jk

jk

GitHub CLI–style workflows for Jenkins controllers

jk gives developers and operators a modern, scriptable interface to Jenkins: inspect runs, stream logs, manage credentials, and administer controllers from a single cross-platform binary.

Features

• Context-aware auth – store multiple controllers, switch with jk context use, or pin a context via JK_CONTEXT.
• Friendly pipelines – trigger, rerun, follow, and summarize jobs with human or JSON/YAML output.
• Job provisioning & config – create Bitbucket-backed Multibranch Pipeline jobs, inspect raw config.xml, patch Jenkinsfile paths, and rescan multibranch jobs.
• Scriptable output – --format json|yaml, --jq, and --template for machine-friendly pipelines; --quiet for scripting.
• Discovery-first runs – filter with --filter, bound history with --since, group by parameters, and attach machine-readable metadata for agents.
• Artifacts & tests – browse artifacts, download filtered sets, and surface aggregated test reports.
• Platform operations – cordon nodes, manage credentials, inspect queues, and view installed plugins.
• GitHub CLI parity – command structure and UX mirror gh, easing adoption in developer toolchains.

Installation

Homebrew (macOS/Linux)

brew install avivsinai/tap/jk

Scoop (Windows)

scoop bucket add avivsinai https://github.com/avivsinai/scoop-bucket
scoop install jk

Go Install

# Install latest version
go install github.com/avivsinai/jenkins-cli/cmd/jk@latest

# Or install specific version
go install github.com/avivsinai/jenkins-cli/cmd/[email protected]

Binary will be installed to $GOPATH/bin (or $HOME/go/bin by default).

Binary Downloads

Download prebuilt binaries for your platform from GitHub Releases.

From Source

git clone https://github.com/avivsinai/jenkins-cli.git
cd jenkins-cli
make build   # produces ./bin/jk

AI Coding Skill

Install the jk skill for Claude Code or Codex CLI:

npx skills add avivsinai/jenkins-cli -g -y

npx skild install @avivsinai/jk -t claude -y

/plugin marketplace add avivsinai/skills-marketplace
/plugin install jk@avivsinai-marketplace

git clone https://github.com/avivsinai/jenkins-cli.git
cp -r jenkins-cli/.claude/skills/jk ~/.claude/skills/

Quickstart

Find jobs fast with jk search (alias for jk run search) before drilling into specific pipelines.