lsqueezy

A production-grade CLI for the Lemon Squeezy API — stores, products, orders, subscriptions, customers, discounts, and license keys.

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A polished, production-grade command-line interface for Lemon Squeezy — manage stores, products, orders, subscriptions, customers, discounts, license keys, checkouts, and webhooks, and script it all with table/json/yaml/csv output, a --jq filter, named accounts, retries, and an MCP server for AI agents.

Built with the cliwright playbook: a generic core with thin resources, secrets in the OS keyring, idempotent-only retries, and a --dry-run that prints the equivalent curl. Lemon Squeezy speaks JSON:API; lsqueezy hides that envelope behind flat, table-friendly records and a --rel name=type:id flag for relationships.

Install

# Install script (macOS/Linux) — downloads the release binary, verifies its checksum
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jjuanrivvera/lemon-squeezy-cli/main/install.sh | sh

# Homebrew (tap)
brew install jjuanrivvera/lemon-squeezy-cli/lemon-squeezy-cli

# Go
go install github.com/jjuanrivvera/lemon-squeezy-cli@latest

Quickstart

# 1. Authenticate (key is stored in the OS keyring, verified against /users/me)
lsqueezy auth login --api-key eyJ0eXAiOi...
#    ...or, for CI / headless use:
export LEMONSQUEEZY_API_KEY=eyJ0eXAiOi...

# 2. Browse
lsqueezy stores list
lsqueezy products list --store-id 1 --all
lsqueezy orders get 12345 -o json

# 3. Act
lsqueezy customers create --set name=Acme --set email=ops@acme.co --rel store=stores:1
lsqueezy subscriptions cancel 9999
lsqueezy orders refund 12345 --amount 500

# 4. Inspect anything without sending it
lsqueezy subscriptions cancel 9999 --dry-run
#  -> curl -X DELETE 'https://api.lemonsqueezy.com/v1/subscriptions/9999' \
#       -H 'Authorization: Bearer REDACTED' -H 'Accept: application/vnd.api+json'

Resources

Resource	Verbs	Notes
stores	list, get	read-only
products	list, get	read-only
variants	list, get	read-only
prices	list, get	read-only
files	list, get	read-only
customers	list, get, create, update, archive	archive sets status=archived
orders	list, get, refund, generate-invoice	refund is irreversible
order-items	list, get	read-only
subscriptions	list, get, update, cancel	cancel = DELETE
subscription-items	list, get, update, current-usage	usage-based billing
subscription-invoices	list, get, refund, generate-invoice
usage-records	list, get, create
discounts	list, get, create, delete
discount-redemptions	list, get	read-only
license-keys	list, get, update
license-key-instances	list, get	read-only
checkouts	list, get, create	custom checkouts
webhooks	list, get, create, update, delete	full CRUD
users	me	the authenticated user
license	activate, validate, deactivate	License API (not JSON:API)

Creating & updating (JSON:API)

Writes take attributes via --data (raw JSON or @file) and/or repeated --set key=value, and relationships via repeated --rel name=type:id. The JSON:API envelope is added for you.

lsqueezy customers create --set name=Acme --set email=a@b.co --rel store=stores:1
lsqueezy webhooks create \
  --data '{"url":"https://x.co/hook","events":["order_created","subscription_updated"]}' \
  --rel store=stores:1
lsqueezy subscriptions update 9999 --set pause=null --dry-run

Output & filtering

lsqueezy orders list -o csv
lsqueezy products list -o yaml --columns id,name,status
lsqueezy subscriptions list --filter status=active --all
lsqueezy orders list --store-id 1 --limit 50 --sort -createdAt

Global flags: -o/--output (table|json|yaml|csv), --jq <expr>, --columns, --filter, --sort, --all, --limit, --page, --account, --base-url, --dry-run, --show-token, --no-color, --quiet, -v/--verbose. Table color is on only for a TTY and honors NO_COLOR.

--jq runs a built-in gojq program over the result before it renders, in any format:

lsqueezy orders list -o json --jq '.[].id'
lsqueezy orders list --jq '[.[] | {id, email: .user_email, total: .total_formatted}]'
lsqueezy stores get 1 -o json --jq '.total_sales'

License keys (License API)

The License API works with just a license key (the store API key is optional), so it's safe to ship in customer-facing tooling:

lsqueezy license validate   --key 38b1460a-5104-4067-a91d-77b872934d51
lsqueezy license activate   --key 38b1460a-... --instance-name my-laptop
lsqueezy license deactivate --key 38b1460a-... --instance-id 1c0c...

Meta commands

auth login|logout|status, config path|view|set|use|list-profiles, init, doctor, completion, alias set|list|remove, api <METHOD> <PATH>, version.

AI agents (MCP + guard)

# Run lsqueezy as an MCP server so an agent can drive the API
lsqueezy mcp start

# Generate agent safety rules from the live command tree
lsqueezy agent guard --host claude-code   # refund/cancel/delete/deactivate denied, writes ask
lsqueezy agent guard --host codex
lsqueezy agent guard --host opencode

The MCP surface excludes setup/secret commands (auth, config, --api-key, --show-token, --account and its hidden --profile alias, --base-url) so an agent can't read the key or switch accounts.

Configuration & precedence

flag > env (LEMONSQUEEZY_*) > config file > default. Config lives at $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/lemon-squeezy-cli/config.yaml (or ~/.lemon-squeezy-cli/config.yaml). The API key is stored in the OS keyring (with an encrypted-file fallback for headless boxes), never in the config file. A profile is an account, so the selector is --account: one machine can hold several keys (e.g. a live key and a test-mode key) and switch between them — lsqueezy --account test orders list (or LEMONSQUEEZY_ACCOUNT=test). --profile still works as a hidden back-compat alias.

Development

make build      # build bin/lsqueezy
make check      # fmt + vet + lint + test (local gate)
make verify     # DETERMINISTIC gate: check + spec-check + spec-completeness + cover-check + dod
make judge      # LLM-scored subjective gate (needs claude/codex; not part of verify)
make accept     # full acceptance: verify + judge
make docs-build # regenerate the CLI reference and build the docs site (mkdocs, strict)
make setup-hooks

make verify is the token-free gate CI runs; make judge adds the one non-deterministic LLM check, and make accept is both together (the build-acceptance gate).

Docs site

The documentation is MkDocs (Material theme). make docs-gen regenerates the per-command reference from the live CLI into docs/commands/, and make docs-build builds the whole site (getting-started + user-guide + command reference).

Roadmap

Everything below is now shipped:

• Docs site — mkdocs.yml + getting-started and user-guide pages; make docs-build passes.
• --jq output filter — a global --jq <expr> (gojq) filters the result before rendering.
• API completeness — the manifest wraps the full Lemon Squeezy API (Store + License API), enumerated against the official SDK (59/59 methods; enforced by make spec-completeness).
• Deeper tests — broadened the httptest mock coverage across the resource set (≥80% gate).
• Per-account selector — --account (with --profile kept as a hidden alias).

License

MIT — see LICENSE.