Sentry — Printing Press CLI
Prerequisites: Install the CLI
This skill drives the
binary.
You must verify the CLI is installed before invoking any command from this skill. If it is missing, install it first:
- Install via the Printing Press installer:
bash
npx -y @mvanhorn/printing-press install sentry --cli-only
- Verify:
- Ensure (or ) is on .
If the
install fails (no Node, offline, etc.), fall back to a direct Go install (requires Go 1.23+):
bash
go install github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/library/monitoring/sentry/cmd/sentry-pp-cli@latest
If
reports "command not found" after install, the install step did not put the binary on
. Do not proceed with skill commands until verification succeeds.
When to Use This CLI
Use this CLI when an agent or script needs structured access to Sentry organizations, projects, issues, events, releases, monitors, teams, and related observability data. Prefer it over a hosted MCP when you need local binaries, local sync/search/SQL, CSV/JSON output, or direct control over auth and region routing.
Unique Capabilities
These capabilities aren't available in any other tool for this API.
Read-only Sentry inventory
-
— List Sentry organizations available to the authenticated token with structured output.
Use this first when an agent needs to discover the organization slug for Sentry API work.
bash
sentry-pp-cli organizations list --json --select slug,name
-
— List the active LLM model names available through Sentry Seer.
Use this when an agent needs to know which Seer-backed model identifiers Sentry exposes.
bash
sentry-pp-cli seer --json
HTTP Transport
This CLI uses Chrome-compatible HTTP transport for browser-facing endpoints. It does not require a resident browser process for normal API calls.
Command Reference
organizations — Endpoints for organizations
sentry-pp-cli organizations list-your
— Return a list of organizations available to the authenticated session in a region. This is particularly useful for...
sentry-pp-cli organizations retrieve-an
— Return details on an individual organization, including various details such as membership access and teams.
sentry-pp-cli organizations update-an
— Update various attributes and configurable settings for the given organization.
projects — Endpoints for projects
sentry-pp-cli projects delete-a
— Schedules a project for deletion. Deletion happens asynchronously and therefore is not immediate. However once...
sentry-pp-cli projects retrieve-a
— Return details on an individual project.
sentry-pp-cli projects update-a
— Update various attributes and configurable settings for the given project. Note that solely having the...
seer — Endpoints for Seer features
- — Get list of actively used LLM model names from Seer. Returns the list of AI models that are currently used in...
sentry-app-installations — Manage sentry app installations
sentry-apps — Manage sentry apps
sentry-pp-cli sentry-apps delete-a-custom-integration
— Delete a custom integration.
sentry-pp-cli sentry-apps retrieve-a-custom-integration-by-id-or-slug
— Retrieve a custom integration.
sentry-pp-cli sentry-apps update-an-existing-custom-integration
— Update an existing custom integration.
teams — Endpoints for teams
sentry-pp-cli teams delete-a
— Schedules a team for deletion. Note: Deletion happens asynchronously and therefore is not immediate. Teams will...
sentry-pp-cli teams retrieve-a
— Return details on an individual team.
sentry-pp-cli teams update-a
— Update various attributes and configurable settings for the given team.
Finding the right command
When you know what you want to do but not which command does it, ask the CLI directly:
bash
sentry-pp-cli which "<capability in your own words>"
resolves a natural-language capability query to the best matching command from this CLI's curated feature index. Exit code
means at least one match; exit code
means no confident match — fall back to
or use a narrower query.
Recipes
Discover orgs
bash
sentry-pp-cli organizations list --json --select slug,name
Find organization slugs for scoped Sentry commands.
List projects for an org
bash
sentry-pp-cli organizations projects list-an-organization-s my-org --json --select slug,name
Find project slugs before project-scoped incident queries.
List issues narrowly
bash
sentry-pp-cli organizations issues list-an-organization-s my-org --agent --select shortId,title,count,userCount
Keep agent context focused while triaging current issues.
Export organization inventory
bash
sentry-pp-cli export organizations --format json --output sentry-organizations.json
Create a portable incident handoff file after syncing or listing data.
Inspect CLI capabilities
bash
sentry-pp-cli agent-context --pretty
Give an agent the live command and auth surface before choosing a Sentry operation.
Auth Setup
Set SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN to a Sentry user or organization token with read scopes such as org:read, project:read, and event:read. Set SENTRY_REGION=de for EU-region SaaS organizations, or configure the base URL for self-hosted Sentry if supported by the generated config.
Agent Mode
Add
to any command. Expands to:
--json --compact --no-input --no-color --yes
.
-
Pipeable — JSON on stdout, errors on stderr
-
Filterable —
keeps a subset of fields. Dotted paths descend into nested structures; arrays traverse element-wise. Critical for keeping context small on verbose APIs:
bash
sentry-pp-cli organizations list-your --agent --select id,name,status
-
Previewable —
shows the request without sending
-
Offline-friendly — sync/search commands can use the local SQLite store when available
-
Non-interactive — never prompts, every input is a flag
Response envelope
Commands that read from the local store or the API wrap output in a provenance envelope:
json
{
"meta": {"source": "live" | "local", "synced_at": "...", "reason": "..."},
"results": <data>
}
Parse
for data and
to know whether it's live or local. A human-readable
summary is printed to stderr only when stdout is a terminal — piped/agent consumers get pure JSON on stdout.
Agent Feedback
When you (or the agent) notice something off about this CLI, record it:
sentry-pp-cli feedback "the --since flag is inclusive but docs say exclusive"
sentry-pp-cli feedback --stdin < notes.txt
sentry-pp-cli feedback list --json --limit 10
Entries are stored locally at
~/.sentry-pp-cli/feedback.jsonl
. They are never POSTed unless
is set AND either
is passed or
SENTRY_FEEDBACK_AUTO_SEND=true
. Default behavior is local-only.
Write what surprised you, not a bug report. Short, specific, one line: that is the part that compounds.
Output Delivery
Every command accepts
. The output goes to the named sink in addition to (or instead of) stdout, so agents can route command results without hand-piping. Three sinks are supported:
| Sink | Effect |
|---|
| Default; write to stdout only |
| Atomically write output to (tmp + rename) |
| POST the output body to the URL ( or when ) |
Unknown schemes are refused with a structured error naming the supported set. Webhook failures return non-zero and log the URL + HTTP status on stderr.
Named Profiles
A profile is a saved set of flag values, reused across invocations. Use it when a scheduled agent calls the same command every run with the same configuration - HeyGen's "Beacon" pattern.
sentry-pp-cli profile save briefing --json
sentry-pp-cli --profile briefing organizations list-your
sentry-pp-cli profile list --json
sentry-pp-cli profile show briefing
sentry-pp-cli profile delete briefing --yes
Explicit flags always win over profile values; profile values win over defaults.
lists all available profiles under
so introspecting agents discover them at runtime.
Exit Codes
| Code | Meaning |
|---|
| 0 | Success |
| 2 | Usage error (wrong arguments) |
| 3 | Resource not found |
| 4 | Authentication required |
| 5 | API error (upstream issue) |
| 7 | Rate limited (wait and retry) |
| 10 | Config error |
Argument Parsing
- Empty, , or → show output
- Starts with → ends with → MCP installation; otherwise → see Prerequisites above
- Anything else → Direct Use (execute as CLI command with )
MCP Server Installation
- Install the MCP server:
bash
go install github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/library/monitoring/sentry/cmd/sentry-pp-mcp@latest
- Register with Claude Code:
bash
claude mcp add sentry-pp-mcp -- sentry-pp-mcp
- Verify:
Direct Use
- Check if installed:
If not found, offer to install (see Prerequisites at the top of this skill).
- Match the user query to the best command from the Unique Capabilities and Command Reference above.
- Execute with the flag:
bash
sentry-pp-cli <command> [subcommand] [args] --agent
- If ambiguous, drill into subcommand help:
sentry-pp-cli <command> --help
.