> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://braintrust.dev/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# bt status

> Show the active Braintrust profile, organization, and project, with optional authentication and context details.

`bt status` shows the selected organization, project, and profile. Add `--verbose` to show the project ID, app URL, API URL, authentication method, and source of the organization and project context. Add `--all` to verify every saved profile and inspect the full authentication and context state.

```bash theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark-dimmed"}}
bt status
bt status --verbose
bt status --all
bt status --json
```

The expanded output from `bt status --all` includes the active default context and its source, any active credential override, the status of every saved profile, and the locations used for profile metadata and credential storage. It reports when `BRAINTRUST_API_KEY` takes precedence over saved profiles, but it does not validate that environment API key.

Use `bt status` when you need to confirm which profile and context `bt` will use before running another command. Use `bt status --all` to diagnose authentication or inspect credential storage.

For profile management, such as listing, renaming, or deleting saved profiles without verifying credentials, use [`bt profiles`](/docs/reference/cli/profiles).

## Flags

| Flag    | Description                                                                                                                  |
| ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `--all` | Show active context, credential precedence, all saved profiles and their connection status, and credential storage locations |

For detailed text output, use the global [`--verbose`](/docs/reference/cli/overview#global-flags) flag. For machine-readable output, use [`--json`](/docs/reference/cli/overview#global-flags).