Guara Cloud

GuaraCloud Platform

GuaraCloud is a Platform-as-a-Service that deploys containerized applications from GitHub repositories. Billing is in BRL (Brazilian Real).

Core Concepts

User — Authenticated via GitHub or Google OAuth. Has one subscription tier (hobby, pro, business, enterprise) that governs limits across all projects.

Project — Organizational unit containing one or more services. Each project is isolated.

Service — A deployable container within a project. Has its own subdomain, env vars, scaling config, and deployment history. Subdomain format: {service}-{project}.guaracloud.com.

Deployment — A build-and-deploy cycle triggered by git push, manual trigger, rollback, or config change. Tracks build status, image tag, commit SHA, and errors.

Domain — Each service gets an automatic subdomain. Users can add custom domains via CNAME verification.

Project Members — Role-based access: owner, admin, member, viewer.

CLI Installation

npm install -g @guaracloud/cli

Binary names: guara or guaracloud (interchangeable).

Requires Node.js >= 20.

Authentication

# Browser-based OAuth (interactive)
guara login

# Direct API key (non-interactive / CI)
guara login --api-key 

# Verify
guara whoami

API keys are stored in the OS keychain (macOS Keychain, Windows Credential Manager, Linux Secret Service). Falls back to config file if keychain unavailable.

Environment variable override: Set GUARA_API_KEY to skip stored credentials.

Context Resolution

Commands that need a project/service resolve context in this order:

1. --project / --service flags
2. GUARA_PROJECT / GUARA_SERVICE environment variables
3. .guara.json file (walked upward from current directory)

Link a directory to a project:

guara link
# Creates .guara.json with { "project": "slug", "service": "slug" }

Global Flags

| Flag | Short | Description | |---|---|---| | --json | | Output as JSON | | --quiet | -q | Suppress non-essential output | | --project | -p | Project slug override | | --service | -s | Service slug override | | --yes | -y | Skip confirmation prompts | | --api-key | | Override API key for this request | | --api-url | | Override API base URL |

Command Index

| Command | Purpose | See skill | |---|---|---| | login | Authenticate | — | | logout | Clear credentials | — | | whoami | Show current user | — | | projects list | List projects | guara-deploy | | projects create | Create project | guara-deploy | | projects info | Project details | guara-deploy | | services list | List services | guara-deploy | | services create | Create service | guara-deploy | | services info | Service details | guara-deploy | | services start | Start stopped service | guara-deploy | | services stop | Stop running service | guara-deploy | | services restart | Rolling restart | guara-deploy | | services delete | Delete service | guara-deploy | | deploy | Trigger deployment | guara-deploy | | rollback | Rollback deployment | guara-deploy | | deployments list | Deployment history | guara-deploy | | scale | Toggle autoscaling | guara-deploy | | domains list | List custom domains | guara-deploy | | domains add | Add custom domain | guara-deploy | | domains remove | Remove domain | guara-deploy | | env list | List env vars | guara-develop | | env set | Set env vars | guara-develop | | env unset | Remove env vars | guara-develop | | link | Link dir to project | guara-develop | | unlink | Remove link | guara-develop | | exec | Shell into container | guara-develop | | proxy | Forward local port | guara-develop | | logs | View/stream logs | guara-develop | | open | Open service in browser | — | | status | Platform status | — | | config list | Show CLI config | — | | config get | Get config value | — | | config set | Set config value | — | | config reset | Reset to defaults | — |

For full flag reference, see [references/commands.md](references/commands.md).

Tier Information

For tier limits, pricing, and quotas, see guaracloud.com/docs. The CLI will return descriptive errors when a tier limit is reached.

Important Rules

• Always use the guara CLI. Do not call the REST API directly.
• Check service status before suggesting actions. Run guara services info to see current state.
• Use --json for scripting. Parse structured output instead of scraping human-readable text.
• Link projects with guara link so context resolution works automatically.

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: guaracloud
• Source: guaracloud/agent-skills
• License: Apache-2.0

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.