Devin Cloud in the Devin CLI

Create, steer, resume, and watch Devin Cloud sessions from your terminal with devin —cloud, /cloud, /open, /model, and /archive.

devin --cloud runs a Devin Cloud session instead of a local agent. Devin works on its own VM with a shell, browser, and repository clones; the CLI streams the session into your terminal.

Start a cloud session

devin --cloud                          # interactive
devin --cloud -p "fix flaky CI tests"  # one prompt, print the response, exit

Or run /cloud in a fresh local session (before the first message; run /clear first otherwise).

Requires a Devin account. Run devin auth login (or /login) if you are not signed in.

Before the first message, /repo, /platform, and /model choose the repositories, OS, and model. Then type a task as usual. The session runs on the VM, so closing the terminal does not stop it.

To move an in-progress local session to the cloud, use /handoff.

Resume a cloud session

--resume (-r) reopens any cloud session, whether it was started from the CLI, the web app, or Desktop:

devin --cloud -r https://app.devin.ai/sessions/…          # by URL
devin --cloud -r devin-0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef   # by ID
devin --cloud -r                                          # pick from recent sessions

Run non-interactively

--cloud -p starts a session, sends one prompt, prints Devin’s response to stdout, and exits. The session persists; resume it with devin --cloud -r.

devin --cloud -p "fix the failing test in auth.rs"    # inline prompt
devin --cloud -p -- fix the failing test in auth.rs   # trailing arguments
devin --cloud -p --prompt-file prompt.txt             # from a file

Continue the work locally

/pickup (or /handoff) checks out the session’s pull request branch and starts a local session on it. See Hand off back to local.

/ssh opens a shell on the session’s VM. See SSH.

Use your local machine

A cloud session works on its own VM, but it can ask to run commands and edit files on your computer. The simplest way to allow this is to open the session in Devin Desktop and click Approve on the request card. In a session you opened with devin --cloud, the CLI connects your machine automatically. For a session open in the web app, run the devin connect <CODE> command from the card. In every case, you approve each tool call. See Local Hands.

Cloud slash commands

Available in cloud sessions alongside the usual slash commands:

Command	Description
/cloud	Switch a fresh local session to Devin Cloud
/repo	Choose the repositories to clone
/platform	Choose the OS, when your organization offers more than one
/model	Choose the model. SWE-2 is recommended.
/open [web|desktop]	Open the session in the web app (default) or Devin Desktop
/ssh	SSH into the session’s VM
/pickup, /handoff	Check out the pull request branch and continue locally
/rename <new title>	Rename the session
/archive	Archive the session

Related resources

SSH

Connect to a cloud session’s VM and forward ports

Hand off to cloud Devins

Move a task between local and cloud with /handoff

Commands & Flags

Full reference for --cloud and the cloud slash commands