cmd account

nself account

Moved to nself license account in v1.5.0, removed in v1.6.0. The old spelling keeps working until then.

See cmd-license for the current command. Command-Canon lists every move.

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Manage your ɳSelf account, sessions, licenses, team, and devices.

Description

Authenticate with your ɳSelf account and manage credentials.

These three commands handle the full CLI authentication lifecycle: log in, view account details, manage licenses, and log out.

Credentials are stored at ~/.nself/auth.json (permissions: 0600). The auth server is api.nself.org. Override with NSELF_AUTH_SERVER_URL for testing or self-hosted deployments.

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nself login

Log in to your ɳSelf account using the device authorization flow.

nself login [--no-browser] [--force]

The command opens your browser to nself.org/auth/cli?code=XXXX-YYYY. Confirm the short code matches, click Authorize, and the CLI stores your session token automatically.

Flags

Flag	Description
--no-browser	Print the login URL instead of opening a browser
--force	Log in even if already logged in (replaces the existing session)

Examples

# Standard login — opens browser automatically
nself login

# Headless environment (CI, SSH)
nself login --no-browser

# Re-authenticate (token rotation, tier change)
nself login --force

Output

ℹ Contacting nSelf auth server...

» Your login code: ABCD-WXYZ
» Open: https://nself.org/auth/cli?code=ABCD-WXYZ

Browser opened. Waiting for authorization...
.
✓ Logged in as user@example.com (pro).
Bundles: [nclaw]

Files written

Path	Mode	Contents
~/.nself/auth.json	0600	Access token, session token, email, tier, bundles

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nself logout

Revoke the current session and delete local credentials.

nself logout [--all]

The command calls POST /auth/signout on the auth server to revoke the session, then deletes ~/.nself/auth.json. If the server is unreachable, local credentials are still deleted.

Flags

Flag	Description
--all	Revoke every active session (useful when a device is lost or shared)

Examples

# Log out the current session
nself logout

# Revoke all sessions (lost device, security incident)
nself logout --all

Output

✓ Logged out.

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nself account

View account details and manage licenses linked to your account.

nself account <subcommand>

Subcommands

Subcommand	Description
show	Print email, tier, MFA status, and bundles
licenses list	List active licenses linked to this account

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nself account show

Print live account info from the auth server. Falls back to cached data from ~/.nself/auth.json if the server is unreachable.

nself account show

Example output:

Email:          user@example.com
Name:           Ali S
Tier:           pro
Email verified: yes
MFA:            enabled
Bundles:        nclaw, nchat
Token expires:  2026-07-01T00:00:00Z

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nself account licenses list

List all licenses linked to your account, with seat usage and expiry.

nself account licenses list

Example output:

+----------+---------+------+--------+-------+------------+
| ID       | Product | Tier | Bundles| Seats | Expires    |
+----------+---------+------+--------+-------+------------+
| a1b2c3d4 | nSelf   | pro  | nclaw  | 1/5   | 2027-04-01 |
+----------+---------+------+--------+-------+------------+

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Environment variables

Variable	Default	Purpose
NSELF_AUTH_SERVER_URL	https://api.nself.org	Override auth server base URL
NSELF_CLI_AUTH_URL	https://nself.org/auth/cli	Override device auth page URL

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Related commands

• nself license set <key>, activate a plugin license key (existing flow)
• nself license list, list locally configured license keys

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Examples

# With no subcommand, show current account status
nself account

# Same thing, explicit
nself account status

# List devices registered to this account
nself account devices

# List active licenses linked to this account
nself account licenses

# Move a license to another account
nself account transfer

See Also

• Commands — full command index
• Core-Services — what a stack is made of

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