diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 71af87e..6690d9c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4353,11 +4353,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "axum",
  "chrono",
+ "clap",
  "config",
  "database",
  "include_dir",
  "migration",
  "mime_guess",
+ "once_cell",
  "sea-orm",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
diff --git a/apps/api/Cargo.toml b/apps/api/Cargo.toml
index 3d132ad..a3a1a00 100644
--- a/apps/api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/apps/api/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,3 +21,5 @@ sea-orm = { workspace = true }
 include_dir = { version = "0.7.4" }
 mime_guess = { version = "2.0.5" }
 utoipa = { version = "5.4.0", features = ["macros", "axum_extras", "chrono", "decimal", "uuid", "time", "openapi_extensions"] }
+clap = { version = "4.5.53" }
+once_cell = { version = "1.21.3" }
diff --git a/apps/api/src/cmd.rs b/apps/api/src/cmd.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ffb6eca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/src/cmd.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+use std::pin::Pin;
+use std::{future::Future, process::exit};
+
+use clap::{ArgMatches, Command};
+
+pub mod generate_openapi;
+
+pub struct CliCommand {
+    pub command: Command,
+    pub action: fn(&clap::ArgMatches) -> Pin<Box<dyn std::future::Future<Output = ()> + Send>>,
+}
+
+static CLI_COMMANDS: once_cell::sync::Lazy<
+    [CliCommand; 1 /* Update this count when adding new commands */],
+> =
+    once_cell::sync::Lazy::new(|| {
+        [
+            // Add new commands here
+            generate_openapi::get_cli_command(),
+        ]
+    });
+
+pub fn get_command() -> Command {
+    let mut c = Command::new("cmd");
+
+    for cmd in CLI_COMMANDS.iter() {
+        c = c.subcommand(cmd.command.clone());
+    }
+
+    c
+}
+
+pub fn execute(matches: &ArgMatches, help_msg: &str) -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = ()> + Send>> {
+    if let Some((subcommand_name, subcommand_matches)) = matches.subcommand() {
+        for cmd in CLI_COMMANDS.iter() {
+            if cmd.command.get_name() == subcommand_name {
+                return (cmd.action)(subcommand_matches);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    eprintln!("Error: No valid subcommand provided.");
+    eprintln!("{}", help_msg);
+    exit(1);
+}
diff --git a/apps/api/src/cmd/generate_openapi.rs b/apps/api/src/cmd/generate_openapi.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e227fed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/src/cmd/generate_openapi.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+use clap::{Arg, Command};
+use utoipa::OpenApi;
+
+use crate::{cmd::CliCommand, routes::ApiDoc};
+
+pub fn get_cli_command() -> CliCommand {
+    CliCommand {
+        command: command(),
+        action,
+    }
+}
+
+fn command() -> Command {
+    Command::new("generate:openapi")
+        .arg(
+            Arg::new("output_path")
+                .short('o')
+                .long("output-path")
+                .value_name("PATH")
+                .help("Path to output the generated OpenAPI documentation")
+                .required(true),
+        )
+        .about("Generate OpenAPI documentation")
+}
+
+fn action(
+    _matches: &clap::ArgMatches,
+) -> std::pin::Pin<Box<dyn std::future::Future<Output = ()> + Send>> {
+    let output_path = _matches.get_one::<String>("output_path");
+    let output_path = output_path.unwrap().to_string();
+    Box::pin(async move {
+        let doc = ApiDoc::openapi();
+        let json = doc
+            .to_pretty_json()
+            .expect("Failed to serialize OpenAPI doc to JSON");
+        std::fs::write(&output_path, json).expect("Failed to write OpenAPI doc to file");
+    })
+}
diff --git a/apps/api/src/main.rs b/apps/api/src/main.rs
index dd1af30..f8a8ec9 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/main.rs
+++ b/apps/api/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+mod cmd;
 mod configs;
 mod errors;
 mod middlewares;
@@ -21,15 +22,39 @@ use crate::{
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
-    // Temporary subscriber for initial logging during configuration reading
-    let make_temporary_subscriber = || {
-        tracing_subscriber::fmt()
-            .with_max_level(tracing::Level::DEBUG)
-            .with_target(false)
-            .with_level(true)
-            .finish()
-    };
+    // only run command line interface if arguments are provided
+    if std::env::args().len() > 1 {
+        process_commands().await;
+        return;
+    }
 
+    start_server().await;
+}
+
+async fn process_commands() {
+    tracing::subscriber::with_default(make_temporary_subscriber(), async || {
+        use clap::error::ErrorKind;
+
+        let mut command = cmd::get_command();
+        let help_output = format!("{}", command.render_help());
+        let matches = command
+            .try_get_matches()
+            .unwrap_or_else(|err| match err.kind() {
+                ErrorKind::DisplayHelp | ErrorKind::DisplayVersion => {
+                    err.print().expect("Error writing Error");
+                    std::process::exit(0);
+                }
+                _ => {
+                    err.print().expect("Error writing Error");
+                    std::process::exit(1);
+                }
+            });
+        cmd::execute(&matches, &help_output).await;
+    })
+    .await
+}
+
+async fn start_server() {
     let settings =
         tracing::subscriber::with_default(make_temporary_subscriber(), || -> ProgramSettings {
             debug!("Temporary subscriber installed.");
@@ -86,6 +111,14 @@ async fn main() {
         .expect("Failed to run the server");
 }
 
+fn make_temporary_subscriber() -> tracing_subscriber::fmt::Subscriber {
+    tracing_subscriber::fmt()
+        .with_max_level(tracing::Level::DEBUG)
+        .with_target(false)
+        .with_level(true)
+        .finish()
+}
+
 fn get_global_tracing_subscriber_builder(
     settings: &LoggingSettings,
 ) -> tracing_subscriber::fmt::SubscriberBuilder<