# Command Reference

safe-chains knows 463 commands across 34 categories.

## Glossary

| Term | Meaning |
|------|---------|
| **Allowed standalone flags** | Flags that take no value (`--verbose`, `-v`). Listed on flat commands. |
| **Flags** | Same as standalone flags, but in the shorter format used within subcommand entries. |
| **Allowed valued flags** | Flags that require a value (`--output file`, `-j 4`). |
| **Valued** | Same as valued flags, in shorter format within subcommand entries. |
| **Bare invocation allowed** | The command can be run with no arguments at all. |
| **Subcommands** | Named subcommands that are allowed (e.g. `git log`, `cargo test`). |
| **Positional arguments only** | No specific flags are listed; only positional arguments are accepted. |
| **(requires --flag)** | A guarded subcommand that is only allowed when a specific flag is present (e.g. `cargo fmt` requires `--check`). |

Unlisted flags, subcommands, and commands are not allowed.

- [AI Tools](ai.md) (8 commands)
- [Android](android.md) (10 commands)
- [Ansible](ansible.md) (5 commands)
- [Binary Analysis](binary.md) (9 commands)
- [Shell Builtins](builtins.md) (22 commands)
- [Cloud Providers](cloud.md) (9 commands)
- [Containers](containers.md) (16 commands)
- [Data Processing](data.md) (25 commands)
- [.NET](dotnet.md) (1 commands)
- [Code Forges](forges.md) (5 commands)
- [Filesystem](fs.md) (24 commands)
- [Fuzzy Finders](fuzzy.md) (7 commands)
- [Go](go.md) (4 commands)
- [Hashing](hash.md) (9 commands)
- [JVM](jvm.md) (8 commands)
- [Kafka](kafka.md) (3 commands)
- [ImageMagick](magick.md) (1 commands)
- [Networking](net.md) (16 commands)
- [Node.js](node.md) (16 commands)
- [PHP](php.md) (7 commands)
- [Package Managers](pm.md) (5 commands)
- [Python](python.md) (12 commands)
- [R](r.md) (2 commands)
- [Ruby](ruby.md) (6 commands)
- [Rust](rust.md) (2 commands)
- [Search](search.md) (7 commands)
- [Swift](swift.md) (1 commands)
- [System Info](sysinfo.md) (29 commands)
- [System](system.md) (48 commands)
- [Text Processing](text.md) (27 commands)
- [Developer Tools](tools.md) (90 commands)
- [Version Control](vcs.md) (5 commands)
- [Shell Wrappers](wrappers.md) (7 commands)
- [Xcode](xcode.md) (17 commands)

