For AI agents: The documentation index is at https://docs.digitalocean.com/llms.txt. Markdown versions of pages use the same URL with index.html.md in place of the HTML page (for example, append index.html.md to the directory path instead of opening the HTML document).

doctl is the official DigitalOcean command line interface (CLI).

Features

doctl allows you to interact with the DigitalOcean API via the command line. It supports most functionality found in the Control Panel. You can create, configure, and destroy DigitalOcean resources like Droplets, Kubernetes clusters, firewalls, load balancers, database clusters, domains, and more. You can also manage AI resources, like agents and knowledge bases, and run serverless inference requests against hosted models.

Official doctl builds are available for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Documentation

How to Install and Configure doctl

Install and configure doctl, the official DigitalOcean command-line client (CLI).

Command Line Interface (CLI) Reference for doctl

A complete reference for every command provided by the doctl command line interface (CLI).

Resources

doctl is open source software. Find the source code or report issues at the digitalocean/doctl repository on GitHub.

Find additional tutorials in our documentation and on the DigitalOcean community site:

• How to Work with DigitalOcean Load Balancers Using doctl
• How To Secure Web Server Infrastructure With DigitalOcean Cloud Firewalls Using doctl
• How To Work with DigitalOcean Block Storage Using doctl

Limits

• doctl supports managing Spaces access keys with doctl spaces keys, but does not support object storage operations, like uploading or downloading files. Because the Spaces API is S3-compatible, you can use S3-compatible command line tools like s3cmd to manage the contents of your buckets.

Latest Updates

29 September 2026

• Released v1.175.0 of doctl, the official DigitalOcean CLI. This release deprecates the doctl gradient commands.

  doctl gradient agent commands have no CLI replacement. To manage agents, use the control panel or API.

  doctl gradient knowledge-base commands work but will be removed in a future release. Use doctl knowledge-base instead.

  To list models, regions, and OpenAI keys, use the doctl serverless-inference commands.

23 July 2026

• Released v1.164.0 of doctl, the official DigitalOcean CLI. This release adds commands for managing Secrets Manager secrets and Network File Storage access points.

25 June 2026

• Released v1.163.0 of doctl, the official DigitalOcean CLI. This release adds a vector-databases command group for managing vector databases.

For more information, see the full release notes.