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    readme
    installation
+   shell/index
    usage/index
    v1-api-documentation
    authentication-documentation
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+=======================
+ Craton CLI User Guide
+=======================
+
+After installing ``python-cratonclient`` and ``craton`` binary should be added
+to our PATH. To use the craton command-line client, we need the following
+information:
+
+- URL to speak to Craton with
+
+- Username to use to authenticate to Craton
+
+- Password to use to authenticate to Craton
+
+- Project ID to use to communicate with Craton
+
+These items need to be provided to the craton command-line client. We can pass
+these as command-line arguments:
+
+.. code::
+
+    $ craton --craton-url <craton-url> \
+             --os-username <username> \
+             --os-password <password> \
+             --os-project-id <project-id>
+
+These parameters may also be provided via environment variables. We can create
+a file, similar to OpenStack's ``openrc`` file that contains:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    # ~/cratonrc
+    export CRATON_URL="<craton-url>"
+    export OS_USERNAME="<username>"
+    export OS_PASSWORD="<password>"
+    export OS_PROJECT_ID="<project-id>"
+
+And then ``source`` it into our environment:
+
+.. code::
+
+    $ source ~/cratonrc
+    # or
+    $ . ~/cratonrc
+
+And finally we can use ``craton`` without those parameters.
+
+
+Top-Level Options
+=================
+
+Craton's command-line client has several top-level options. These are required
+to be specified prior to any sub-command. All of craton's top-level
+command-line options are documented here:
+
+..
+    OPTION TEMPLATE
+    --------------------------8<---------------------------------------
+    .. option:: --<opt-name>[=<descriptive-parameter-name>]
+
+        <Active description of the purpose.>
+
+        Example usage:
+
+        .. code::
+
+            $ craton --<opt-name>[=<example value>] [positional args]
+    -------------------------->8---------------------------------------
+
+
+.. program:: craton
+
+.. option:: --version
+
+    Show the installed version of python-cratonclient.
+
+    Example usage:
+
+    .. code::
+
+        $ craton --version
+
+.. option:: --format={default,json}
+
+    Specify the format of the output to the terminal. The default value is a
+    pretty-printed table of information. Alternatively, users may request
+    pretty-printed JSON.
+
+    Example usage:
+
+    .. code::
+
+        $ craton --format=json host-list
+        $ craton --format=json region-show 1
+
+.. option:: --craton-url=URL
+
+    Specify the URL where Craton is reachable.
+
+    Example usage:
+
+    .. code::
+
+        $ craton --craton-url=https://craton.cloud.corp host-list
+
+.. option:: --craton-version=VERSION
+
+    Control which version of Craton's API the client should use to
+    communicate. At the moment, Craton only supports ``1`` for v1.
+
+    Example usage:
+
+    .. code::
+
+        $ craton --craton-version=1 region-list
+
+.. option:: --os-project-id=OS_PROJECT_ID
+
+    Provide the Project ID to use when authenticating to Craton.
+
+    Example usage:
+
+    .. code::
+
+        $ craton --os-project-id=b9f10eca66ac4c279c139d01e65f96b4 cell-list
+
+.. option:: --os-username=OS_USERNAME
+
+    Provide the Username to use when authenticating to Craton.
+
+    Example usage:
+
+    .. code::
+
+        $ craton --os-username=demo project-list
+
+.. option:: --os-password=OS_PASWORD
+
+    Provide the Pasword to use when authenticating to Craton.
+
+    Example usage:
+
+    .. code::
+
+        $ craton --os-password=demo devices-list
+
+
+Subcommands
+===========
+
+The craton command-line client has several subcommands. These include (but are
+not limited to):
+
+- ``help``
+
+- ``project-create``
+
+- ``project-delete``
+
+- ``project-list``
+
+- ``project-show``
+
+- ``cloud-create``
+
+- ``cloud-delete``
+
+- ``cloud-list``
+
+- ``cloud-show``
+
+- ``region-create``
+
+- ``region-delete``
+
+- ``region-list``
+
+- ``region-show``
+
+- ``cell-create``
+
+- ``cell-delete``
+
+- ``cell-list``
+
+- ``cell-show``
+
+- ``host-create``
+
+- ``host-delete``
+
+- ``host-list``
+
+- ``host-show``
+
+- ``device-list``.
+
+The command-line options available for each command can be found via
+``craton help <subcommand-name>``, e.g.,
+
+.. code::
+
+    $ craton help cell-create
+    $ craton help host-list