# iai variables

Contextual attributes referenced in policies and routines

## Synopsis

Manage variables in InteractiveAI projects.

Variables are persistent data fields that survive across conversation sessions (JSON format).

## Options

```
  -h, --help   help for variables
```

## 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 variables create](/cli/iai_variables_create.md) - Create a variable
* [iai variables delete](/cli/iai_variables_delete.md) - Delete a variable
* [iai variables describe](/cli/iai_variables_describe.md) - Describe a variable in detail
* [iai variables diff](/cli/iai_variables_diff.md) - Compare two versions of a variable
* [iai variables list](/cli/iai_variables_list.md) - List variables in a project
* [iai variables schema](/cli/iai_variables_schema.md) - Display the JSON Schema for variables
* [iai variables update](/cli/iai_variables_update.md) - Update a variable (creates a new version)
* [iai variables versions](/cli/iai_variables_versions.md) - List versions of a variable


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