cli-anything-qgis

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

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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