CLI reference

orion — keep a graph of work up to date from the command line.

orion <command> [options]

Every command also takes --canvas <name> to work on a specific canvas, and --help (-h) to print its help.

Command	What it does
orion card	Work items on the canvas
orion note	Notes for context, decisions, and reminders
orion link	Dependencies between items
orion node	Any item or group
orion group	Groups of items
orion ref	Outside work attached to cards
orion next	List items that can start now, most unblocking first
orion apply	Apply a plan of cards, notes, groups, and links in one step
orion canvas	Canvases and their layout
orion log	Add to the canvas log, and list it
orion server	The server the app and agents talk to
orion source	Sources that ingest imports work from
orion ingest	Import work from configured sources and refresh the cards they track
orion media	Media on the canvas
orion suggestion	Suggested groups for related cards
orion ci	CI jobs whose failures cards leave out
orion theme	Add, list, or remove theme files
orion backup	Saved revisions of a canvas
orion mcp	Agent tools over MCP
orion focus	Show the group open in the app and what's selected
orion reveal	Select cards or groups in the app and zoom the canvas to them
orion help	Show help for Orion or one of its commands