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Is it possible to run a flow from command line and have the run show up in the web UI?

Hi <@U01FXDRMC4E> - no that's not possible right now unless you create a file that will make an explicit call to the API like this:
```mutation {
  create_flow_run(...args) {
    id
  }
}```

Ah I'm sorry <@U01FXDRMC4E> I misspoke, you can run a flow via the CLI using this:
```prefect run cloud --name "My Flow Name" --project "Hello, World!"```
But the flow will need to be registered and you'll need to have an agent running still.

<@UN6FTLFAS> if we are using a standalone server, do we still use the `cloud` argument?

`prefect run flow --name Test-Flow --project My-Project -ps`

<@U01FXDRMC4E> AFAIK that’s the correct one

```(prefect) dylanhughes@Dylans-MacBook-Pro-Prefect ~/d/prefect&gt; prefect run                                                                                                                                                                                          master
Usage: prefect run [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

  Run Prefect flows.

  Usage:
      $ prefect run [STORAGE/PLATFORM]

  Arguments:
      flow    Run a flow with a backend API

  Examples:
      $ prefect run flow --name Test-Flow --project My-Project -ps '{"my_param": 42}'
      Flow Run: <https://cloud.prefect.io/myslug/flow-run/2ba3rrfd-411c-4d99-bb2a-f64a6dea78f9>

      $ prefect run flow --name Test-Flow --project My-Project --watch
      Flow Run: <https://localhost:8080/flow-run/2ba3rrfd-411c-4d99-bb2a-f64a6dea78f9>
      Scheduled -&gt; Submitted -&gt; Running -&gt; Success

Options:
  -h, --help  Show this message and exit.```

`prefect run` on its own shows the health command

just make sure you’ve set `prefect backend server` so the CLI knows to talk to your prefect server instance