CLI Reference

Pinecone provides a command-line interface for bundling your PineScript projects.

Commands

pinecone build

Bundle your PineScript files into a single output.

pinecone build [OPTIONS]

Options

Option	Short	Description
--config PATH	-c	Path to pine.config.json (default: ./pine.config.json)
--watch	-w	Watch for file changes and rebuild automatically
--copy		Copy output to clipboard after build
--help		Show help message

Examples

Basic build:

pinecone build

Build with custom config:

pinecone build --config ./configs/production.json

Watch mode:

pinecone build --watch

This will watch for changes in your source files and automatically rebuild when changes are detected. Press Ctrl+C to stop.

Build and copy to clipboard:

pinecone build --copy

After building, the output is automatically copied to your clipboard, ready to paste into TradingView.

Combine options:

pinecone build --watch --copy

Watch for changes and copy to clipboard on each rebuild.

pinecone --version

Show the current version of Pinecone.

pinecone --version

pinecone --help

Show help information.

pinecone --help

Exit Codes

Code	Description
0	Success
1	Error (config not found, parse error, circular dependency, etc.)

Error Messages

Config file not found

Error: Config file not found. Create a pine.config.json file with 'entry' and 'output' fields.

Solution: Create a pine.config.json file or use --config to specify the path.

Entry file not found

Error: Entry file not found: src/main.pine

Solution: Check that the entry path in your config is correct.

Module not found

Error: Module not found: ./utils.pine

Solution: Check that the import path is correct and the file exists.

Export not found

Error: Name 'foo' is not exported from ./utils.pine

Solution: Add // @export foo to the target file.

Circular dependency

Error: Circular dependency detected: a.pine → b.pine → a.pine

Solution: Refactor your code to break the circular dependency.