github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/v2@v2.13.2/docs-v1/content/en/docs/references/cli/index_header (about) 1 --- 2 title: "CLI" 3 linkTitle: "CLI" 4 weight: 1 5 --- 6 7 Skaffold command-line interface provides the following commands: 8 9 10 End-to-end pipelines: 11 12 * [skaffold run](#skaffold-run) - to build & deploy once 13 * [skaffold dev](#skaffold-dev) - to trigger the watch loop build & deploy workflow with cleanup on exit 14 * [skaffold debug](#skaffold-debug) - to run a pipeline in debug mode 15 16 Pipeline building blocks for CI/CD: 17 18 * [skaffold build](#skaffold-build) - to just build and tag your image(s) 19 * [skaffold deploy](#skaffold-deploy) - to deploy the given image(s) 20 * [skaffold delete](#skaffold-delete) - to cleanup the deployed artifacts 21 * [skaffold render](#skaffold-render) - build and tag images, and output templated Kubernetes manifests 22 * [skaffold apply](#skaffold-apply) - to apply hydrated manifests to a cluster 23 24 Getting started with a new project: 25 26 * [skaffold init](#skaffold-init) - to bootstrap Skaffold config 27 * [skaffold fix](#skaffold-fix) - to upgrade from older skaffold.yaml schema version to newer skaffold.yaml schema version 28 29 Other Commands: 30 31 * [skaffold help](#skaffold-help) - print help 32 * [skaffold version](#skaffold-version) - get Skaffold version 33 * [skaffold completion](#skaffold-completion) - setup tab completion for the CLI 34 * [skaffold config](#skaffold-config) - manage context specific parameters 35 * [skaffold credits](#skaffold-credits) - export third party notices to given path (./skaffold-credits by default) 36 * [skaffold diagnose](#skaffold-diagnose) - diagnostics of Skaffold works in your project 37 * [skaffold schema](#skaffold-schema) - list and print json schemas used to validate skaffold.yaml configuration 38 39 40 ## Global flags 41 42 | Flag | Description | 43 |------- |---------------| 44 |`-h, --help`| Prints the HELP file for the current command.| 45 |`-v, --verbosity LOG-LEVEL` | Uses a specific log level. Available log levels are `info`, `warn`, `error`, `fatal`, `debug` and `trace`. Default value is `warn`.| 46 47 48 ## Global environment variables 49 50 | Flag | Description | 51 |------- |---------------| 52 |`SKAFFOLD_UPDATE_CHECK`|Enables checking for latest version of the Skaffold binary. By default it's `true`. | 53 54 55 ## Skaffold commands 56 57 <!-- 58 ****** 59 To edit this file above edit index_header - the rest of the file is autogenerated by cmd/skaffold/man 60 ****** 61 -->