CLI Overview - ProvenLog

The plog CLI works with both local SQLite databases and remote servers.

Installation

# From PyPI (Python SDK + CLI)
pip install provenlog

# From source (full CLI with dashboard)
git clone https://github.com/provenlog/provenlog.git
cd provenlog && make install

Commands

Command	Description
`plog run`	Wrap a Python agent with automatic instrumentation
`plog serve`	Start the ProvenLog server and dashboard
`plog log`	Query the audit trail
`plog verify`	Verify hash chain integrity
`plog export`	Export verifiable evidence packages
`plog policy`	Run compliance policy checks
`plog timestamp`	Request RFC 3161 timestamps
`plog proxy`	Start the MCP proxy
`plog ingest`	Pipe events from stdin
`plog playground`	Interactive integration tester
`plog openclaw`	OpenClaw Gateway observer

Global flags

All commands support targeting a remote server:

plog <command> --server http://localhost:7600

Without --server, commands operate on the local SQLite database at ~/.provenlog/events.db.