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+## Description
+
+This library provides a `logseq` CLI for DB graph to be installed with npm or yarn. Most of this
+library is also compatible with ClojureScript for use on the frontend.
+
+## Usage
+
+First, install the CLI per [the dev setup instructions](#setup). Ensure that you have the [database-version](/README.md#-database-version) desktop app installed. If you can't install the CLI locally, the below commands can be run as `node cli.mjs` for `logseq` e.g. `node.cli.mjs -h`.
+
+All commands excepts for `search` can be used offline or on CI. For the `search` command and any command that has an optional api-query-token mode, you will need the [HTTP Server](https://docs.logseq.com/#/page/local%20http%20server) turned on in the Desktop app.
+
+Then use it!
+
+```
+$ logseq -h
+Usage: logseq [command] [options]
+
+Options:
+  -v, --version Print version
+
+Commands:
+list                 List graphs
+show                 Show DB graph(s) info
+search [options]     Search current DB graph
+query [options]      Query DB graph(s)
+export-edn [options] Export DB graph as EDN
+help                 Print a command's help
+
+
+$ logseq list
+DB Graphs:
+db-test
+docs
+woot
+...
+
+File Graphs:
+docs
+...
+
+$ logseq show db-test
+
+|                         Name |                                              Value |
+|------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------|
+|              Graph directory |                    /Users/me/logseq/graphs/db-test |
+|             Graph created at |                                     Jul 12th, 2025 |
+|         Graph schema version |                              {:major 65, :minor 7} |
+| Graph initial schema version |                              {:major 65, :minor 7} |
+|      Graph created by commit | https://github.com/logseq/logseq/commit/3c93fd2637 |
+|            Graph imported by |                                  :cli/create-graph |
+
+# Search your current graph and print results one per line like grep
+$ logseq search woot -a my-token
+Search found 100 results:
+dev:db-export woot woot.edn && dev:db-create woot2 woot.edn
+dev:db-diff woot woot2
+...
+
+# Local query using `d/entity` ids like a :db/ident
+$ logseq query woot :logseq.class/Tag
+({:block/uuid #uuid "00000002-5389-0208-3000-000000000000",
+  :block/updated-at 1751985393459,
+  :logseq.property.class/extends #{{:db/id 1}},
+  :block/refs #{{:db/id 1} {:db/id 23} {:db/id 40}},
+  :block/created-at 1751985393459,
+  :logseq.property/built-in? true,
+  :block/tags #{{:db/id 2}},
+  :block/title "Tag",
+  :db/id 2,
+  :db/ident :logseq.class/Tag,
+  :block/path-refs #{{:db/id 1} {:db/id 23} {:db/id 40}},
+  :block/name "tag"})
+
+# Local query using datalog
+$ logseq query woot '[:find (pull ?b [*]) :where [?b :kv/value]]'
+[{:db/id 5, :db/ident :logseq.kv/db-type, :kv/value "db"}
+ {:db/id 6,
+  :db/ident :logseq.kv/schema-version,
+  :kv/value {:major 65, :minor 7}}
+
+# Api query using a simple query
+# Api query can also take a datalog query like the local query
+$ logseq query '(task DOING)' -a my-token
+ [{:journalDay 20250717,
+   :name "jul 17th, 2025",
+   :title "Jul 17th, 2025",
+   :type "journal",
+   :uuid "00000001-2025-0717-0000-000000000000",
+   :id 36418,
+   :content "Jul 17th, 2025"},
+  :title
+  "DOING Logseq CLI\nid:: 68795144-e5f6-48e8-849d-79cd6473b952\n:LOGBOOK:\nCLOCK: [2025-07-17 Thu 12:37:09]\n:END:",
+  :propertiesOrder ["id"],
+  :id 37013,
+  :order "aF",
+  :uuid "68795144-e5f6-48e8-849d-79cd6473b952"}
+  ...
+
+# Export your DB graph as EDN
+$ logseq export-edn woot -f woot.edn
+Exported 16 properties, 16 classes and 36 pages
+```
+
+## API
+
+This library is under the parent namespace `logseq.cli`.
+
+## Dev
+
+This follows the practices that [the Logseq frontend
+follows](/docs/dev-practices.md). Most of the same linters are used, with
+configurations that are specific to this library. See [this library's CI
+file](/.github/workflows/cli.yml) for linting examples.
+
+### Setup
+
+First install the following dependencies:
+* Install node.js >= 22 and yarn or npm.
+* Run `yarn install` to install npm dependencies.
+* Install [babashka](https://github.com/babashka/babashka).
+
+To install the CLI locally, `npm i -g`.
+
+To run linters and tests, you'll want to install yarn dependencies once:
+```
+yarn install
+```
+
+### Testing
+
+Testing is done with nbb-logseq and
+[nbb-test-runner](https://github.com/nextjournal/nbb-test-runner). Some basic
+usage:
+
+```
+# Run all tests
+$ yarn test
+# List available options
+$ yarn test -H
+# Run tests with :focus metadata flag
+$ yarn test -i focus
+```
+
+### Managing dependencies
+
+See [standard nbb/cljs library advice in graph-parser](/deps/graph-parser/README.md#managing-dependencies).
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   "bin": {
     "logseq": "cli.mjs"
   },
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=22.17.0"
+  },
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
     "@logseq/nbb-logseq": "logseq/nbb-logseq#feat-db-v24",