Codacy Cloud CLI

Glossary: See glossary.md for shared definitions of Codacy concepts (issues, findings, severity, coverage, tools, patterns, etc.).

The Codacy Cloud CLI (codacy) is the command-line interface for Codacy Cloud. Use it whenever the user wants to interact with remote Codacy data. This is a different tool from the Codacy Analysis CLI (codacy-analysis), which runs static analysis locally.

Setup

# Install
npm install -g @codacy/codacy-cloud-cli

# Authenticate — 3 options:
# 1. Set the `CODACY_API_TOKEN` environment variable
export CODACY_API_TOKEN=<token>
# 2. Use the `codacy login` command (interactive login)
codacy login
# 3. Use the `codacy login` command (with token input)
codacy login --token <token>
# Obtain tokens: Codacy > My Account > Access Management > Account API Tokens (https://app.codacy.com/account/access-management)

# Verify
codacy info

Shared session: The Cloud CLI and the Analysis CLI (codacy-analysis) share the same credentials at ~/.codacy/credentials. Logging in or out with either CLI applies to both — there is no need to authenticate separately.

Getting help

The CLI is the authoritative source of truth. Always use --help to discover available commands, options, and current behavior:

codacy --help
codacy <command> --help
# e.g. codacy issues --help

Use --output json on any command for machine-readable output.

Provider values

See the Provider section in the glossary for the full table of CLI values (gh, gl, bb).

Auto-detection of repository parameters

The CLI auto-detects the provider, organization, and repository from the git remote origin URL when run inside a repository. This means most commands work without specifying these parameters explicitly:

# Auto-detected (run inside the repo)
codacy issues
codacy repository
codacy pull-request 42

# Equivalent explicit form
codacy issues gh my-org my-repo
codacy repository gh my-org my-repo
codacy pull-request gh my-org my-repo 42

Auto-detection supports GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket remote URLs. If the remote cannot be parsed (e.g., non-standard hosting), pass the parameters explicitly. All examples in this document use the explicit form for clarity, but the short form is preferred when running inside a repo.

How Codacy data works

• Data reflects the HEAD commit — issue lists, coverage, and security findings always show the state of the latest analyzed commit on the branch or pull request. There is no per-file or per-line historical view.
• Configuration changes are not instant — enabling/disabling tools or patterns, changing parameters, and ignoring issues only take effect after the next analysis. That means either triggering a reanalysis via --reanalyze or waiting for the next commit to be pushed.
• Organization standards are enforced and cannot be overridden at repository level — if a pattern is enforced by a Coding Standard at the organization level, its enabled/disabled state and parameters cannot be changed per-repository. To change it, the standard must be updated at the organization level.

Reanalysis

Use --reanalyze-and-wait (-w) on the repository or pull-request commands to trigger reanalysis and block until it completes. The CLI captures a baseline, triggers reanalysis, polls every 10 seconds (up to 20 minutes), and reports issue deltas by pattern, severity, and category with timing information. Supports --output json for machine-readable delta reports.

# Trigger reanalysis and wait for results (preferred)
codacy repository gh my-org my-repo --reanalyze-and-wait
codacy repository gh my-org my-repo -w -o json    # JSON delta report

# Fire-and-forget reanalysis (no waiting)
codacy repository gh my-org my-repo --reanalyze

When using --reanalyze without --and-wait, check progress manually by re-running the command without --reanalyze:

• Table output: look at the "Analysis" field — "Reanalysis in progress..." means it is still running; "Finished X ago" means it is done
• JSON output: compare the startedAnalysis and endedAnalysis timestamps — complete when startedAnalysis > trigger time AND endedAnalysis > startedAnalysis

Command reference

Account & repositories

# Authenticated user and organizations
codacy info

# List repositories in an organization
codacy repositories <provider> <org>
codacy repositories gh my-org --search my-repo

# Repository dashboard (metrics, PRs, issues overview)
codacy repository gh my-org my-repo
codacy repository gh my-org my-repo --add       # add to Codacy
codacy repository gh my-org my-repo --remove    # remove from Codacy
codacy repository gh my-org my-repo --follow    # follow repository
codacy repository gh my-org my-repo --unfollow  # unfollow repository
codacy repository gh my-org my-repo --reanalyze            # trigger reanalysis (fire-and-forget)
codacy repository gh my-org my-repo --reanalyze-and-wait   # trigger and wait for completion with delta report
codacy repository gh my-org my-repo --link-standard <id>   # link a coding standard
codacy repository gh my-org my-repo --unlink-standard <id> # unlink a coding standard

Issues (code quality)

# List issues with optional filters
codacy issues gh my-org my-repo
codacy issues gh my-org my-repo --branch main --severities Critical,High
codacy issues gh my-org my-repo --categories Security
codacy issues gh my-org my-repo --tools eslint,semgrep        # filter by detecting tool
codacy issues gh my-org my-repo --limit 500                    # fetch up to N results (default 100, max 1000)

# Overview: totals grouped by category/severity/language
codacy issues gh my-org my-repo --overview                     # short flag: -O
codacy issues gh my-org my-repo -O -o json                     # JSON — includes per-pattern issue counts and false positive counts

The --overview output includes:

• False positive counts per pattern — labeled as "Not a False Positive" / "Potential False Positive"
• Suggested actions to reduce noise — identifies patterns accounting for 10%+ of all issues or 3x the average per-pattern count, and generates ready-to-run codacy pattern disable commands for each. If a pattern is enforced by a coding standard or uses a config file, the suggestion adapts accordingly (e.g., suggests editing the coding standard or the config file instead)

# Full details for a single issue
codacy issue gh my-org my-repo <issueId>

# Ignore / unignore an issue
codacy issue gh my-org my-repo <issueId> --ignore
codacy issue gh my-org my-repo <issueId> --ignore --ignore-reason FalsePositive --ignore-comment "Not applicable here"
codacy issue gh my-org my-repo <issueId> --unignore

# Bulk-ignore all issues matching filters
codacy issues gh my-org my-repo --severities Minor --categories CodeStyle --ignore

Filters: --branch, --patterns, --severities (Critical,High,Medium,Minor), --categories, --languages, --tools, --tags, --authors

Ignore reasons: AcceptedUse (default) | FalsePositive | NotExploitable | TestCode | ExternalCode

Security findings

# List findings
codacy findings gh my-org my-repo
codacy findings gh my-org                       # org-wide
codacy findings gh my-org my-repo --severities Critical,High
codacy findings gh my-org my-repo --statuses Overdue,DueSoon
codacy findings gh my-org my-repo --limit 500   # fetch up to N results (default 100, max 1000)

# Full details for a single finding (includes CVE data)
codacy finding gh my-org my-repo <findingId>

# Ignore / unignore a finding
codacy finding gh my-org my-repo <findingId> --ignore
codacy finding gh my-org my-repo <findingId> --ignore --ignore-reason FalsePositive --ignore-comment "Verified safe"
codacy finding gh my-org my-repo <findingId> --unignore

Filters: --search, --severities (Critical,High,Medium,Low), --statuses (Overdue,OnTrack,DueSoon,ClosedOnTime,ClosedLate,Ignored), --categories, --scan-types, --dast-targets

Ignore reasons: AcceptedUse (default) | FalsePositive | NotExploitable | TestCode | ExternalCode

Pull requests

# PR summary (status, issues, coverage, changed files)
codacy pull-request gh my-org my-repo <prNumber>

# Annotated git diff with coverage and inline issues
codacy pull-request gh my-org my-repo <prNumber> --diff

# Full details for a specific issue within the PR
codacy pull-request gh my-org my-repo <prNumber> --issue <issueId>

# Ignore a specific issue in the PR
codacy pull-request gh my-org my-repo <prNumber> --ignore-issue <issueId>
codacy pull-request gh my-org my-repo <prNumber> --ignore-issue <issueId> --ignore-reason FalsePositive
codacy pull-request gh my-org my-repo <prNumber> --unignore-issue <issueId>

# Ignore all potential false positive issues in the PR at once
codacy pull-request gh my-org my-repo <prNumber> --ignore-all-false-positives

# Trigger reanalysis of PR HEAD commit
codacy pull-request gh my-org my-repo <prNumber> --reanalyze
codacy pull-request gh my-org my-repo <prNumber> --reanalyze-and-wait   # trigger and wait for completion

Tools & patterns

# List all tools (enabled/disabled)
codacy tools gh my-org my-repo

# Enable or disable a tool
codacy tool gh my-org my-repo eslint --enable
codacy tool gh my-org my-repo eslint --disable
codacy tool gh my-org my-repo eslint --configuration-file true

# List patterns for a tool
codacy patterns gh my-org my-repo eslint
codacy patterns gh my-org my-repo eslint --enabled --categories Security
codacy patterns gh my-org my-repo pylint --search W0123

# Full details for a specific pattern (description, parameters, severity, category)
codacy pattern gh my-org my-repo eslint no-unused-vars

# Enable, disable, or configure a pattern
codacy pattern gh my-org my-repo eslint no-unused-vars --enable
codacy pattern gh my-org my-repo eslint no-unused-vars --disable
codacy pattern gh my-org my-repo eslint max-len --parameter max=120

# Enable or disable all patterns matching specific filters
codacy patterns gh my-org my-repo eslint --categories Security --severities Critical,High --enable-all
codacy patterns gh my-org my-repo pylint --categories CodeStyle --severities Minor --disable-all

Configuration file and coding standard awareness:

• When a tool uses a local configuration file (--configuration-file true), codacy patterns skips fetching managed patterns (they don't apply)
• When a pattern is enforced by a coding standard, --enable/--disable will refuse the operation with a message indicating which standard enforces it. Update the coding standard at the organization level instead, or unlink the standard from the repository first (codacy repository ... --unlink-standard <id>)

Pattern search tip: Codacy pattern IDs combine tool prefix and original ID. Use --search with the original ID to find them:

codacy patterns gh my-org my-repo semgrep --search HttpGetHTTPRequest
codacy patterns gh my-org my-repo pylint --search W0123

Importing configuration

# Import tool and pattern configuration from a local config file
codacy tools gh my-org my-repo --import                          # imports from .codacy/codacy.config.json (default path)
codacy tools gh my-org my-repo --import ./custom-config.json     # imports from a custom path
codacy tools gh my-org my-repo --import -y                       # skip confirmation prompt
codacy tools gh my-org my-repo --import --force -y               # unlink coding standard first, then import

The --import flag reads a local .codacy/codacy.config.json (or a specified path) and applies the tool and pattern configuration to the Codacy Cloud repository. Use -y (--skip-approval) to skip the interactive confirmation. Use --force to unlink the repository from its Coding Standard before importing — this is required when org-level standards block pattern changes.

Import behavior:

• Preserves cloud-only tools during import — only tools supported locally are modified; cloud-only tools (e.g., SonarSharp, Codacy ScalaMeta Pro) keep their existing enabled/disabled state
• Handles config-file mode correctly — when a tool uses a local configuration file, the import skips resetting its managed patterns (they don't apply)
• Surfaces structured API error details on import failures, including which tools/patterns conflicted and why

Note: The .codacy/codacy.config.json file is for local analysis only. Committing it to the repository does NOT affect Codacy Cloud. The --import command is the only way to sync local config to Cloud.

Common workflows

Check critical security issues in a repo:

codacy findings gh my-org my-repo --severities Critical,High

Review what a PR introduced:

codacy pull-request gh my-org my-repo 42
codacy pull-request gh my-org my-repo 42 --diff

Understand a specific issue:

codacy issue gh my-org my-repo <issueId>   # includes pattern docs and code context

Trigger reanalysis and wait for results:

codacy repository gh my-org my-repo --reanalyze-and-wait
codacy repository gh my-org my-repo -w -o json    # JSON delta report with issue changes by pattern/severity/category

Identify and reduce noise:

codacy issues gh my-org my-repo --overview        # see false positive counts and suggested actions to reduce noise