CLI - Pav API

pav is one static binary. Commands mirror the API: pav <resource> list and pav <resource> get, with each query parameter as a flag.

Install

curl -LsSf https://pav.bio/install.sh | sh

Installs pav to ~/.local/bin. On Windows: powershell -c "irm https://pav.bio/install.ps1 | iex".

Authenticate

pav auth login            # stores the key in your OS keychain
export PAV_API_KEY=...    # or use an environment variable

List and get

pav programs list --company MRNA --phase phase_3
pav recalls list --limit 5 --sort=-document_date
pav drug-applications get --application-key N:209637

Output is a table in a terminal and JSON when piped. --format json|jsonl|csv|yaml picks one; --query takes a JMESPath expression:

pav programs list --company MRNA --format json --query "data[].{drug: drug, phase: phase}"

Every page

--page-all follows next_cursor (up to --page-limit pages, default 10):

pav programs list --company PFE --page-all --page-limit 100 \
  --format jsonl | jq -c '.data[]? // .' > pfizer_programs.jsonl

For agents

--help and --schema describe every command and parameter, so an agent in a shell can discover the API as it goes. pav generate-skills writes a SKILL.md per command for Claude Code and similar tools.