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keenable-cli is a single-binary CLI for Keenable — configure MCP for your AI clients, search the web, and manage API keys from the terminal. No API key is needed to get started with the CLI. To raise rate limits on the CLI, please log in. To learn more, see authentication.

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Installation

brew install keenableai/tap/keenable-cli

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Quick start

# Login with your Keenable account
keenable login

# Configure MCP for your AI clients (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.)
keenable configure-mcp --all

# Search the web
keenable search "rust async patterns" -p

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Authentication

# Device-code login (opens browser)
keenable login

# Save API key directly (CI, servers)
keenable login --api-key <KEY>

# Clear stored credentials
keenable logout

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MCP setup

# Show client status
keenable configure-mcp

# Configure all detected clients
keenable configure-mcp --all

# Configure a specific client
keenable configure-mcp --cursor

# Remove Keenable from all clients
keenable reset --all
Supported clients: Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Codex, OpenCode. 
# YAML output (for agents)
keenable search "AI news"

# Pretty output (for humans)
keenable search "AI news" -p

# Restrict to site
keenable search "AI news" --site techcrunch.com

# Date filter
keenable search "AI news" --published-after 2026-01-01

# Date filter
keenable search "AI news" --acquired-before 2026-05-01

# Use a specific API key
keenable search "AI news" --api-key KEY

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Date and time filters

--acquired-after, --acquired-before, --published-after, and --published-before each accept one of the following formats:
  • Date in RFC 3339 full-date form (YYYY-MM-DD) — resolves to 00:00:00 UTC on that date.
  • Timestamp in ISO 8601 form (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS[.sss][±HH:MM]). When a timezone offset is not provided, the timezone is interpreted as UTC.
  • Relative delta (<number><unit>, e.g. 7d, 30min) — resolves to the request time minus the delta, truncated to minute precision. Supported units: min (minutes), h (hours), d (days), mo (months), y (years).
# Resolves to 2026-01-15T00:00:00Z
keenable search "AI news" --published-after 2026-01-15

# No offset → UTC
keenable search "AI news" --published-after 2026-01-15T10:30:00
keenable search "AI news" --published-after 2026-01-15T10:30:00.500-05:00

# 7 days before request time
keenable search "AI news" --acquired-after 7d

# 30 minutes before request time
keenable search "AI news" --acquired-after 30min
Relative deltas may be combined with absolute values across the two bounds of a window: 
keenable search "AI news" --published-after 1y --published-before 6mo
keenable search "AI news" --acquired-after 2024-01-01 --acquired-before 30d
For example, at request time 2026-05-18T14:23:45Z, --acquired-after 2h resolves to 2026-05-18T12:23:00Z — a document acquired at 12:22:59Z is dropped, one acquired at 12:23:00Z is kept.

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Fetch

# Fetch page content (YAML)
keenable fetch https://example.com

# Pretty output
keenable fetch https://example.com -p

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Updating

The CLI checks for updates automatically once per hour. To update manually: 
# Homebrew
brew update && brew upgrade keenable-cli
Or re-run the installer script.