# iai routines

Multi-step behavioral processes for agents

## Synopsis

Manage routines in InteractiveAI projects.

Routines are step-by-step conversation flows with branching logic and terminal states (YAML format).

## Options

```
  -h, --help   help for routines
```

## Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --api-key string               API key for authentication
      --cfg-file string              Path to YAML config file with organization, project, and optional service definitions
      --deployment-hostname string   Hostname for the deployment API (default "https://deployment.interactive.ai")
      --hostname string              Hostname for the API (default "https://app.interactive.ai")
```

## SEE ALSO

* [iai](/cli/iai.md) - InteractiveAI's CLI
* [iai routines create](/cli/iai_routines_create.md) - Create a routine
* [iai routines delete](/cli/iai_routines_delete.md) - Delete a routine
* [iai routines describe](/cli/iai_routines_describe.md) - Describe a routine in detail
* [iai routines diff](/cli/iai_routines_diff.md) - Compare two versions of a routine
* [iai routines list](/cli/iai_routines_list.md) - List routines in a project
* [iai routines schema](/cli/iai_routines_schema.md) - Display the JSON Schema for routines
* [iai routines update](/cli/iai_routines_update.md) - Update a routine (creates a new version)
* [iai routines versions](/cli/iai_routines_versions.md) - List versions of a routine


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