mani init

Run this once per account, on your first device. It runs the non-skippable key-setup ceremony: generates your Account Master Key, wraps it under your password, shows your one-time 12-word recovery code, and verifies you saved it correctly before continuing.

Usage

mani init [OPTIONS]

Options

mani init --email <EMAIL>

Account email (defaults to the signed-in session)

mani init --timing

Print a per-phase timing breakdown to stderr (same as MANIFA_TIMING=1). Useful for diagnosing a slow sync / clone

mani init --json

Emit a machine-readable result envelope instead of human text (works on every command). Success prints {"ok":true,"value":…}; failure prints {"ok":false,"error":{"code":…,"message":…}} with a differentiated exit code. Stable field names for scripting/agents

mani init --password-stdin

Read the account password from the first line of stdin (non-interactive, for CI/automation). Skips the re-type confirmation — a typo in the piped secret permanently seals your key, so feed a verified value. Prefer this over an env var: stdin isn't visible in ps or inherited by hooks

mani init --quiet

Suppress progress and chatter — print only results and errors (alias: -q)

mani init --no-color

Never colorize output (also honored: the NO_COLOR env var). Color is off automatically when output isn't an interactive terminal

mani init --help

Print help (alias: -h)