---
title: "Commands"
description: "Every vakna command: its flags with their defaults, examples with what they print, exit codes and JSON."
verified:
  cli: "0.0.0-mock"
  date: "2026-10-20"
---

Every `vakna` command: its flags with their defaults, examples with what they print, exit codes and JSON.

- [vakna attach: watch a box's terminal, read-only](https://vakna.com/docs/commands/attach): Watch a box's terminal, read-only; resumes it if suspended.
- [vakna claim: keep a trial box](https://vakna.com/docs/commands/claim): Keep a trial box: sign in and it stays yours.
- [vakna create: create a box](https://vakna.com/docs/commands/create): Create a box; its name goes to stdout.
- [vakna delete: delete boxes](https://vakna.com/docs/commands/delete): Delete boxes; this can't be undone.
- [vakna fork](https://vakna.com/docs/commands/fork): Fork a box n times from a snapshot and run a command in each.
- [vakna health: check that the API is serving](https://vakna.com/docs/commands/health): Check that the API is serving.
- [vakna list: list boxes](https://vakna.com/docs/commands/list): List boxes.
- [vakna net allow](https://vakna.com/docs/commands/net-allow): Let boxes reach a host through Vakna's proxy; egress is in lockdown.
- [vakna receipt](https://vakna.com/docs/commands/receipt): What a box or a task cost, and what the platform did.
- [vakna resume](https://vakna.com/docs/commands/resume): Resume a suspended box where it left off.
- [vakna run: create a box and run a command in it](https://vakna.com/docs/commands/run): Create a box and run a command in it; the box's name goes to stderr.
- [vakna shell: run a command in a box](https://vakna.com/docs/commands/shell): Run a command in a box; its output and exit code pass through.
- [vakna snapshot](https://vakna.com/docs/commands/snapshot): Take a point-in-time image of a box, to fork from.
- [vakna status: a task's boxes](https://vakna.com/docs/commands/status): A task's boxes: totals first, then the ones that need you.
- [vakna suspend: suspend a box](https://vakna.com/docs/commands/suspend): Suspend a box; its processes and ports wait, compute isn't billed.
- [vakna try](https://vakna.com/docs/commands/try): Run a public repo's tests in a trial box, no account.