--- title: Introducing the new Unity CLI | daily.dev description: Unity is launching a new CLI package that turns the Unity editor into a local server exposing an API, allowing developers to control the editor directly from a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-the-new-unity-cli-yicgwlflg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Introducing the new Unity CLI | daily.dev og:description: Unity is launching a new CLI package that turns the Unity editor into a local server exposing an API, allowing developers to control the editor directly from a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-the-new-unity-cli-yicgwlflg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/yIcgWlfLG.png og:image:alt: Introducing the new Unity CLI og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Introducing the new Unity CLI **[Unity](https://daily.dev/sources/unity)** · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Unity is launching a new CLI package that turns the Unity editor into a local server exposing an API, allowing developers to control the editor directly from a terminal. Key capabilities include managing projects without the Unity Hub, chaining commands into preset build pipelines, wrapping custom workflows into reusable commands, and enabling AI agents to interact with Unity deterministically. A standout feature is the ability to perform live edits on a running build at runtime via the CLI, opening Unity up to any tool or interface developers prefer. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Can I control the Unity editor from the command line instead of using the GUI? Yes, a new package turns the Unity editor into a local server that exposes an API, allowing full control from a terminal. It supports custom commands, chaining commands into build presets, skipping the Unity Hub entirely, and performing live edits on a running build at runtime. _Developers automating Unity build pipelines can track tooling shifts like this one on daily.dev._ ### Can AI agents use the Unity CLI to build and edit Unity projects? Yes, the Unity CLI can be handed to AI agents to produce deterministic results, including prompting an agent to build the application and even perform live edits on a running build at runtime. This enables agent-driven workflows on top of the same command interface developers use manually. _Anyone wiring agents into game engine workflows can follow developments like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Meet the Unity CLI: manage Unity from your terminal](https://daily.dev/posts/meet-the-unity-cli-manage-unity-from-your-terminal-oyxu9r6jr) · Unity · 40 upvotes · 3 comments --- Tags: [#game-development](https://daily.dev/tags/game-development), [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#automation](https://daily.dev/tags/automation), [#cli](https://daily.dev/tags/cli), [#unity](https://daily.dev/tags/unity) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-the-new-unity-cli-yicgwlflg) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Introducing the new Unity CLI","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-the-new-unity-cli-yicgwlflg","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-the-new-unity-cli-yicgwlflg"},"datePublished":"2026-07-29T16:58:27.887Z","dateModified":"2026-09-13T20:55:49.186Z","description":"Unity is launching a new CLI package that turns the Unity editor into a local server exposing an API, allowing developers to control the editor directly from a...","image":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/98fJQuJh4Uw/sddefault.jpg","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/98fJQuJh4Uw/sddefault.jpg","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Unity","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Unity","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/9afe038cc27e4d95ad581284cea8578d","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/unity"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-the-new-unity-cli-yicgwlflg","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"game-development,ai-agents,automation,cli,unity","timeRequired":"PT1M","video":{"@type":"VideoObject","name":"Introducing the new Unity CLI","description":"Unity is launching a new CLI package that turns the Unity editor into a local server exposing an API, allowing developers to control the editor directly from a...","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/98fJQuJh4Uw/sddefault.jpg","uploadDate":"2026-07-29T16:58:27.887Z","duration":"PT1M","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/yIcgWlfLG","embedUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/98fJQuJh4Uw"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Unity","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/unity"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Introducing the new Unity CLI"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-the-new-unity-cli-yicgwlflg#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Can I control the Unity editor from the command line instead of using the GUI?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Yes, a new package turns the Unity editor into a local server that exposes an API, allowing full control from a terminal. 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