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

Output machine-readable JSON instead of the human table (for status, vault ls, device ls, env ls). Stable field names for scripting

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)