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Elements CLI

The Elements CLI provides command-line access to the Elements design system. Use it to scaffold new projects pre-configured with Elements, look up component APIs and design tokens, validate templates, and generate shareable playgrounds -- all without leaving your terminal

Install CLI

Install the Elements CLI to your system. This creates a canonical executable path and adds the nve command to your path when possible.

macOS / Linux Windows PowerShell NodeJS

Usage

Project Creation

Use the CLI to quickly bootstrap frontend UIs pre-configured with Elements.

The CLI also can provide API search results withing the terminal.

Search result output:

Skills

Use skills to give AI agents persistent Elements workflow context. The CLI and MCP server expose the same default skill set.

Commands

Command Description nve --upgrade Upgrade to the latest CLI release. nve api.list [format] Get list of all available Elements (nve-*) APIs and components. nve api.search <query> [format] Search and retrieve a list of Elements (nve-*) components and APIs using keywords or natural language. nve api.get <names> [format] Get documentation known components or attributes by name (nve-*). nve api.template.validate <template> Validates HTML templates using Elements APIs and components (nve-*). nve api.imports.get <template> Get esm imports for a given HTML template using Elements APIs (nve-*). nve api.tokens.list [format] Get available semantic CSS custom properties / design tokens for theming. nve packages.list Get latest published versions of all Elements packages. nve packages.get <name> Get details for a specific Elements package. nve packages.changelogs.get <name> [format] Retrieve changelog details by package name. nve examples.list [format] Get list of available Elements (nve-*) patterns and examples. nve skills.list [format] Get available bundled Elements agent skills and context. nve skills.get <name> [format] Get a bundled Elements agent skill by name. nve playground.validate <template> Validates HTML templates specifically for playground examples. nve playground.create <template> [type] [name] [author] Create a shareable playground URL from an HTML template. nve project.create <type> [cwd] [start] Create a new starter project. nve project.validate <type> [cwd] Check project for configuration issues and dependencies. nve project.setup [cwd] Setup or update a project to use Elements.

Troubleshooting

403 Forbidden

A 403 Forbidden error means your token has expired. Re-authenticate to resolve it.

Unsupported Engine

An Unsupported engine warning means your Node.js version is out of date. The CLI requires Node.js v20 or later. Update Node.js and try again.