Purpose
This page is a single “at a glance” view of which Hedera network capabilities are exposed through Hiero CLI command groups, and what is still missing or only partially covered.Rows reflect registered commands on the Hiero CLI plugin manifests (see
the
hiero-cli repository).
Confirm behaviour on your installed build with hcli --help and plugin
subcommands (for example hcli token --help).Status legend
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Yes | Dedicated CLI commands cover this capability for typical workflows. |
| Partial | Hedera exposes the capability on-chain, but Hiero CLI only publishes part of it. The Notes / gap column lists only what is missing - no recap of behaviour that already ships. |
| No | No dedicated CLI command - you would need new commands or SDK integration beyond what the manifests expose. |
Coverage heatmap (by service area)
Each colored square is one capability row in the detailed table below (left to right in the same order). Hover a square for the capability name and status.Crypto & fees
Read / query
Accounts
HTS - lifecycle
HTS - custody
HTS - compliance & risk
HTS - transfers & allowances
HTS - swaps
HTS - airdrops
HTS - discovery
HCS
Smart contracts
Scheduling
Batching
File service
Network administration
Utilities
CLI platform
YesPartial No
Summary by Hedera service area
| Area | Capability | Status | Notes / gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crypto & fees | HBAR transfer (CryptoTransfer) | Yes | hbar transfer |
| Crypto & fees | Account balance / info queries | Partial | No dedicated pending-staking-rewards readout. No command lists every allowance to or from an account. No explorer-grade account view (staking rewards, allowance inventory, token dashboards). Incomplete fungible token lists when the mirror paginates /accounts/{id}/tokens and links.next is not followed. Incomplete NFT lists after the first mirror page fetch. |
| Crypto & fees | HBAR spending allowances (native approveHbarAllowance / allowance management) | Yes | hbar allowance, hbar allowance-revoke |
| Read / query | Transaction receipt or status by user-provided transaction ID | No | No manifest command that takes only a transaction ID you type in afterward and prints its Hedera receipt, record, or final status (distinct from whatever that command emitted when it first submitted). |
| Read / query | Network / node metadata (version, address book) as dedicated commands | No | Not exposed as dedicated CLI. Rely on a mirror explorer or HashScan instead. |
| Read / query | Transaction history / blocks listing (“explorer” style mirror browsing) | No | No commands to list transactions by account, contract, or block range. Only entity-focused queries (account view, token view, topic find-message, …). |
| Accounts | Create / update / delete accounts | Yes | account create, account update, account delete |
| Accounts | Local wallet / alias bookkeeping | Yes | account import, account list, account clear, credentials helpers |
| Accounts | Staking fields on account (stakedAccountId, stakedNodeId, declineReward) | Yes | On account update (and related options on contract create) |
| HTS - lifecycle | Create fungible / NFT tokens | Yes | token create-ft, token create-nft, token create-ft-from-file, token create-nft-from-file |
| HTS - lifecycle | Mint / burn | Yes | token mint-ft, token mint-nft, token burn-ft, token burn-nft |
| HTS - lifecycle | Delete token | Yes | token delete |
| HTS - lifecycle | Update token metadata / keys / treasury / expiry after creation (TokenUpdate) | Yes | token update exposes post-creation administration (including keys, treasury, memo, token metadata, fee schedule keys, auto-renew, expiration, etc., per CLI options). |
| HTS - lifecycle | Update individual NFT metadata per-serial (TokenUpdateNfts) | Yes | token update-metadata-nft |
| HTS - lifecycle | Update fee schedule (TokenFeeScheduleUpdate) | Partial | There is no command to replace the entire fee schedule for a token after it has been created. |
| HTS - custody | Associate tokens | Yes | token associate |
| HTS - custody | Dissociate tokens (TokenDissociate) | Yes | token dissociate |
| HTS - compliance & risk | Freeze / unfreeze account on token | Yes | token freeze, token unfreeze |
| HTS - compliance & risk | KYC grant / revoke (TokenGrantKyc, TokenRevokeKyc) | Yes | token grant-kyc, token revoke-kyc |
| HTS - compliance & risk | Wipe (TokenWipe) | Yes | token wipe-ft, token wipe-nft |
| HTS - compliance & risk | Pause / unpause network transfers (TokenPause, TokenUnpause) | Yes | token pause, token unpause |
| HTS - transfers & allowances | FT / NFT transfers | Yes | token transfer-ft, token transfer-nft |
| HTS - transfers & allowances | Allowances (approve / approve NFT / delete NFT allowance) | Yes | token allowance-ft, token allowance-nft, token delete-allowance-nft |
| HTS - swaps | Multi-party token / HBAR swaps in a single transaction | Yes | swap create, swap add-hbar, swap add-ft, swap add-nft, swap execute, swap list, swap view (detailed transfer breakdown for a named swap in CLI state), swap delete |
| HTS - airdrops | Airdrop, pending list, claim, cancel, reject | Yes | token airdrop-ft, token airdrop-nft, token pending-airdrops, token claim-airdrop, token cancel-airdrop, token reject-airdrop |
| HTS - discovery | Token registry in CLI state & on-chain view | Yes | token list, token view, token import |
| HCS | Topic create / update / delete | Yes | topic create, topic update, topic delete |
| HCS | Submit message | Yes | topic submit-message |
| HCS | Browse messages (mirror / filters) | Yes | topic find-message |
| HCS | Topic registry in CLI state | Yes | topic import, topic list |
| HCS | On-chain topic info (full get topic without message scan) | Partial | No command to view the full topic details (keys, memo, expiry) without scanning its messages. |
| Smart contracts | Deploy (ContractCreate / create flow) | Yes | contract create |
| Smart contracts | Delete contract | Yes | contract delete |
| Smart contracts | Contract query via mirror (ContractCall read-only) | Partial | Querying a contract is only supported for ERC-20 and ERC-721. There is no command to call an arbitrary contract with a custom ABI. |
| Smart contracts | Contract execute (ContractExecute) | Partial | Executing a contract is only supported for ERC-20 and ERC-721. There is no command to send a call to an arbitrary contract. |
| Smart contracts | Contract update (ContractUpdate) | Yes | contract update — admin key, memo, auto-renew account and period, expiration, max automatic token associations, and staking fields (where applicable), per CLI options. |
| Smart contracts | Ethereum transaction / EVM interoperability transactions | No | Not present in codebase survey |
| Scheduling | Schedule create / sign / delete | Yes | schedule create, schedule sign, schedule delete |
| Scheduling | Inspect / verify scheduled transaction | Yes | schedule verify — queries the mirror node and returns status, payer, expiry, memo, and execution timestamp. |
| Batching | Atomic batch submission patterns | Yes | batch create, batch execute, batch list, batch delete (+ hooks on other commands) |
| File service | File create / append / update / delete | No | Not exposed in src/plugins. Tracked in issue #1645 (epic). |
| Network administration | Freeze / prepare upgrade / node admin transactions | No | Council / privileged ops not targeted by this CLI |
| Utilities | PRNG / system contract utilities (UtilPrng, etc.) | No | No dedicated commands in src/plugins for these utilities. Outside the stated product scope for this CLI. |
| CLI platform | Networks, operator, config, plugins | Yes | Switch networks and manage the active operator (network), read and write CLI settings (config), install and toggle plugins at runtime (plugin-management), view and remove stored credentials (credentials). |
Default plugins → commands (inventory)
Plugins loaded by default (DEFAULT_PLUGIN_STATE) and their command names as registered in manifests:
| Plugin | Commands |
|---|---|
| account | create, update, balance, list, import, clear, delete, view |
| batch | create, execute, list, delete |
| schedule | create, sign, delete, verify |
| token | airdrop-ft, airdrop-nft, allowance-ft, allowance-nft, associate, burn-ft, burn-nft, cancel-airdrop, claim-airdrop, create-ft, create-ft-from-file, create-nft, create-nft-from-file, delete, delete-allowance-nft, dissociate, freeze, grant-kyc, import, list, mint-ft, mint-nft, pause, pending-airdrops, reject-airdrop, revoke-kyc, transfer-ft, transfer-nft, unfreeze, unpause, update, update-metadata-nft, view, wipe-ft, wipe-nft |
| network | list, use, get-operator, set-operator |
| plugin-management | add, remove, enable, disable, list, reset, info |
| credentials | list, remove |
| topic | create, import, list, submit-message, update, delete, find-message |
| hbar | transfer, allowance, allowance-revoke |
| swap | create, add-hbar, add-ft, add-nft, execute, list, view, delete |
| contract | create, list, import, delete, update |
| config | list, get, set |
| contract-erc20 | name, symbol, decimals, allowance, balance-of, transfer, transfer-from, approve, total-supply |
| contract-erc721 | balance-of, approve, set-approval-for-all, is-approved-for-all, owner-of, get-approved, token-uri, name, symbol, safe-transfer-from, mint, transfer-from |