---
title: "login"
description: "Authenticate the CLI with your Bluesky account."
icon: "right-to-bracket"
---

Sign in with a Bluesky handle. The CLI exchanges credentials for a session
token used by every subsequent command.

## Usage

```bash
rocksky login <handle>
```

## Parameters

| Name       | Required | Description                              |
| ---------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------- |
| `<handle>` | Yes      | Your Bluesky handle (e.g. `alice.bsky.social`) |

## Example

```bash
rocksky login tsiry-sandratraina.com
```

After login completes, run [`rocksky whoami`](/cli/whoami) to confirm the
session is active.