rk CLI

Reference for public rk CLI commands

Commands

Command	Description
rk build	Build a project.
rk dev	Build a project, install it on a Roku device, and launch it.
rk ecp	External Control Protocol (ECP) commands for Roku devices.
rk keysequence	Play back a sequence of ECP keypresses with delay between presses.
rk sideload	Sideload a pre-built app to a Roku device without rebuilding.
rk update-ai-context	Generate the managed .agents/skills/ tree from installed @roku-sdk/* skills.
rk create	Create a new Roku app from the baseline template.
rk setup	Install and verify required development tools.
rk decode-stack	Decode a Hermes / JS stack trace to TypeScript source positions.
rk package	Moved to rk device package.
rk gen-types	Generate .xml.d.ts declarations for XML components imported by the project.
rk version	Print the @roku-sdk/tooling version.
rk cdp	Chrome DevTools Protocol debugging for Roku devices (server mode only).
rk debug	Unified CDP+DAP debug session commands for Roku devices (server mode only).
rk logs	Collect and query device logs (server mode only, except tail --source firmware).
rk perfetto	Perfetto performance tracing for Roku devices.
rk dap	Debug Adapter Protocol (BrightScript) debugging for Roku devices (server mode only).
rk dcl	Manage downloadable component libraries (DCLs) on Roku devices.
rk device	Manage and query Roku devices, including Roku Cloud Emulator (RCE) devices.
rk server	Start RSG SDK HTTP server for API access.
rk mcp command	Stdio MCP transport: reads NDJSON JSON-RPC messages from stdin, writes responses to stdout.
rk environment variables	The documented `RK_*` environment variables that `rk` reads.