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CLI-Anything cli-anything-qgis

Stateful QGIS CLI for projects, writable layers, features, layouts, exports, and qgis_process operations using the real QGIS runtime.

install
source · Clone the upstream repo
git clone https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything
Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/
T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/QGIS/agent-harness/cli_anything/qgis/skills" ~/.claude/skills/hkuds-cli-anything-cli-anything-qgis && rm -rf "$T"
manifest: QGIS/agent-harness/cli_anything/qgis/skills/SKILL.md
tags
#gis#qgis#cli#spatial-data#geoprocessing
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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