/cli-anything-qgis

name: "cli-anything-qgis"
description: Stateful QGIS CLI for projects, writable layers, features, layouts, exports, and qgis_process operations using the real QGIS runtime.

cli-anything-qgis

Use this skill when you need to inspect or modify QGIS projects from the terminal through the real QGIS runtime.

Requirements

• QGIS installed with `qgis_process` on `PATH`
• PyQGIS importable from the Python environment running the CLI
• Python 3.10+

Agent guidance

• Prefer `--json` for all machine-driven use.
• For one-shot commands, pass `--project <path>` when operating on an existing project.
• Running `cli-anything-qgis` with no subcommand starts a stateful REPL.
• Layout export is backed by real QGIS processing algorithms:
• `native:printlayouttopdf`
• `native:printlayouttoimage`

What this CLI covers

• create, open, save, and inspect `.qgs` / `.qgz` projects
• create writable GeoPackage-backed vector layers
• add features via WKT geometry and typed `key=value` attributes
• create print layouts and add map/label items
• export layouts to PDF or image
• inspect and run generic `qgis_process` algorithms
• inspect session status and history

Command groups

`project`

• `new -o/--output [--title] [--crs]`
• `open PATH`
• `save [PATH]`
• `info`
• `set-crs CRS`

`layer`

• `create-vector --name --geometry --crs [--field name:type ...]`
• `list`
• `info LAYER`
• `remove LAYER`

`feature`

• `add --layer LAYER --wkt WKT [--attr key=value ...]`
• `list --layer LAYER [--limit N]`

`layout`

• `create --name [--page-size] [--orientation]`
• `list`
• `info LAYOUT`
• `remove LAYOUT`
• `add-map --layout LAYOUT --x --y --width --height [--extent xmin,ymin,xmax,ymax]`
• `add-label --layout LAYOUT --text TEXT --x --y --width --height [--font-size N]`

`export`

• `presets`
• `pdf OUTPUT --layout LAYOUT [--dpi] [--force-vector] [--force-raster] [--georeference/--no-georeference] [--overwrite]`
• `image OUTPUT --layout LAYOUT [--dpi] [--overwrite]`

`process`

• `list`
• `help ALGORITHM_ID`
• `run ALGORITHM_ID [--param KEY=VALUE ...]`

`session`

• `status`
• `history [--limit N]`

Examples

Create a project and add a writable layer

cli-anything-qgis --json project new -o demo.qgz --title "Demo" --crs EPSG:4326
cli-anything-qgis --json --project demo.qgz layer create-vector \
  --name places \
  --geometry point \
  --field name:string \
  --field score:int

Add features and inspect them

cli-anything-qgis --json --project demo.qgz feature add \
  --layer places \
  --wkt "POINT(1 2)" \
  --attr name=HQ \
  --attr score=5

cli-anything-qgis --json --project demo.qgz feature list --layer places --limit 10

Create and export a layout

cli-anything-qgis --json --project demo.qgz layout create --name Main
cli-anything-qgis --json --project demo.qgz layout add-map --layout Main --x 10 --y 20 --width 180 --height 120
cli-anything-qgis --json --project demo.qgz layout add-label --layout Main --text "Demo map" --x 10 --y 8 --width 100 --height 10
cli-anything-qgis --json --project demo.qgz export pdf output.pdf --layout Main --overwrite

Inspect or run processing algorithms

cli-anything-qgis --json process help native:buffer
cli-anything-qgis --json --project demo.qgz process run native:buffer \
  --param INPUT=/tmp/demo_data.gpkg|layername=places \
  --param DISTANCE=1 \
  --param SEGMENTS=8 \
  --param END_CAP_STYLE=0 \
  --param JOIN_STYLE=0 \
  --param MITER_LIMIT=2 \
  --param DISSOLVE=false \
  --param OUTPUT=/tmp/buffer.geojson

REPL

cli-anything-qgis

Example interactive flow:

project new -o demo.qgz --title "Demo"
layer create-vector --name places --geometry point --field name:string
feature add --layer places --wkt "POINT(1 2)" --attr name=HQ
layout create --name Main
session status
quit