Output formats - Continuous

Responses print to stdout. Errors print to stderr and the CLI exits with code 1.

Formats

Set --output-format (-o), or a default with CONTINUOUS_OUTPUT_FORMAT or output_format in ~/.config/continuous/config.yaml. The flag, the variable, and the file resolve in the order given in Authentication.

Format	Use it for
`pretty`	Reading in a terminal. Default outside agent mode.
`json`	Scripts. The CLI prints the response body as the API returned it.
`yaml`	Reading nested objects. See Known issues before you parse it in a script.
`table`	One object at a time. Scalar fields become rows; nested objects, timestamps, and lists of objects are left out, so a list response shows only `next_cursor`.
`toon`	TOON (Token-Oriented Object Notation), a compact text format for coding agents. Default in agent mode.

continuous simulators list --output-format json

Filter with jq

--jq (-q) runs a jq expression on the response and prints each result as JSON. It overrides --output-format.

continuous simulators list --status ready --jq '.simulators[] | {id, name}'

Include response headers

--include-headers adds the HTTP response headers to the output. In json, yaml, toon, and --jq modes they appear under a _response_headers key. In pretty mode they print after the body.

Color

--color auto (default) colors output only when stdout is a terminal; under auto, NO_COLOR turns color off and FORCE_COLOR turns it on. --color always and --color never override both. Agent mode never colors output.