Retrieving Metrics with Trackio CLI
The trackio CLI provides direct terminal access to query Trackio experiment tracking data locally without needing to start the MCP server.
Quick Command Reference
| Task | Command |
|---|---|
| List projects | trackio list projects |
| List runs | trackio list runs --project <name> |
| List metrics | trackio list metrics --project <name> --run <name> |
| List system metrics | trackio list system-metrics --project <name> --run <name> |
| Get project summary | trackio get project --project <name> |
| Get run summary | trackio get run --project <name> --run <name> |
| Get metric values | trackio get metric --project <name> --run <name> --metric <name> |
| Get system metrics | trackio get system-metric --project <name> --run <name> |
| Show dashboard | trackio show [--project <name>] |
| Sync to Space | trackio sync --project <name> --space-id <space_id> |
Core Commands
List Commands
bash
trackio list projects # List all projects
trackio list projects --json # JSON output
trackio list runs --project <name> # List runs in project
trackio list runs --project <name> --json # JSON output
trackio list metrics --project <name> --run <name> # List metrics for run
trackio list metrics --project <name> --run <name> --json
trackio list system-metrics --project <name> --run <name> # List system metrics
trackio list system-metrics --project <name> --run <name> --jsonGet Commands
bash
trackio get project --project <name> # Project summary
trackio get project --project <name> --json # JSON output
trackio get run --project <name> --run <name> # Run summary
trackio get run --project <name> --run <name> --json
trackio get metric --project <name> --run <name> --metric <name> # Metric values
trackio get metric --project <name> --run <name> --metric <name> --json
trackio get system-metric --project <name> --run <name> # All system metrics
trackio get system-metric --project <name> --run <name> --metric <name> # Specific metric
trackio get system-metric --project <name> --run <name> --jsonDashboard Commands
bash
trackio show # Launch dashboard
trackio show --project <name> # Load specific project
trackio show --theme <theme> # Custom theme
trackio show --mcp-server # Enable MCP server
trackio show --color-palette "#FF0000,#00FF00" # Custom colorsSync Commands
bash
trackio sync --project <name> --space-id <space_id> # Sync to HF Space
trackio sync --project <name> --space-id <space_id> --private # Private space
trackio sync --project <name> --space-id <space_id> --force # OverwriteOutput Formats
All list and get commands support two output formats:
- Human-readable (default): Formatted text for terminal viewing
- JSON (with
--jsonflag): Structured JSON for programmatic use
Common Patterns
Discover Projects and Runs
bash
# List all available projects
trackio list projects
# List runs in a project
trackio list runs --project my-project
# Get project overview
trackio get project --project my-project --jsonInspect Run Details
bash
# Get run summary with all metrics
trackio get run --project my-project --run my-run --json
# List available metrics
trackio list metrics --project my-project --run my-run
# Get specific metric values
trackio get metric --project my-project --run my-run --metric loss --jsonQuery System Metrics
bash
# List system metrics (GPU, etc.)
trackio list system-metrics --project my-project --run my-run
# Get all system metric data
trackio get system-metric --project my-project --run my-run --json
# Get specific system metric
trackio get system-metric --project my-project --run my-run --metric gpu_utilization --jsonAutomation Scripts
bash
# Extract latest metric value
LATEST_LOSS=$(trackio get metric --project my-project --run my-run --metric loss --json | jq -r '.values[-1].value')
# Export run summary to file
trackio get run --project my-project --run my-run --json > run_summary.json
# Filter runs with jq
trackio list runs --project my-project --json | jq '.runs[] | select(startswith("train"))'LLM Agent Workflow
bash
# 1. Discover available projects
trackio list projects --json
# 2. Explore project structure
trackio get project --project my-project --json
# 3. Inspect specific run
trackio get run --project my-project --run my-run --json
# 4. Query metric values
trackio get metric --project my-project --run my-run --metric accuracy --jsonError Handling
Commands validate inputs and return clear errors:
- Missing project:
Error: Project '<name>' not found. - Missing run:
Error: Run '<name>' not found in project '<project>'. - Missing metric:
Error: Metric '<name>' not found in run '<run>' of project '<project>'.
All errors exit with non-zero status code and write to stderr.
Key Options
--project: Project name (required for most commands)--run: Run name (required for run-specific commands)--metric: Metric name (required for metric-specific commands)--json: Output in JSON format instead of human-readable--theme: Dashboard theme (forshowcommand)--mcp-server: Enable MCP server mode (forshowcommand)--color-palette: Comma-separated hex colors (forshowcommand)--private: Create private Space (forsynccommand)--force: Overwrite existing database (forsynccommand)
JSON Output Structure
List Projects
json
\{"projects": ["project1", "project2"]\}List Runs
json
\{"project": "my-project", "runs": ["run1", "run2"]\}Project Summary
json
\{
"project": "my-project",
"num_runs": 3,
"runs": ["run1", "run2", "run3"],
"last_activity": 100
\}Run Summary
json
\{
"project": "my-project",
"run": "my-run",
"num_logs": 50,
"metrics": ["loss", "accuracy"],
"config": \{"learning_rate": 0.001\},
"last_step": 49
\}Metric Values
json
\{
"project": "my-project",
"run": "my-run",
"metric": "loss",
"values": [
\{"step": 0, "timestamp": "2024-01-01T00:00:00", "value": 0.5\},
\{"step": 1, "timestamp": "2024-01-01T00:01:00", "value": 0.4\}
]
\}References
- Complete CLI documentation: See docs/source/cli_commands.md
- API and MCP Server: See docs/source/api_mcp_server.md