chainctl
chainctl Chainguard Control
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For the complete documentation index, see llms.txt.
Create a custom Libraries policy.
chainctl libraries policy-gate create --name NAME [--parent ORGANIZATION_NAME | ORGANIZATION_ID] [--cooldown-days N] [--block ...] [--allow ...] [flags] # Create a policy with a cooldown window and a blocked package
chainctl libraries policy-gate create --name=trusted --parent=example.com \
--cooldown-days=14 --block=purl=pkg:pypi/evil
# Allow a package to bypass the malware gate (justification required)
chainctl libraries policy-gate create --name=trusted --parent=example.com \
--allow=purl=pkg:pypi/requests,bypass-malware=true,justification="vetted internally" --allow stringArray An allow-list entry, formatted as comma-separated key=value pairs (e.g. purl=pkg:pypi/requests,bypass-cooldown=true,bypass-malware=true,justification="..."). Repeatable.
--block stringArray A block-list entry, formatted as comma-separated key=value pairs (e.g. purl=pkg:pypi/requests). Repeatable.
--cooldown-days int32 The cooldown window in days (0 disables, 1-30 explicit, omit to inherit the default). (default -1)
--description string The description of the policy.
--name string The name of the policy.
--parent string The name or id of the organization to scope the policy to. --api string The url of the Chainguard platform API. (default "https://console-api.enforce.dev")
--audience string The Chainguard token audience to request. (default "https://console-api.enforce.dev")
--config string A specific chainctl config file. Uses CHAINCTL_CONFIG environment variable if a file is not passed explicitly.
--console string The url of the Chainguard platform Console. (default "https://console.chainguard.dev")
--force-color Force color output even when stdout is not a TTY.
-h, --help Help for chainctl
--issuer string The url of the Chainguard STS endpoint. (default "https://issuer.enforce.dev")
--log-level string Set the log level (debug, info) (default "ERROR")
-o, --output string Output format. One of: [csv, env, go-template, id, json, markdown, none, table, terse, tree, wide]
-v, --v int Set the log verbosity level.Last updated: 2026-06-10 18:28