Tabnine CLI Cheatsheet - Terminal AI Coding Assistant Full Reference

Tabnine CLI is often treated as a bolt-on to the IDE plugin, but treated as a standalone tool it suits a specific class of task: asking questions about a repository, or having it read and rewrite files, without opening an editor at all. Knowing what runtime dependencies package.json actually declares, explaining code inside a GUI-less build container, or running one refactoring pass over a module in CI - in each case launching an editor just to ask is pure waste. This sheet covers install and launch, interactive commands, authentication and automation, and file operations, with @ references to files or directories at the centre, letting the tool read the context instead of having you paste it. Reach for it when the deciding question is whether a human needs to stay in the loop: the interactive mode suits exploration and repeated adjustment, while -p suits one-shot scripted calls. Authentication is the prerequisite for both shapes, and a non-interactive environment without a token will simply fail repeatedly.