xmtp-cli-setup

CLI setup

Initialize your XMTP CLI configuration and set required environment variables.

When to apply

• First-time CLI setup or generating a new ephemeral wallet
• Using an existing private key or custom gateway
• Configuring env for dev, production, or local

Rules

• init – Run xmtp init, options, and generated .env
• env-variables – Required and optional env vars, .env example

Quick start

# Ephemeral wallet, dev env (default)
xmtp init

# Existing key, production
xmtp init --private-key 0x1234... --env production

Read rules/init.md and rules/env-variables.md for details.