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Auth precedence

Authentication is resolved in this order, highest priority first:
  1. CLI flag — --token <value> on any command
  2. Environment variable — ZOMBIE_TOKEN
  3. Stored credentials — written by zombiectl login to ~/.config/zombiectl/credentials
A value at a higher level always wins. Use ZOMBIE_TOKEN in CI so no interactive login is needed. Use --token for one-off overrides without touching stored credentials.

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API URL precedence

  1. CLI flag — --api https://...
  2. Environment variable — ZOMBIE_API_URL
  3. .env.local — dev fallback file in the current directory
  4. Built-in default — https://api.usezombie.com

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Environment variables

VariablePurposeDefault
ZOMBIE_API_URLAPI base URLhttps://api.usezombie.com
ZOMBIE_TOKENAuth token (for CI and scripts)(from zombiectl login)

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CI usage

In CI environments, set ZOMBIE_TOKEN from your secrets manager and use --no-input for non-interactive operation: 
export ZOMBIE_TOKEN="$ZOMBIE_SECRET"
zombiectl runs list --no-input --json