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Synopsis

kosli create flow FLOW-NAME [flags]
Create or update a Kosli flow. You can specify flow parameters in flags. FLOW-NAMEs must start with a letter or number, and only contain letters, numbers, ., -, _, and ~.

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Flags

FlagDescription
--description string[optional] The Kosli flow description.
-D, --dry-run[optional] Run in dry-run mode. When enabled, no data is sent to Kosli and the CLI exits with 0 exit code regardless of any errors.
-h, --helphelp for flow
-t, --template strings[defaulted] The comma-separated list of required compliance controls names.
-f, --template-file string[optional] The path to a yaml template file. Cannot be used together with --use-empty-template
--use-empty-templateUse an empty template for the flow creation without specifying a file. Cannot be used together with --template or --template-file
--visibility string[defaulted] The visibility of the Kosli flow. Valid visibilities are [public, private]. (default “private”)

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Flags inherited from parent commands

FlagDescription
-a, --api-token stringThe Kosli API token.
-c, --config-file string[optional] The Kosli config file path. (default “kosli”)
--debug[optional] Print debug logs to stdout.
-H, --host string[defaulted] The Kosli endpoint. (default “https://app.kosli.com”)
--http-proxy string[optional] The HTTP proxy URL including protocol and port number. e.g. http://proxy-server-ip:proxy-port
-r, --max-api-retries int[defaulted] How many times should API calls be retried when the API host is not reachable. (default 3)
--org stringThe Kosli organization.
-q, --quiet[optional] Suppress non-critical warning messages. Errors and normal output are not affected. If both --quiet and --debug are set, --debug wins.

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Live Examples in different CI systems

View an example of the kosli create flow command in GitHub.In this YAML file

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Examples Use Cases

These examples all assume that the flags --api-token, --org, --host, (and --flow, --trail when required), are set/provided. 
kosli create flow yourFlowName 
	--description yourFlowDescription 
	--visibility private OR public 
	--use-empty-template 


kosli create flow yourFlowName 
	--description yourFlowDescription 
	--visibility private OR public 
	--template-file /path/to/your/template/file.yml
Last modified on May 14, 2026