-prod/db/password }}" | op inject
• op inject -i config.yml.tpl -o config.yml

Whoami / accounts

• op whoami
• op account list

1Password CLI get-started (summary)

• Works on macOS, Windows, and Linux.
• macOS/Linux shells: bash, zsh, sh, fish.
• Windows shell: PowerShell.
• Requires a 1Password subscription and the desktop app to use app integration.
• macOS requirement: Big Sur 11.0.0 or later.
• Linux app integration requires PolKit + an auth agent.
• Install the CLI per the official doc for your OS.
• Enable desktop app integration in the 1Password app:
• Open and unlock the app, then select your account/collection.
• macOS: Settings > Developer > Integrate with 1Password CLI (Touch ID optional).
• Windows: turn on Windows Hello, then Settings > Developer > Integrate.
• Linux: Settings > Security > Unlock using system authentication, then Settings > Developer > Integrate.
• After integration, run any command to sign in (example in docs: op vault list).
• If multiple accounts: use op signin to pick one, or --account / OP_ACCOUNT.
• For non-integration auth, use op account add.