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Send a Message

Send a message to a Chatbot, Chatflow, Agent, or Text Generator app by passing it as a positional argument to difyctl run app. The reply prints to stdout.

difyctl run app 0a1b2c3d-4e5f-6789-abcd-ef0123456789 "What are your business hours?"

# save just the reply to a file; hints and errors go to stderr, not stdout
difyctl run app 0a1b2c3d-4e5f-6789-abcd-ef0123456789 "Summarize this week's tickets" > reply.txt

Run a Workflow

Pass the inputs as a single JSON object with --inputs instead of a positional message. The outputs print to stdout as JSON.

difyctl run app 7f3e9a2b-1c4d-4e8f-9a0b-2d5c8e1f4a7b --inputs '{"topic":"quarterly report"}'

# read large input sets from a file instead
difyctl run app 7f3e9a2b-1c4d-4e8f-9a0b-2d5c8e1f4a7b --inputs-file inputs.json

Find Your Apps

List the apps in your workspace with difyctl get app. Narrow the list with --name or --mode.

difyctl get app

# filter by name substring or mode
difyctl get app --name report --mode workflow

# list apps from every workspace you belong to
difyctl get app -A

Stream a Long Response

Add --stream to print the response as it’s generated instead of all at once at the end.

difyctl run app 0a1b2c3d-4e5f-6789-abcd-ef0123456789 "Draft a launch announcement" --stream

Continue a Conversation

Copy the conversation ID from the hint that follows each Chatbot or Chatflow reply, then pass it back with --conversation to continue the same conversation.

difyctl run app 0a1b2c3d-4e5f-6789-abcd-ef0123456789 "What are your business hours?"
# hint: continue this conversation with --conversation 4f7d8c2a-9b1e-4c6d-8a3f-5e2b7c9d0a1f

difyctl run app 0a1b2c3d-4e5f-6789-abcd-ef0123456789 "And on weekends?" --conversation 4f7d8c2a-9b1e-4c6d-8a3f-5e2b7c9d0a1f

Get JSON Output for Scripts

Add -o json to any command to get the raw response as pipe-friendly JSON.

difyctl run app 0a1b2c3d-4e5f-6789-abcd-ef0123456789 "What are your business hours?" -o json | jq -r '.answer'

# extract fields from list output the same way
difyctl get app -o json | jq -r '.data[].id'

# get just the IDs, one per line, no jq needed
difyctl get app -o name

Switch Your Workspace Cloud

Change your active workspace with difyctl use workspace. List available workspaces with get workspace.

difyctl get workspace

difyctl use workspace 9c2f4e6a-8b1d-4f3e-a5c7-0d9e2b4f6a8c
# ✓ Switched to Marketing (9c2f4e6a-8b1d-4f3e-a5c7-0d9e2b4f6a8c)

# one-off: run a single command against another workspace without switching
difyctl get app --workspace 9c2f4e6a-8b1d-4f3e-a5c7-0d9e2b4f6a8c

Inspect an App’s Inputs

Before running an unfamiliar app, check its app type and input schema with difyctl describe app: names, types, and which inputs are required.

difyctl describe app 7f3e9a2b-1c4d-4e8f-9a0b-2d5c8e1f4a7b

# get the schema as JSON to build --inputs programmatically
difyctl describe app 7f3e9a2b-1c4d-4e8f-9a0b-2d5c8e1f4a7b -o json

​Send a Message

​Run a Workflow

​Find Your Apps

​Stream a Long Response

​Continue a Conversation

​Get JSON Output for Scripts

​Switch Your Workspace Cloud

​Inspect an App’s Inputs