CLI commands

pond <command> --help   # full flags for any command

Setup

• pond init - guided setup-and-repair: storage, adapters, MCP, schedule
• pond adapters list|discover|enable|disable - manage which adapters sync ingests
• pond storage check|use - probe a destination; switch the active store
• pond creds add|list|delete - manage URL-scoped credential sets
• pond schedule start|stop|status|logs - manage the automatic sync schedule
• pond config show|path|schema - inspect resolved configuration

Data

• pond sync [<adapter>] - import, embed, index; --no-optimize imports only
• pond optimize - embed the backlog, fold the indexes; --only / --skip <stage>
• pond copy --from <x> --to <y> - move data between stores, .pond archives, JSONL; --verify-only

Query

• pond search <query> - hybrid search; --explain for the query plan
• pond get <--session-id|--message-id> - fetch a session or message
• pond sql <query> - one read-only SQL query over the corpus
• pond status - health, row counts, embedding coverage, schedule state

Serve

• pond serve --transport http|stdio - run the API (HTTP default)
• pond mcp - alias for pond serve --transport stdio
• pond completions <shell> - shell completion scripts

Copy endpoints

local local default dir · @ configured store · *.pond archive · *.jsonl or - JSONL wire stream.