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 # actuated-cli
 
+The actuated-cli requires an access token for GitHub and is designed to be used by a user with access to the actuated dashboard.
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+Most of the operations on the actuated dashboard are available as CLI commands.
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 ## Installation
 
 Download the latest release from the [releases page](https://github.com/self-actuated/actuated-cli/releases).
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 Or, run this command in a shell before executing any of the CLI commands.
 
+## Obtain a token from GitHub for your own account
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+Obtain a Personal Access Token (PAT) from [https://github.com/settings/tokens](https://github.com/settings/tokens)
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+Save it as for example: `~/pat.txt`
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 ## View queued jobs
 
 ```bash