9. Tools

The Tools menu (option 9 in the main menu) groups utility commands that manage your SWAO installation, workspace, and credentials.

Available tools

Tool	CLI command	Description
Lenses	`swao lenses list` / `swao lenses set <ids>`	Switch between preconfigured analysis lenses (pass selection profiles)
Licence	`swao license status` / `swao license activate <key>`	Display current edition and activate a licence key
Credentials	`swao credential set` / `swao credential list`	Store and manage API keys and vault references
Framework	`swao framework list` / `swao framework install <id>`	Copy additional bundled community frameworks into the workspace (`wsp/inputs/catalogs/community/<folder>/`); or download from GitHub and copy the folder there
Catalogue update	`swao lz catalogue update`	Refresh the LZ provider service catalogues from the providers' public sources, and the VM prices of the service cost model from the Azure and AWS price APIs (Consultant and above)
LLM gateway update	`swao llm-gateway update`	Refresh the workspace LLM gateway connectors (`wsp/inputs/llm-gateway/`, the single source) from the packaged seeds: unchanged seeds are updated, connectors you edited are kept, new connectors are added. Run after upgrading the binary. `--dry-run` previews the changes
SWAO Chat	`swao chat`	Multi-turn LLM conversation about portfolio assessment results (Enterprise)
Help	`swao --help` / `swao <command> --help`	Full CLI reference

Lenses are preconfigured pass selection profiles; some also activate matching frameworks. Three lenses ship with SWAO (swao lenses list):

Lens	Passes	Frameworks activated automatically
`cloud-migration` (default)	INV, STATE, DATA, CTX, SBOM, TF, EGR, CRYPTO, SYNTH, LZR, COMP, SCOPE	none
`security-focus`	SBOM, CRYPTO, EGR, MAL	KRITIS, NIS2
`data-governance`	DATA, CTX	GDPR

Set a lens before an assessment:

bash

swao lenses set security-focus
swao assess --app my-app