Configure

The CLI authenticates with NTLM (Windows Integrated). Set the D365_* env vars (or CRM_* aliases):

export D365_URL="https://crm.contoso.local/contoso"
export D365_USERNAME="alice"
export D365_PASSWORD="..."        # never persisted to disk
export D365_DOMAIN="CONTOSO"      # optional if username is a UPN

Or save a reusable profile, including the default solution and publisher prefix used by metadata write commands:

crm connection connect \
    --url https://crm.contoso.local/contoso \
    --username alice --domain CONTOSO \
    --default-solution CRMWorx --publisher-prefix cwx \
    --profile-name crmworx

State lives under ~/.crm/ (override with CRM_HOME). See the README for the full reference.