CLI Options Reference

Commands

Command	Syntax	Description
setup	csp-analyser setup	Install Playwright Chromium browser and verify system dependencies
crawl	csp-analyser crawl <url>	Headless auto-crawl with violation capture
interactive	csp-analyser interactive <url>	Headed manual browsing with violation capture
generate	csp-analyser generate [session-id]	Regenerate policy from an existing session
export	csp-analyser export [session-id]	Export policy in a deployment-ready format
diff	csp-analyser diff <id-a> <id-b>	Compare policies from two sessions
score	csp-analyser score [session-id]	Score policy against best practices
permissions	csp-analyser permissions [session-id]	Show captured Permissions-Policy headers
sessions	csp-analyser sessions	List analysis sessions for the current project
start	csp-analyser start	Run the MCP server over stdio (for AI agents)
hash-static	csp-analyser hash-static <path>...	Hash inline content in static HTML files (no browser)

Options

Flag	Type	Default	Commands	Description
--depth <n>	integer (0+)	1	crawl	Crawl depth. 0 = single page, 1 = target + linked pages, etc.
--max-pages <n>	integer (1+)	10	crawl	Maximum number of pages to visit during crawl
--strictness <level>	strict | moderate | permissive	moderate	crawl, generate, export, diff, score	Controls how specific source expressions are. See strictness levels.
--format <fmt>	header | meta | nginx | apache | cloudflare | cloudflare-pages | azure-frontdoor | helmet | json	header	crawl, generate, export	Output format for the generated policy. See export formats.
--storage-state <path>	string (file path)	--	crawl, interactive	Path to a Playwright storage state JSON file for authenticated sessions. Must have .json extension.
--save-storage-state <path>	string (file path)	--	interactive	Export browser cookies and storage state to a JSON file when the session ends. See authentication guide.
--violation-limit <n>	integer (0+)	10000	crawl, interactive	Maximum violations to accept per session. 0 for unlimited.
--report-only	boolean	false	crawl, generate, export	Generate Content-Security-Policy-Report-Only instead of Content-Security-Policy
--project <name>	string	auto-detected	crawl, interactive, generate, export, score, permissions, sessions	Override auto-detected project name. Also settable via CSP_ANALYSER_PROJECT env var.
--all	boolean	false	sessions	Show sessions from all projects instead of only the current one
--no-color	boolean	false	all	Disable coloured terminal output. Also respects the NO_COLOR environment variable.
--help, -h	--	--	all	Show help text
--version, -v	--	--	all	Show version number

Output behaviour

• Policy output goes to stdout (pipeable to files or other tools)
• Progress messages and errors go to stderr
• Exit code 0 on success, 1 on error

This means you can pipe policy output directly:

# Save nginx config
csp-analyser crawl https://example.com --format nginx > csp.conf

# Pipe JSON to jq
csp-analyser export --format json | jq '.directives'

Environment variables

Variable	Description
CSP_ANALYSER_PROJECT	Override auto-detected project name. Equivalent to --project <name> but useful in CI or Docker where the working directory may not have a package.json. The --project flag takes precedence if both are set.
NO_COLOR	When set (to any value), disables coloured terminal output. Equivalent to --no-color.
LOG_LEVEL	Set logging verbosity: debug, info, warn, error. Defaults to info.