Process Command

CLI reference for the process command

Process Command

Process individual GitHub issues with Simili Bot analysis.

Syntax

simili process [OPTIONS]

Options

Option	Short	Type	Description	Default
--issue	-i	file	Path to issue JSON file	-
--number	-n	number	Issue number to fetch directly from GitHub	-
--repo		string	Repository override (owner/repo)	-
--org		string	Organization override	-
--config	-c	file	Path to configuration file	.github/simili.yaml
--dry-run		bool	Run without posting to GitHub	false
--workflow	-w	string	Workflow preset name	issue-triage
--verbose	-v	bool	Verbose output	false
--help	-h	bool	Show help message	-

Examples

Basic processing

Process a single issue from a JSON file:

simili process --issue event.json --config .github/simili.yaml

Fetch issue directly from GitHub

Fetch issue by number without a local JSON file:

simili process --number 42 --repo owner/repo --config .github/simili.yaml

Dry-run (Safe testing)

Test without posting to GitHub:

simili process --issue event.json --config .github/simili.yaml --dry-run

Custom workflow

Use a different analysis pipeline:

simili process --issue event.json --workflow similarity-only

Available workflows:

• issue-triage - Full analysis (default)
• similarity-only - Semantic search only
• index-only - Indexing only

Verbose output

Show detailed step-by-step execution:

simili process --issue event.json --verbose

Next steps

Index command

Bulk index issues and PRs

Auto-close command

Auto-close duplicate issues

PR duplicate command

Detect duplicate pull requests

Batch command

Batch process multiple issues