clickhousectl is the official CLI for ClickHouse. It manages local installations, runs local servers, and operates ClickHouse Cloud. It's designed to work for humans and AI agents alike. It's in beta starting today. curl https://clickhouse.com/cli | sh Beta: clickhousectl is currently in beta. Features and behavior may change. Why a CLI, and why now Agentic development is the biggest shift in how software gets built in decades, and is fundamentally changing how platforms like ClickHouse will be used.