Scan from the command line

To get started with the CodeQL CLI, you need to download and set up the CLI so that it can access the tools and libraries required to create and analyze databases.

You can modify your CodeQL CLI setup to use a local checkout of the CodeQL repository for analysis, set up multiple versions of the CodeQL CLI, and analyze databases you have downloaded from GitHub.

You can write your own CodeQL queries to find specific vulnerabilities and errors.

You can use the CodeQL CLI to preview your query help files as Markdown and ensure they are valid.

You can save default command options in a CodeQL configuration file.

You can create a database bundle with CodeQL troubleshooting information.