@voidly/cli

Terminal access to Voidly's censorship intelligence APIs. Check if a domain is blocked anywhere in the world, query 5,300+ documented incidents, view 7-day shutdown forecasts, and more — directly from your shell.

Powered by 19.6M live OONI samples, 10 years of historical measurements, and the Sentinel early-warning model.

Install

# One-off (no install)
npx @voidly/cli check chat.openai.com IR

# Global install
npm install -g @voidly/cli
voidly --help

Requires Node.js 18+. No API key needed for read endpoints.

Quick start

# Is ChatGPT blocked in China?
voidly check chat.openai.com CN

# Compare a domain across multiple countries
voidly check whatsapp.com --countries IR,RU,CN,TR

# Full country censorship summary
voidly summary IR

# Recent incidents
voidly incidents --country RU --limit 10

# One incident in detail
voidly incident IR-2026-0142

# Global censorship index
voidly index

# Topic-specific index (e.g. women's health, news, LGBTQ)
voidly index --topic women-health

# Sentinel risk heatmap
voidly heatmap --min-risk 0.3

# 7-day shutdown forecast
voidly forecast IR

Output modes

Flag	Behavior
(none)	Pretty terminal tables with color
--json	Raw JSON straight from the API — pipe to jq, save to a file, etc.
--quiet	One value per line, suitable for shell loops

# Save raw data
voidly incidents --country IR --json > iran-incidents.json

# Pipe IDs into another command
voidly incidents --quiet | xargs -I {} voidly incident {}

# JSON + jq
voidly forecast RU --json | jq '.forecast_summary.max_risk'

Commands

Command	Description
voidly check <domain> [country]	Check if a domain is accessible (default IR)
voidly check <domain> --countries IR,RU,CN	Batch check across countries
voidly summary <country>	Country-wide accessibility summary
voidly incidents [--country CC] [--limit N]	List recent incidents
voidly incident <id>	Show one incident (readable ID or hash)
voidly index [--topic NAME]	Global censorship index, optionally by topic
voidly heatmap [--min-risk N]	Sentinel global risk heatmap
voidly forecast <country>	7-day shutdown-risk forecast with SHAP drivers

Environment

Variable	Purpose
VOIDLY_API_URL	Override base URL (default https://api.voidly.ai)
NO_COLOR	Disable ANSI color output

Use it from AI agents

For Claude / Cursor / Windsurf via the Model Context Protocol:

npx @voidly/mcp-server

83 tools covering everything in this CLI plus agent-relay messaging, incident evidence, ISP risk, election briefings, probe network status, and more.

API documentation

Full reference: https://voidly.ai/api-docs

All endpoints exposed by this CLI are public and CC BY 4.0 licensed.

License

MIT