Max CLI

What is Max CLI?

Max CLI, listed here as Signals CLI, is an MIT-licensed command-line client from Sortlist for the Max lead intelligence API. It lets developers and AI agents monitor sources such as LinkedIn and funding databases and pull in newly discovered leads without leaving the terminal. The model has four parts: a read-only catalog of signal types, businesses that carry a website, description and ideal customer profile, subscriptions that activate a signal with its own configuration, and leads, which are enriched profiles with name, company, LinkedIn URL, email and phone. You can create a business from just a website URL and let the tool analyze its profile, pause or resume scanning per subscription, and register webhooks that receive an HTTP POST for each new lead, optionally signed with HMAC-SHA256. Every command returns JSON for use with jq, and a SKILL.md file teaches coding agents like Cursor and Claude Code the commands. The CLI installs through npm, and the vendor does not list pricing for the Max API behind it.

Use cases

• Discover leads from LinkedIn signals
• Monitor funding databases for prospects
• Push new leads to a webhook
• Script lead workflows with jq
• Let AI agents manage lead monitoring
• Create a business profile from a website

Who it's for

• Developers
• Sales and growth teams
• AI agent builders
• Lead generation specialists

Why use Max CLI

• Every command prints JSON, which makes it easy to pipe leads into scripts and other tools.
• The included skill file lets AI coding agents run the CLI without extra prompting.
• Webhooks deliver new leads in real time instead of requiring polling.
• Creating a business from a website saves manual setup of its ideal customer profile.
• The client is open source under the MIT license.

Max CLI features

• Catalog of signal types via signals:list
• Business creation with automatic ICP analysis from a website
• Subscriptions with pause, resume and delete
• Paginated lead listing and detail views
• Webhooks with HMAC-SHA256 signature verification
• JSON output on every command
• API key login stored in a local config file
• SKILL.md for AI coding agents
• Team-scoped API keys

Max CLI integrations

• LinkedIn
• Cursor
• Claude Code
• OpenClaw

How to get started with Max CLI

1. Install the client with npm install -g sortlist-max-cli.
2. Run max login and paste an API key from Settings > API Keys in your dashboard.
3. Create a business from a website, then browse the signal catalog.
4. Create a subscription for a signal, such as LinkedIn company engagers, with its configuration.
5. List leads or register a webhook to receive new ones as they appear.

Max CLI limitations

• Requires an API key for the Max service
• API requests are rate limited to 60 requests per minute
• Pricing for the Max API is not stated in the repository
• Lead listings return at most 100 results per page

Max CLI pricing

Max CLI is open source, so you can use and self-host it for free.

Prices can change and may vary by country or exclude tax. Check the official pricing page.

Max CLI alternatives

The main Max CLI alternatives listed on Debuly are Clearbit, Common Room, Overloop CLI, Topo, AISquared and Amazon Bedrock Agents. The table compares pricing and platforms; order is A–Z.

1. 

   AISquared

   Enterprise AI platform for building, deploying and governing agentic workflows, RAG chat and data apps across existing business systems.

   Automation and agentsDeveloper platforms
   Contact salesVisit AISquared (official site)
2. 

   Amazon Bedrock Agents

   AWS service for building agents that use foundation models, company APIs and data to complete multistep tasks, with memory and multi-agent teams.

   Automation and agentsDeveloper platforms
   PaidVisit Amazon Bedrock Agents (official site)
3. 

   Clearbit

   B2B data enrichment, website visitor reveal and form shortening, now Clearbit by HubSpot and closed to new standalone buyers.

   Marketing and SEOAutomation and agents
   Visit Clearbit (official site)
4. 

   Common Room

   Buyer-intelligence platform that merges signals, enrichment and AI research so sales teams know who to contact and why.

   Marketing and SEOAutomation and agentsProductivity
   Contact salesVisit Common Room (official site)
5. 

   Overloop CLI

   Beta MIT-licensed command-line tool for the Overloop API v2 that lets developers and AI agents run sales outreach from a terminal.

   Automation and agentsMarketing and SEODeveloper platforms
   Open sourceVisit Overloop CLI (official site)
6. 

   Topo

   AI outbound sales platform with a built-in agent for buying signals, lead search, enrichment and multichannel sequences.

   Automation and agentsMarketing and SEO
   Free trialVisit Topo (official site)

Max CLI FAQ

Sources & verification

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