Reference

Commands

Every docusense command.

Run docusense --help, or docusense <command> --help for details on any command.

#Everyday

Command	What it does
`docusense setup`	Connect DocuSense to your agent (more)
`docusense add <files or folders>`	Add documents, or new versions of them
`docusense list`	Show your documents and their versions
`docusense search "<question>"`	Search your library
`docusense define "<term>"`	Find where a term is defined
`docusense savings`	See how many tokens you've saved
`docusense info`	Show where your library is stored and how big it is

#setup

terminal

docusense setup                    # Claude Code
docusense setup claude-desktop
docusense setup cursor
docusense setup print              # config to paste into any other app

#add

terminal

docusense add report.pdf ~/Documents/policies
docusense add hb.pdf --doc employee-handbook --title "Employee Handbook" --label 2026

Option
`--doc`	choose the document's name (one file at a time)
`--title`	give the document a title
`--label`	name this version, instead of v1, v2… (one file at a time)

#search

terminal

docusense search "remote work allowance"
docusense search "line length" --doc mail-policy --k 3

Option
`--doc`	only search one document or version
`--k`	how many results (default 5)
`--mode`	`hybrid` (default), `semantic` for meaning, `lexical` for exact words

#savings

terminal

docusense savings
docusense savings --days 7 --json

#Checking and maintenance

Command	What it does
`docusense verify`	Check every stored passage is genuine. `--deep` also re-reads the original files.
`docusense sections <document>@<version>`	Print a version's table of contents
`docusense stats`	Counts of pages, sections and rules per version
`docusense conflicts`	Re-check documents for contradictions. `--llm-judge` adds an AI review.
`docusense index`	Rebuild the search index
`docusense db reset --yes`	Delete your whole library and start fresh

warning

db reset permanently deletes every document and version in your library.

#Running the server

Your agent app starts DocuSense automatically, so you rarely need these.

Command	What it does
`docusense serve-mcp`	Run DocuSense for one agent
`docusense serve-mcp --http`	Run a shared server (more)