CLI Overview

The recursive binary provides several subcommands:

Command	Description
run	Execute a single goal and exit
repl	Interactive REPL — one goal per line
loop	Self-scheduling autonomous loop mode
http	Start the HTTP API server
tools	List registered tools (no API key needed)
sessions	Manage persisted sessions

Installation

cargo install recursive-agent

Global flags

Flag	Default	Description
--workspace <path>	cwd	Filesystem sandbox root
--max-steps <n>	32	Step budget per run
--model <name>	gpt-4o-mini	Override model
--api-base <url>	https://api.openai.com/v1	Override endpoint
--provider <name>	default	Named provider profile from providers.toml
-v / --verbose	off	Verbose output