> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.devolutions.net/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.devolutions.net/cli/guides/understand.md).

# Understand Devolutions CLI

Understand how Devolutions CLI resolves secrets, what each command exposes, how workspace types differ and what data stays on your computer.

A few ideas explain almost everything Devolutions CLI does. Read these pages before you choose how to hand a secret to a script, a pipeline, or an AI agent.

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>How Devolutions CLI works</strong></td><td>Contexts, workspaces, and <code>devo://</code> references: the building blocks behind every command.</td><td><a href="/cli/guides/understand/how-it-works.md">How Devolutions CLI works</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>What stays hidden, and what doesn't</strong></td><td>Which commands keep a secret out of sight, which ones hand it over, and the limits of masking.</td><td><a href="/cli/guides/understand/security-model.md">What stays hidden, and what doesn't</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Compare workspace types</strong></td><td>Devolutions Cloud, Devolutions Server, and local profiles: sign-in methods, reads, writes, and admin commands.</td><td><a href="/cli/guides/understand/workspace-types.md">Compare workspace types</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>What data Devolutions CLI sends</strong></td><td>The telemetry preference, where contexts and sign-in sessions are stored, and how to move the configuration folder.</td><td><a href="/cli/guides/understand/privacy.md">What data Devolutions CLI sends</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Devolutions CLI on Windows, macOS, and Linux</strong></td><td>What changes between platforms: sign-in, file protection, folders, and the background process.</td><td><a href="/cli/guides/understand/platforms.md">Devolutions CLI on Windows, macOS, and Linux</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Coming from another secrets tool</strong></td><td>The Devolutions CLI equivalents of the 1Password CLI, Bitwarden CLI, and Infisical CLI commands you know.</td><td><a href="/cli/guides/understand/coming-from-another-tool.md">Coming from another secrets tool</a></td></tr></tbody></table>


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