ElevenLabs releases CLI v1 exposing its full API to developers and coding agents

On August 24, 2026, ElevenLabs released version 1 of its command-line interface, which exposed every endpoint in its OpenAPI spec as subcommands and was designed agents-first with structured JSON output.

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On August 24, 2026, ElevenLabs released the ElevenLabs CLI v1, a command-line interface that exposed every API endpoint in its OpenAPI spec as subcommands. The company announced it in Introducing the ElevenLabs CLI v1, a post on its blog.

What the CLI v1 included

Full API coverage: every ElevenLabs API endpoint published in the OpenAPI spec was available as a subcommand, for example agents list --format json, music compose and text-to-speech convert.
Agents-first design: ElevenLabs said the CLI was designed to be agents first, with well documented commands and structured JSON results. --help was for people and --schema was for agents, and errors came back as parseable JSON.
Agents as code: ElevenAgents could be managed as local config files with agents pull, an edit of the local config, agents push --dry-run and then agents push. Separate dev and production branches were supported.
Dry runs: --dry-run let users preview any operation before it touched their workspace.
Skill files: elevenlabs generate-skills added skill files to a project that guided coding agents through creating agents, producing speech and transcribing calls.
Installation: brew install elevenlabs/tap/elevenlabs on macOS, Scoop on Windows, or a cURL installer script from GitHub releases.

What it meant for people building with AI

Developers could let coding agents script ElevenLabs voice, music and agent configuration from the terminal, and keep agent setups in version control. Because the CLI covered every endpoint in the OpenAPI spec, scripts and coding agents were not limited to a subset of the API, and --dry-run let them preview a change before it reached a workspace.

Availability and documentation

The announcement did not mention pricing. ElevenLabs documented the CLI at elevenlabs.io/docs/eleven-agents/operate/cli, and the announcement post was last updated on September 6, 2026.

Sources

Introducing the ElevenLabs CLI v1 (ElevenLabs, August 24, 2026, official)

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