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atmos profile list

Use this command to list all configured profiles across all discovery locations with their details.

atmos profile list

Usage​

atmos profile list [flags]

Description​

List all configured profiles across all locations with their details.

Profiles are discovered from multiple locations in precedence order:

  1. Configurable path: profiles.base_path in atmos.yaml
  2. Project-hidden: .atmos/profiles/
  3. XDG user directory: ~/.config/atmos/profiles/ (or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/atmos/profiles/)
  4. Project directory: profiles/

The output includes:

  • Profile name
  • Profile type (inline or directory)
  • Source location
  • Description (if available)

Flags​

-f, --format

Output format. Options: table, json, yaml

Default: table

Examples​

List All Profiles​

# List all available profiles in table format (default)
atmos profile list

Example output:

┌────────────┬───────────┬────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────┐
│ NAME       │ TYPE      │ SOURCE                     │ DESCRIPTION                     │
├────────────┼───────────┼────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────┤
│ developer  │ directory │ profiles/developer         │ Development environment         │
│ ci         │ directory │ profiles/ci                │ CI/CD pipeline settings         │
│ production │ inline    │ atmos.yaml                 │ Production configuration        │
│ debug      │ directory │ ~/.config/atmos/profiles   │ Debug logging enabled           │
└────────────┴───────────┴────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────┘

Output as JSON​

# List profiles in JSON format for scripting
atmos profile list --format json

Example output:

[
  {
    "name": "developer",
    "type": "directory",
    "source": "profiles/developer",
    "description": "Development environment"
  },
  {
    "name": "ci",
    "type": "directory",
    "source": "profiles/ci",
    "description": "CI/CD pipeline settings"
  }
]

Output as YAML​

# List profiles in YAML format
atmos profile list --format yaml

Example output:

- name: developer
  type: directory
  source: profiles/developer
  description: Development environment
- name: ci
  type: directory
  source: profiles/ci
  description: CI/CD pipeline settings

Using the Alias​

You can also use the atmos list profiles alias:

# List profiles using the alias
atmos list profiles

# With format flag
atmos list profiles --format json

Scripting Examples​

Check if a Profile Exists​

# Check if 'developer' profile exists
if atmos profile list --format json | jq -e '.[] | select(.name == "developer")' > /dev/null; then
    echo "Developer profile found"
    atmos --profile developer terraform plan vpc -s dev
fi

List Profile Names Only​

# Get just the profile names
atmos profile list --format json | jq -r '.[].name'

Count Available Profiles​

# Count total profiles
atmos profile list --format json | jq 'length'

See Also​