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# Getting Started

Why do we need Hasura CLI?

## Introduction

The Hasura CLI plays a central role in database development. It allows you to:

* Generate and execute database & hasura metadata migrations.
* Run seed data operations
* Run the Hasura Console (GraphiQL web client) locally.
* Reload metadata
* Run API statements
* And more

We use it to apply best practices around the development of Moped in a locally environment, reviewing changes as a team, and then deploying through our [GitHub Action workflow](https://github.com/cityofaustin/atd-moped/actions/workflows/migrations-metadata-deployment.yml) so we never need to manually change the staging or production environments.