# Notation CLI

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/notary/notation-cli/  
**Provider:** Notary Project — https://apis.io/providers/notary/  
**Documentation:** https://notaryproject.dev/docs/user-guides/installation/cli/

Notation CLI is one of 4 APIs that [Notary Project](https://apis.io/providers/notary/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include CLI, OCI, Signing, and Verification. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, a getting-started guide, an API reference, a GitHub repository, and a changelog.

Notation is the command-line tool that implements the Notary Project specifications for signing and verifying OCI artifacts stored in container registries. It supports signing with certificates stored in trust stores, configuring trust policies for verification, and extends to third-party key management systems via a plugin model.

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **Documentation** — https://notaryproject.dev/docs/user-guides/installation/cli/
- **GettingStarted** — https://notaryproject.dev/docs/user-guides/installation/
- **Reference** — https://github.com/notaryproject/notation/blob/main/specs/notation-cli.md
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/notaryproject/notation
- **ChangeLog** — https://github.com/notaryproject/notation/releases

## Other Notary Project APIs (3)

- [Notary Project Signing Specification](https://apis.io/apis/notary/notary-spec/)
- [notation-go Library](https://apis.io/apis/notary/notation-go/)
- [Notation Plugin Extensibility](https://apis.io/apis/notary/notation-plugin-framework/)

## Tags

CLI, OCI, Signing, Verification

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