For power users & AI agents

Run Tela from your terminal — or your LLM

The Tela CLI lets you list, manage and check your account from the command line, and lets AI assistants like Claude Code do it for you. Two commands to start:

Terminal

npm i -g @tela-app/cli
tela auth login

Built for your AI

Point Claude Code (or any agent) at Tela: “list this from ./coat.jpg” and it reads the photo, picks a category, and creates the listing. The CLI gives the actions; your LLM brings the judgement.

Safe by design

You sign in with a scoped, revocable token — never your password. A token can never move money: no payouts, refunds, or checkout, and it can’t delete your account. Every permission is enforced by Tela’s servers.

Fast + scriptable

Bulk-check orders, audit your listings, or wire Tela into your own tools. Human tables by default, --format json for scripts, one login and you’re set.

Get your token

The CLI never uses your password. Instead you create a scoped personal access token in the app and pick exactly what it can do.

1Open the Tela app and go to Settings → Developer → CLI tokens.
2Name the token, tick only the permissions it needs, and tap Generate. Copy it — it’s shown once.
3Run tela auth login and paste it at the hidden prompt. Done.

Tela app Settings screen with the Developer → CLI tokens row — Settings → Developer → CLI tokens

Developer screen: name the token, choose permissions, and generate it — Pick permissions and Generate

What you can do

See your listings, orders and balance

Terminal

tela listings
tela orders
tela wallet

Create a listing from photos on your machine

Terminal

tela categories
tela listing create \
  --title "Acne Studios wool coat" --price 129.90 \
  --category w-outerwear --condition like-new \
  --image ./front.jpg --image ./back.jpg

New listings go live once they pass the same moderation as the app. A token can never move money.

Use it with Claude Code

Install the CLI, sign in once, then just ask your AI assistant in plain English. It runs the commands and reads your local photos:

“List my Tela orders still waiting to be shipped.”
“Create a Tela listing from ./dress.jpg — pick the category and a fair price.”
“What’s my Tela wallet balance?”

Coming soon

A Tela connector for Claude & ChatGPT

The same actions as a native connector (MCP), so your assistant can manage your Tela account without the terminal at all. We’ll add setup here when it’s ready.

Last updated 1 August 2026 · written by the Tela team in Singapore