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One computer can be signed in to several agent accounts and your own account. Each command uses one of them.
1

Sign in to each account

Run this once for each account, and pick it in the browser:
To open the browser with the account already picked, name it:
The first account you sign in to is the default. To change it:
On a server without a browser, sign in with each agent account’s token:
2

Choose the account

Pick how wide the choice applies:When several are set, the CLI takes the first of --account, ARTIL_ACCOUNT, the linked folder, and the default.<account> is an ID, a name, or a slug, as in Account names.After you change a client’s account, restart it: start a new Claude Code or Pi session, or run openclaw gateway restart.
3

Check the account

Status shows the account in use and why, then every account signed in on this computer.

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Account names

--account, ARTIL_ACCOUNT, and artil link take an account as:
  • its ID, as the Artil app shows it
  • its name in any case, in quotes when it has spaces, like "Research Agent"
  • its slug: the name in lowercase with spaces and symbols turned into dashes, like research-agent for Research Agent or r-d for R&D
  • your email, for your own account
When a name or slug fits more than one account, the error lists each with its ID. artil auth status shows what to type for each account signed in here. ARTIL_TOKEN stands apart: when it is set, commands sign in with that token, and naming another account with --account or ARTIL_ACCOUNT is an error.