agent safety

Agent safety answer

akamai CLI controls Akamai edge configuration and account resources.

Credential access

Reads Akamai credentials, edgerc files, account switches, and environment values.

Remote mutation

Can change edge properties, purge caches, and mutate account configuration.

Publish/artifact risk

Can publish edge delivery or security configuration.

Recommended control

Gate property, purge, credential, and activation commands.

Agent-use guidance

Allow read-only account inspection; require approval for activations, purges, and credential use.

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install akamai

local Homebrew formula metadata

overview

Package summary

CLI toolkit for working with Akamai's APIs

Project links

Commands and aliases

akamai

history

Project history and usage

Akamai CLI is Akamai's command-line framework for configuring Akamai platform products and APIs. The base `akamai` command is intentionally extensible: users install product-specific command packages, and those packages share conventions for authentication, command naming, and updates.

Project history

The public GitHub repository was created in May 2017. The README describes a base CLI that can install ready-to-use product packages or serve as a framework for custom solutions written in Go, Python, or JavaScript.

The project adopted a package-oriented model inside the CLI itself. Built-in commands such as `install`, `uninstall`, `update`, `upgrade`, `search`, and `config` manage command packages under `$HOME/.akamai-cli`, while product packages use executable naming conventions such as `akamai-<command>`.

Adoption history

Adoption follows Akamai's developer and operations audience. Official instructions cover release binaries, Homebrew, Docker images, and building from source, which made the CLI available both to local workstation users and CI/container users.

The README explicitly documents the Homebrew formula path for users who want package-manager updates, while non-Homebrew installs can use the CLI's own upgrade check introduced for v0.3.0 or later.

How it is used

The central operational file is `~/.edgerc`, the standard EdgeGrid credential file. Akamai-branded packages use it by default, and commands can override the file and section with `--edgerc` and `--section`.

A common workflow is to install the base `akamai` command, install a product package such as Property Manager, then run product-specific commands with shared global flags such as `--accountkey`, `--edgerc`, and `--section`.

Why package nerds care

Akamai CLI is interesting to package nerds because it is both a package and a package host. Homebrew installs the base binary, and the binary then manages its own Git-backed command packages in `$HOME/.akamai-cli`.

That layered model is common among vendor CLIs with broad API surfaces: keep the base command stable, then let product teams ship smaller command repositories without turning one formula into a giant monolith.

Timeline

2017: Public `akamai/cli` repository created.
v0.3.0 and later: README documents first-run automatic upgrade checks for non-Homebrew installs.
2026: Repository metadata still points users to Akamai developer CLI documentation.

Related projects

Akamai EdgeGrid: the authentication scheme and `.edgerc` credential format used by Akamai-branded CLI packages.
akamai-docker: official Docker images that bundle the CLI and public packages.
Akamai product CLI packages: GitHub repositories named with the `cli-` convention and installable through `akamai install`.

Sources

https://api.github.com/repos/akamai/cli
https://github.com/akamai/cli
https://techdocs.akamai.com/developer/docs/about-clis
input source_facts.repo

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: ~/.akamai-cli/config

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: ~/.edgerc

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`akamai`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version2.0.4

manager updated2026-06-09

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv2.0.4

https://github.com/akamai/cli

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:akamai
Version	2.0.4
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/akamai
Homepage	https://github.com/akamai/cli
Repository	https://github.com/akamai/cli
Upstream docs	https://github.com/akamai/cli
License	Apache-2.0
Source archive	https://github.com/akamai/cli/archive/refs/tags/v2.0.4.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-06-09T09:09:23Z
Pulse	updated
Build dependencies	go
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	akamai
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/akamai.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated agent safety answer
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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