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Scaffold Projects

Create new phone or web/mobile bots with interactive setup

Deploy to Cloud

Push your bots to production with one command

Monitor Live Bots

Watch real-time logs, conversations, and metrics

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Requirements

  • Python 3.11 or later

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Installation

The CLI ships with pipecat-ai as the optional cli extra. Install it globally with uv: 
uv tool install "pipecat-ai[cli]"
Verify installation: 
pipecat --version
All commands can use either pipecat or the shorter pc alias.
This gives you pipecat init. The cloud and tail commands are provided by separate packages that you co-install with --with: 
# Add deploy + monitor commands
uv tool install "pipecat-ai[cli]" --with pipecatcloud --with pipecat-ai-tail

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Commands

pipecat init - Scaffold new projects with interactive setup (built in) pipecat cloud - Deploy and manage bots on Pipecat Cloud (requires pipecatcloud) pipecat tail - Monitor sessions in real-time with a terminal dashboard (requires pipecat-ai-tail)

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Getting Help

View help for any command: 
pipecat --help
pipecat init --help
pipecat tail --help
pipecat cloud --help

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Next Steps

Create Your First Bot

Scaffold a new project with pipecat init