immich-admin-cli

Warning

No warranty. Use at your own risk. This tool performs bulk and destructive operations directly against your Immich server. A wrong flag, unexpected server response, or bug can cause permanent data loss. Keep a verified backup, test with non-critical data, and use --dry-run before changing anything. This project is not affiliated with Immich.

What You Can Do

Area	Capabilities	Start here
Asset management	Inspect, upload, download originals or thumbnails, verify remote files, copy metadata, update metadata, and trash or permanently delete assets	assets --help
Albums and sharing	Create, rename, delete, and manage album assets; add users to matching albums in bulk; merge albums; download or mirror an album locally	albums --help, cw add-users-to-album-with-pattern, cw merge-album, cw download-album
Find and organize	Search by filename, type, camera, location, date, status, OCR, or description; emit pipeable asset IDs; manage tags and tag assignments	search metadata --help, tags --help
Repair and replace	Replace an asset while preserving its Immich metadata; locate missing thumbnails; repair malformed JPEG/TIFF files; remove Google Takeout JSON sidecars	cw replace-asset, cw find-no-thumbhash, cw repair-assets
Date and duplicate assistance	Check and correct assets that do not fit date-named albums; find visually similar library assets for a local image	cw fix-album-dates, cw find-similar
Watch folders	Watch local folders and upload new files, or download matching assets as they appear	cw watch-upload, cw watch-download
Server workflows and users	List, inspect, and read logs for Immich server-side workflows; look up users and the authenticated account	immich-workflow --help, users --help
Automation	Preview changes with --dry-run, bypass prompts with --yes, pass IDs through files or stdin, use JSON/IDs-only output, and retrieve agent instructions from the binary	immich-admin return-agent-skill

Run immich-admin --help for the complete command tree.

Use With an AI Agent

Give an agent such as Hermes this prompt:

Download the latest release of immich-admin-cli from https://github.com/dhcgn/immich-admin-cli/releases and make the binary available on PATH.

Before using it, run `immich-admin update --check`; install an available update before performing work. Then run `immich-admin return-agent-skill`, read the generated instructions, and save them as your persistent skill for future immich-admin-cli tasks.

Use the skill and the CLI's --help output as the source of truth for commands and flags. Use `--json` when you need more complete, structured information than the human-readable output provides. For every operation that can change Immich data or local files, run it with --dry-run first, show the planned effect, and ask for confirmation before using --yes or --force.

Keep the Immich server up to date. immich-admin-cli follows the current Immich API specification, so an outdated server can lack commands or behavior expected by a newer CLI release.

In-Depth Guide

Read Client Workflow Guide for workflow safety, repair criteria, album synchronization behavior, external-tool requirements, and copyable command examples.

Motivation

immich-admin-cli provides command-line and automation support for bulk Immich tasks that are not available in the web interface, including conversion, repair, and deletion of photo assets.

The generated agent skill (immich-admin-cli/SKILL.md) describes every command for AI agents. The CLI also supports machine-readable --json output, pipeable --ids-only IDs, --dry-run previews, and non-interactive --yes flags. Retrieve the current skill from the binary with immich-admin return-agent-skill.

Self-Update

immich-admin update checks the latest GitHub release for a build matching the current OS/architecture and, on confirmation, replaces the running executable in place and restarts it via gh-update.

immich-admin update            # check, prompt, then install
immich-admin update --check    # only check, don't install
immich-admin update --yes      # install without prompting

Release binaries are named immich-admin_<os>_<arch>[.exe] without a version number so self-update can replace the running file. Use immich-admin --version or the release tag to see the installed version.

API Coverage

28 of 253 endpoints implemented (24 deprecated and 2 internal endpoints omitted per project policy).

API keys (0/6)

Impl	Method	Path	Operation	State
	GET	/api-keys	getApiKeys	Stable
	POST	/api-keys	createApiKey	Stable
	GET	/api-keys/me	getMyApiKey	Stable
	DELETE	/api-keys/{id}	deleteApiKey	Stable
	GET	/api-keys/{id}	getApiKey	Stable
	POST	/api-keys/{id}/rotate	rotateApiKey	–

Activities (0/4)

Impl	Method	Path	Operation	State
	GET	/activities	getActivities	Stable
	POST	/activities	createActivity	Stable
	GET	/activities/statistics	getActivityStatistics	Stable
	DELETE	/activities/{id}	deleteActivity	Stable

Albums (8/13)

Impl	Method	Path	Operation	State
✅	GET	/albums	getAllAlbums	Stable
✅	POST	/albums	createAlbum	Stable
	PUT	/albums/assets	addAssetsToAlbums	Stable
	GET	/albums/statistics	getAlbumStatistics	Stable
✅	DELETE	/albums/{id}	deleteAlbum	Stable
✅	GET	/albums/{id}	getAlbumInfo	Stable
✅	PATCH	/albums/{id}	updateAlbumInfo	Stable
✅	DELETE	/albums/{id}/assets	removeAssetFromAlbum	Stable
✅	PUT	/albums/{id}/assets	addAssetsToAlbum	Stable
	GET	/albums/{id}/map-markers	getAlbumMapMarkers	–
	DELETE	/albums/{id}/user/{userId}	removeUserFromAlbum	Stable
	PUT	/albums/{id}/user/{userId}	updateAlbumUser	Stable
✅	PUT	/albums/{id}/users	addUsersToAlbum	Stable

Asset files (0/4)

Impl	Method	Path	Operation	State
	GET	/asset-files	searchAssetFiles	Alpha
	DELETE	/asset-files/{id}	deleteAssetFile	Alpha
	GET	/asset-files/{id}	getAssetFile	Alpha
	GET	/asset-files/{id}/download	downloadAssetFile	Alpha

Assets (7/24)

Impl	Method	Path	Operation	State
✅	DELETE	/assets	deleteAssets	Stable
✅	POST	/assets	uploadAsset	Stable
✅	POST	/assets/bulk-upload-check	checkBulkUpload	Stable
✅	PUT	/assets/copy	copyAsset	Stable
	POST	/assets/jobs	runAssetJobs	Stable
	DELETE	/assets/metadata	deleteBulkAssetMetadata	Beta
	PUT	/assets/metadata	updateBulkAssetMetadata	Beta
	GET	/assets/statistics	getAssetStatistics	Stable
✅	GET	/assets/{id}	getAssetInfo	Stable
	DELETE	/assets/{id}/edits	removeAssetEdits	Beta
	GET	/assets/{id}/edits	getAssetEdits	Beta
	PUT	/assets/{id}/edits	editAsset	Beta
	GET	/assets/{id}/metadata	getAssetMetadata	Stable
	PUT	/assets/{id}/metadata	updateAssetMetadata	Stable
	DELETE	/assets/{id}/metadata/{key}	deleteAssetMetadata	Stable
	GET	/assets/{id}/metadata/{key}	getAssetMetadataByKey	Stable
	GET	/assets/{id}/ocr	getAssetOcr	Stable
✅	GET	/assets/{id}/original	downloadAsset	Stable
✅	GET	/assets/{id}/thumbnail	viewAsset	Stable
	GET	/assets/{id}/video/playback	playAssetVideo	Stable
	GET	/assets/{id}/video/stream/main.m3u8	getMainPlaylist	Alpha
	DELETE	/assets/{id}/video/stream/{sessionId}	endSession	Alpha
	GET	/assets/{id}/video/stream/{sessionId}/{variantIndex}/playlist.m3u8	getMediaPlaylist	Alpha
	GET	/assets/{id}/video/stream/{sessionId}/{variantIndex}/{filename}	getSegment	Alpha

Authentication (0/17)

Impl	Method	Path	Operation	State
	POST	/auth/admin-sign-up	signUpAdmin	Stable
	POST	/auth/change-password	changePassword	Stable
	POST	/auth/login	login	Stable
	POST	/auth/logout	logout	Stable
	DELETE	/auth/pin-code	resetPinCode	Stable
	POST	/auth/pin-code	setupPinCode	Stable
	PUT	/auth/pin-code	changePinCode	Stable
	POST	/auth/session/lock	lockAuthSession	Stable
	POST	/auth/session/unlock	unlockAuthSession	Stable
	GET	/auth/status	getAuthStatus	Stable
	POST	/auth/validateToken	validateAccessToken	Stable
	POST	/oauth/authorize	startOAuth	Stable
	POST	/oauth/backchannel-logout	logoutOAuth	–
	POST	/oauth/callback	finishOAuth	Stable
	POST	/oauth/link	linkOAuthAccount	Stable
	GET	/oauth/mobile-redirect	redirectOAuthToMobile	Stable
	POST	/oauth/unlink	unlinkOAuthAccount	Stable

Authentication (admin) (0/1)

Impl	Method	Path	Operation	State
	POST	/admin/auth/unlink-all	unlinkAllOAuthAccountsAdmin	Stable

Cluster groups (0/8)

Impl	Method	Path	Operation	State
	GET	/cluster-groups/requests	getClusterGroupRequests	–
	DELETE	/cluster-groups/requests/{id}	deleteClusterGroupRequest	–
	POST	/cluster-groups/requests/{id}/accept	acceptClusterGroupRequest	–
	POST	/cluster-groups/{id}/leave	leaveClusterGroup	–
	POST	/cluster-groups/{id}/regenerate-people	clusterGroupRegeneratePeople	–
	GET	/cluster-groups/{id}/requests	getClusterGroupRequestsForGroup	–
	PUT	/cluster-groups/{id}/requests	createClusterGroupRequest	–
	GET	/cluster-groups/{id}/users	getClusterGroupUsers	–

Config (admin) (0/3)

Impl	Method	Path	Operation	State
	GET	/admin/config	getAdminConfig	Alpha
	PUT	/admin/config	updateAdminConfig	Alpha
	GET	/admin/config/defaults	getAdminConfigDefaults	Alpha

Config (public) (0/2)

Impl	Method	Path	Operation	State
	GET	/public/config	getPublicConfig	Alpha
	GET	/public/config/defaults	getPublicConfigDefaults	Alpha

Config (user) (0/2)

Impl	Method	Path	Operation	State
	GET	/config	getUserConfig	Alpha
	GET	/config/defaults	getUserConfigDefaults	Alpha

Database Backups (admin) (0/5)

Impl	Method	Path	Operation	State
	DELETE	/admin/database-backups	deleteDatabaseBackup	Alpha
	GET	/admin/database-backups	listDatabaseBackups	Alpha
	POST	/admin/database-backups/start-restore	startDatabaseRestoreFlow	Alpha
	POST	/admin/database-backups/upload	uploadDatabaseBackup	Alpha
	GET	/admin/database-backups/{filename}	downloadDatabaseBackup	Alpha

Download (0/2)

Impl	Method	Path	Operation	State
	POST	/download/archive	downloadArchive	Stable
	POST	/download/info	getDownloadInfo	Stable

Duplicates (0/4)

Impl	Method	Path	Operation	State
	DELETE	/duplicates	deleteDuplicates	Stable
	GET	/duplicates	getAssetDuplicates	Stable
	POST	/duplicates/resolve	resolveDuplicates	Alpha
	DELETE	/duplicates/{id}	deleteDuplicate	Stable

Faces (0/4)

Impl	Method	Path	Operation	State
	GET	/faces	getFaces	Stable
	POST	/faces	createFace	Stable
	DELETE	/faces/{id}	deleteFace	Stable
	PUT	/faces/{id}	reassignFacesById	Stable

Jobs (0/1)

Impl	Method	Path	Operation	State
	POST	/jobs	createJob	Stable

Libraries (0/7)

Impl	Method	Path	Operation	State
	GET	/libraries	getAllLibraries	Stable
	POST	/libraries	createLibrary	Stable
	DELETE	/libraries/{id}	deleteLibrary	Stable
	GET	/libraries/{id}	getLibrary	Stable
	POST	/libraries/{id}/scan	scanLibrary	Stable
	GET	/libraries/{id}/statistics	getLibraryStatistics	Stable
	POST	/libraries/{id}/validate	validate	Stable

Maintenance (admin) (0/9)

Impl	Method	Path	Operation	State
	GET	/admin/integrity/report	getIntegrityReport	Alpha
	DELETE	/admin/integrity/report/{id}	deleteIntegrityReport	Alpha
	GET	/admin/integrity/report/{id}/file	getIntegrityReportFile	Alpha
	GET	/admin/integrity/report/{type}/csv	getIntegrityReportCsv	Alpha
	GET	/admin/integrity/summary	getIntegrityReportSummary	Alpha
	POST	/admin/maintenance	setMaintenanceMode	Alpha
	GET	/admin/maintenance/detect-install	detectPriorInstall	Alpha
	POST	/admin/maintenance/login	maintenanceLogin	Alpha
	GET	/admin/maintenance/status	getMaintenanceStatus	Alpha

Map (0/2)

Impl	Method	Path	Operation	State
	GET	/map/markers	getMapMarkers	Stable
	GET	/map/reverse-geocode	reverseGeocode	Stable

Memories (0/7)

Impl	Method	Path	Operation	State
	GET	/memories	searchMemories	Stable
	POST	/memories	createMemory	Stable
	GET	/memories/statistics	memoriesStatistics	Stable
	DELETE	/memories/{id}	deleteMemory	Stable
	GET	/memories/{id}	getMemory	Stable
	DELETE	/memories/{id}/assets	removeMemoryAssets	Stable
	PUT	/memories/{id}/assets	addMemoryAssets	Stable

Notifications (0/6)

Impl	Method	Path	Operation	State
	DELETE	/notifications	deleteNotifications	Stable
	GET	/notifications	getNotifications	Stable
	PUT	/notifications	updateNotifications	Stable
	DELETE	/notifications/{id}	deleteNotification	Stable
	GET	/notifications/{id}	getNotification	Stable
	PUT	/notifications/{id}	updateNotification	Stable

Notifications (admin) (0/3)

Impl	Method	Path	Operation	State
	POST	/admin/notifications	createNotification	Stable
	POST	/admin/notifications/templates/{name}	getNotificationTemplateAdmin	Stable
	POST	/admin/notifications/test-email	sendTestEmailAdmin	Stable

Partners (0/4)

Impl	Method	Path	Operation	State
	GET	/partners	getPartners	Stable
	POST	/partners	createPartner	Stable
	DELETE	/partners/{id}	removePartner	Stable
	PUT	/partners/{id}	updatePartner	Stable

People (0/13)

Impl	Method	Path	Operation	State
	DELETE	/people	deletePeople	Stable
	GET	/people	getAllPeople	Stable
	POST	/people	createPerson	Stable
	PUT	/people	updatePeople	Stable
	POST	/people/merge	mergePeople	Stable
	DELETE	/people/users	removeUsersFromPeople	Beta
	GET	/people/users	getUsersForPeople	Beta
	PUT	/people/users	upsertPeopleUsers	Beta
	DELETE	/people/{id}	deletePerson	Stable
	GET	/people/{id}	getPerson	Stable
	PUT	/people/{id}/reassign	reassignFaces	Stable
	GET	/people/{id}/statistics	getPersonStatistics	Stable
	GET	/people/{id}/thumbnail	getPersonThumbnail	Stable

Plugins (0/4)

Impl	Method	Path	Operation	State
	GET	/plugins	searchPlugins	–
	GET	/plugins/methods	searchPluginMethods	–
	GET	/plugins/templates	searchPluginTemplates	–
	GET	/plugins/{id}	getPlugin	–

Queues (0/5)

Impl	Method	Path	Operation	State
	GET	/queues	getQueues	Alpha
	GET	/queues/{name}	getQueue	Alpha
	PUT	/queues/{name}	updateQueue	Alpha
	DELETE	/queues/{name}/jobs	emptyQueue	Alpha
	GET	/queues/{name}/jobs	getQueueJobs	Alpha

Search (1/9)

Impl	Method	Path	Operation	State
	GET	/search/cities	getAssetsByCity	Stable
	GET	/search/explore	getExploreData	Stable
✅	POST	/search/metadata	searchAssets	Stable
	GET	/search/person	searchPerson	Stable
	GET	/search/places	searchPlaces	Stable
	POST	/search/random	searchRandom	Stable
	POST	/search/smart	searchSmart	Stable
	POST	/search/statistics	searchAssetStatistics	Stable
	GET	/search/suggestions	getSearchSuggestions	Stable

Server (0/12)

Impl	Method	Path	Operation	State
	GET	/server/about	getAboutInfo	Stable
	GET	/server/apk-links	getApkLinks	Stable
	DELETE	/server/license	deleteServerLicense	Stable
	GET	/server/license	getServerLicense	Stable
	PUT	/server/license	setServerLicense	Stable
	GET	/server/media-types	getSupportedMediaTypes	Stable
	GET	/server/ping	pingServer	Stable
	GET	/server/statistics	getServerStatistics	Stable
	GET	/server/storage	getStorage	Stable
	GET	/server/version	getServerVersion	Stable
	GET	/server/version-check	getVersionCheck	Stable
	GET	/server/version-history	getVersionHistory	Stable

Sessions (0/5)

Impl	Method	Path	Operation	State
	DELETE	/sessions	deleteAllSessions	Stable
	GET	/sessions	getSessions	Stable
	POST	/sessions	createSession	Stable
	DELETE	/sessions/{id}	deleteSession	Stable
	POST	/sessions/{id}/lock	lockSession	Stable

Shared links (0/9)

Impl	Method	Path	Operation	State
	GET	/shared-links	getAllSharedLinks	Stable
	POST	/shared-links	createSharedLink	Stable
	POST	/shared-links/login	sharedLinkLogin	Beta
	GET	/shared-links/me	getMySharedLink	Stable
	DELETE	/shared-links/{id}	removeSharedLink	Stable
	GET	/shared-links/{id}	getSharedLinkById	Stable
	PATCH	/shared-links/{id}	updateSharedLink	Stable
	DELETE	/shared-links/{id}/assets	removeSharedLinkAssets	Stable
	PUT	/shared-links/{id}/assets	addSharedLinkAssets	Stable

Stacks (0/6)

Impl	Method	Path	Operation	State
	DELETE	/stacks	deleteStacks	Stable
	GET	/stacks	searchStacks	Stable
	POST	/stacks	createStack	Stable
	DELETE	/stacks/{id}	deleteStack	Stable
	GET	/stacks/{id}	getStack	Stable
	DELETE	/stacks/{id}/assets/{assetId}	removeAssetFromStack	Stable

Sync (0/4)

Impl	Method	Path	Operation	State
	DELETE	/sync/ack	deleteSyncAck	Stable
	GET	/sync/ack	getSyncAck	Stable
	POST	/sync/ack	sendSyncAck	Stable
	POST	/sync/stream	getSyncStream	Stable

System config (0/1)

Impl	Method	Path	Operation	State
	GET	/system-config/storage-template-options	getStorageTemplateOptions	Stable

System metadata (0/4)

Impl	Method	Path	Operation	State
	GET	/system-metadata/admin-onboarding	getAdminOnboarding	Stable
	POST	/system-metadata/admin-onboarding	updateAdminOnboarding	Stable
	GET	/system-metadata/reverse-geocoding-state	getReverseGeocodingState	Stable
	GET	/system-metadata/version-check-state	getVersionCheckState	Stable

Tags (6/8)

Impl	Method	Path	Operation	State
✅	GET	/tags	getAllTags	Stable
	POST	/tags	createTag	Stable
✅	PUT	/tags	upsertTags	Stable
✅	PUT	/tags/assets	bulkTagAssets	Stable
✅	DELETE	/tags/{id}	deleteTag	Stable
✅	GET	/tags/{id}	getTagById	Stable
	DELETE	/tags/{id}/assets	untagAssets	Stable
✅	PUT	/tags/{id}/assets	tagAssets	Stable

Trash (0/3)

Impl	Method	Path	Operation	State
	POST	/trash/empty	emptyTrash	Stable
	POST	/trash/restore	restoreTrash	Stable
	POST	/trash/restore/assets	restoreAssets	Stable

Users (3/14)

Impl	Method	Path	Operation	State
✅	GET	/users	searchUsers	Stable
✅	GET	/users/me	getMyUser	Stable
	GET	/users/me/calendar-heatmap	getMyCalendarHeatmap	Stable
	DELETE	/users/me/license	deleteUserLicense	Stable
	GET	/users/me/license	getUserLicense	Stable
	PUT	/users/me/license	setUserLicense	Stable
	DELETE	/users/me/onboarding	deleteUserOnboarding	Stable
	GET	/users/me/onboarding	getUserOnboarding	Stable
	PUT	/users/me/onboarding	setUserOnboarding	Stable
	GET	/users/me/preferences	getMyPreferences	Stable
	DELETE	/users/profile-image	deleteProfileImage	Stable
	POST	/users/profile-image	createProfileImage	Stable
✅	GET	/users/{id}	getUser	Stable
	GET	/users/{id}/profile-image	getProfileImage	Stable

Users (admin) (0/9)

Impl	Method	Path	Operation	State
	GET	/admin/users	searchUsersAdmin	Stable
	POST	/admin/users	createUserAdmin	Stable
	DELETE	/admin/users/{id}	deleteUserAdmin	Stable
	GET	/admin/users/{id}	getUserAdmin	Stable
	GET	/admin/users/{id}/calendar-heatmap	getUserCalendarHeatmapAdmin	Stable
	GET	/admin/users/{id}/preferences	getUserPreferencesAdmin	Stable
	POST	/admin/users/{id}/restore	restoreUserAdmin	Stable
	GET	/admin/users/{id}/sessions	getUserSessionsAdmin	Stable
	GET	/admin/users/{id}/statistics	getUserStatisticsAdmin	Stable

Views (0/2)

Impl	Method	Path	Operation	State
	GET	/view/folder	getAssetsByOriginalPath	Stable
	GET	/view/folder/unique-paths	getUniqueOriginalPaths	Stable

Workflows (3/7)

Impl	Method	Path	Operation	State
✅	GET	/workflows	searchWorkflows	–
	POST	/workflows	createWorkflow	–
	GET	/workflows/triggers	getWorkflowTriggers	–
	DELETE	/workflows/{id}	deleteWorkflow	–
✅	GET	/workflows/{id}	getWorkflow	–
✅	GET	/workflows/{id}/logs	getWorkflowLogs	–
	GET	/workflows/{id}/share	getWorkflowForShare	–