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CLI harness for segment-geospatial — segment satellite/aerial imagery with SAM models from the command line

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cli-anything-samgeo

Segment geospatial imagery (satellite, aerial, drone) using Meta AI's Segment Anything Model (SAM) family from the command line. Supports SAM v1, SAM 2, SAM 3, FastSAM, HQ-SAM, and LangSAM (text-based).

Installation

Requires Python >= 3.10.

pip install segment-geospatial[all]
cd agent-harness && pip install -e .

Syntax

cli-anything-samgeo [--json] [--project PATH] COMMAND [ARGS...]

Global flags:

  • --json — Machine-readable JSON output (use this for agent consumption)
  • --project PATH — Path to project JSON file (required for project-scoped commands)

Command Groups

project — Project management

cli-anything-samgeo project new -n NAME -o PATH [-s SOURCE] [-t MODEL_TYPE] [-m MODEL_ID]
cli-anything-samgeo --project PATH project info
cli-anything-samgeo --project PATH project set-source IMAGE_PATH
cli-anything-samgeo --project PATH project history [-l LIMIT]

model — Model management

cli-anything-samgeo model list [-t TYPE]
cli-anything-samgeo model info MODEL_TYPE [-m MODEL_ID]
cli-anything-samgeo model check MODEL_TYPE

Model types: sam, sam2, sam3, fast_sam, hq_sam, text_sam

segment — Segmentation operations

cli-anything-samgeo --project PATH segment automatic -o OUTPUT [--min-size N] [--max-size N]
cli-anything-samgeo --project PATH segment points -o OUTPUT -c "x1,y1;x2,y2" -l "1,0"
cli-anything-samgeo --project PATH segment boxes -o OUTPUT -b "x1,y1,x2,y2"
cli-anything-samgeo --project PATH segment text -o OUTPUT -t "buildings"

data — Data operations

cli-anything-samgeo data info RASTER_PATH
cli-anything-samgeo data download-tiles -o OUTPUT -b "west,south,east,north" [-z ZOOM] [-s SOURCE]
cli-anything-samgeo data reproject INPUT OUTPUT [--crs EPSG:CODE]
cli-anything-samgeo data split INPUT OUT_DIR [--tile-size N] [--overlap N]
cli-anything-samgeo data basemaps [--all]

vector — Vector operations

cli-anything-samgeo vector convert RASTER_MASK OUTPUT [--simplify TOLERANCE]
cli-anything-samgeo vector info VECTOR_PATH
cli-anything-samgeo vector filter INPUT OUTPUT [--min-area N] [--max-area N]

export — Export operations

cli-anything-samgeo --project PATH export render OUTPUT [-f FORMAT] [--overwrite]
cli-anything-samgeo export formats

Formats: geotiff, cog, gpkg, shp, geojson, png

session — Session management

cli-anything-samgeo --project PATH session status
cli-anything-samgeo --project PATH session history [-l LIMIT]

Example Workflows

Satellite image segmentation pipeline

# Download tiles
cli-anything-samgeo --json data download-tiles -o image.tif -b "-122.42,37.77,-122.40,37.79" -z 17

# Create project
cli-anything-samgeo --json project new -n urban-seg -o project.json -s image.tif -t sam2

# Run automatic segmentation
cli-anything-samgeo --json --project project.json segment automatic -o masks.tif

# Convert to GeoPackage
cli-anything-samgeo --json vector convert masks.tif buildings.gpkg --simplify 1.0

# Export as GeoJSON
cli-anything-samgeo --json --project project.json export render output.geojson -f geojson --overwrite

Text-based segmentation

cli-anything-samgeo --json project new -n text-seg -o proj.json -s image.tif -t text_sam
cli-anything-samgeo --json --project proj.json segment text -o masks.tif -t "buildings"
cli-anything-samgeo --json vector convert masks.tif buildings.gpkg

Agent Guidance

  • Always use --json for machine-readable output
  • Create a project first before running segmentation commands
  • The --project flag must come before the command group
  • Check model availability with model check TYPE before segmenting
  • Use data info to inspect rasters before processing
  • Export formats are auto-detected from file extension in vector convert
  • For large images, use --batch with segment automatic