ARDUINO-CLI-PROFILE-CREATE(1)

💖 ARDUINO COMMAND LINE MANUAL(1) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Arduino Command Line Manual, page one of many, and this one is literally about making profiles. we're in our arduino-cli era and it's giving organized ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

arduino-cli-profile-create — create or update a profile in the sketch project file 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

arduino-cli profile create --profile  --fqbn  [flags] []

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Create or update a profile in the sketch project file. that's it, that's the whole job. you point it at a profile name, you hand it a board, and it writes it into your sketch's project file. no cap. 💅

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• --board-options=[] — a list of board options separated by commas. or, if you're feeling extra, you can drop this flag multiple times for multiple options. whatever vibe you're on. ✨
• -b, --fqbn="" — the Fully Qualified Board Name, like arduino:avr:uno. yes, "fully qualified" — it's that girl, she has a full government name. 👑
• -h, --help[=false] — help for create. when you're lost, she's there. 🥺
• -m, --profile="" — the sketch profile you wanna use. this is the one you're creating or updating, so be nice to her. 💖
• --set-default[=false] — set the profile as the default one. main character energy, officially crowned. 👑

💜 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 💜

these are the flags that trickle down from the parent command, like hand-me-downs but they actually slap:

• --additional-urls=[] — a comma-separated list of additional URLs for the Boards Manager. more boards, more options, more chaos. 🌈
• --config-dir="" — sets the default data directory (the Arduino CLI will look for its configuration file in this directory). 🗂️
• --config-file="" — your custom config file. if you don't specify one, the default gets used. no pressure. 🙈
• --json[=false] — print the output in JSON format. for when you want your data looking like a snack for scripts. 🤖
• --log[=false] — print the logs on the standard output. 🪵
• --log-file="" — the path to the file where logs will be written. 📝
• --log-format="text" — the output format for the logs. it can be: text, json.
• --log-level="info" — messages with this level and above will be logged. valid levels are: trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal, panic. pick your level of yapping. 💬
• --no-color[=false] — disable colored output. tragic, but sometimes necessary. 💀

🔥 EXAMPLE 🔥

  # Creates or updates the sketch project file in the current directory.
  debian/build/bin/arduino-cli profile create -m uno -b arduino:avr:uno

look at her go. -m uno for the profile, -b arduino:avr:uno for the board, and boom — project file handled. iconic behavior, honestly. ⭐

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

arduino-cli-profile(1) — go read the parent page too, she knows things. 🫶

📜 HISTORY 📜

15-Aug-2026 — Auto generated by spf13/cobra. not a human, just cobra doing cobra things. 🐍

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that's the whole page bestie, you ate that. this page is Auto generated by spf13/cobra, dating back to Aug 2026, and it lives under the banner of ARDUINO COMMAND LINE MANUAL(1). now go forth and create profiles, you absolute legend 💅💖✨