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Setup
Get started by installing the Circleback CLI:
npm install -g @circleback/cli
Then authenticate with your Circleback account:
circleback login
This opens a browser window to log in. Once authenticated, you are ready to go.
What you can do
The Circleback CLI has commands for searching and accessing data from your Circleback account like meetings, transcripts, calendar events, emails, people, companies, and more.
Command | Description |
| Find meetings by keyword, date range, tag, attendee, or domain |
| Get detailed information for specific meetings, including notes, attendees, action items, insights, tags, and duration |
| Search across all meeting transcripts to find where something was mentioned |
| Get the full transcript for one or more meetings, with speaker labels and timestamps |
| Find action items by keyword, status (pending or done), assignee, tag, or date range |
| Search upcoming and past calendar events, including attendees and meeting links |
| Search connected email accounts for threads by keyword, sender, recipient, or date range |
| Look up people by name to see their profile and interaction history across meetings |
| Look up companies by name to find their domain and related meetings |
| List all tags in your workspace, useful for filtering meetings, transcripts, or action items |
| Search Circleback support documentation for help and how-to guides |
Examples
Meetings
Find meetings about a specific topic:
cb meetings search "product review"
Find meetings from the last 7 days:
cb meetings search --last 7
Find meetings in a date range:
cb meetings search --from 2026-04-01 --to 2026-04-18
Read the full details of a meeting:
cb meetings read 12345
Read multiple meetings at once:
cb meetings read 12345 67890
Transcripts
Search transcripts for something someone said:
cb transcripts search "pricing change"
Get the full transcript of a meeting:
cb transcripts read 12345
Get transcripts for multiple meetings:
cb transcripts read 12345 67890
Action items
Find your incomplete action items:
cb action-items search --status pending
Search action items by keyword:
cb action-items search "follow up"
Find completed action items:
cb action-items search --status done
Calendar
See calendar events in a date range:
cb calendar search --from 2026-04-18 --to 2026-04-25
Emails
Search emails by keyword:
cb emails search "quarterly report"
Search emails by participant:
cb emails search "participant:[email protected]"
Search emails from a specific sender:
cb emails search "from:[email protected]"
Search emails in a date range:
cb emails search "project update after:2026-01-01 before:2026-04-01"
People
Look up a person:
cb people search "Sarah Kerrigan"
Companies
Look up a company:
cb companies search "Acme"
Tags
List all tags:
cb tags list
Support
Search Circleback support articles:
cb support search "recording in-person meetings"
Options
All commands support --json for raw JSON output, which is useful for scripting, piping into other tools, or feeding data to AI agents.
cb meetings search "standup" --last 7 --json