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Overview

Every okra command that outputs JSON supports the --jq flag for inline filtering. This mirrors the gh CLI pattern — no separate | jq pipe needed. --jq implies --json automatically.

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Filter completed jobs

okra jobs list --jq '[.[] | select(.status=="completed")] | .[0:5]'
Output: 
[
  { "job_id": "ocr-F84H8rAjY...", "status": "completed", "filename": "Q3-2024.pdf" },
  { "job_id": "ocr-qKLuQqM8T...", "status": "completed", "filename": "Annual-Report.pdf" }
]

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Extract just job IDs

okra jobs list --jq '[.[] | select(.status=="completed")] | map(.job_id)'

["ocr-F84H8rAjY...", "ocr-qKLuQqM8T...", "ocr-gaSpuGK3P..."]

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Comma-separated IDs (for piping into okra task)

okra jobs list --jq '[.[] | select(.status=="completed")] | .[0:3] | map(.job_id) | join(",")'

"ocr-F84H8rAjY...,ocr-qKLuQqM8T...,ocr-gaSpuGK3P..."

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One-liner: pipe 3 completed jobs into a multi-doc task

okra task $(okra jobs list --jq '[.[] | select(.status=="completed")] | .[0:3] | map(.job_id) | join(",")' | tr -d '"') \
  -m "compare revenue across these documents"
This:
  1. Lists all jobs as JSON
  2. Filters to completed only
  3. Takes the first 3
  4. Joins their IDs with commas
  5. Passes the result as the document list to okra task

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Filter by filename pattern

# Only annual reports
okra jobs list --jq '[.[] | select(.filename | test("annual"; "i"))]'

# Only PDFs from 2024
okra jobs list --jq '[.[] | select(.filename | test("2024"))]'

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Sort by page count

okra jobs list --jq 'sort_by(.total_pages) | reverse | .[0:5] | map({filename, total_pages})'

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Count jobs by status

okra jobs list --jq 'group_by(.status) | map({status: .[0].status, count: length})'

[
  { "status": "completed", "count": 42 },
  { "status": "processing", "count": 3 },
  { "status": "failed", "count": 1 }
]

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Combine with other commands

# Get results for the most recent completed job
JOB=$(okra jobs list --jq '[.[] | select(.status=="completed")][0].job_id' | tr -d '"')
okra jobs results "$JOB" -o markdown

# Export tables from all completed jobs to CSV directories
for id in $(okra jobs list --jq '[.[] | select(.status=="completed")] | .[].job_id' | tr -d '"[],' | tr ' ' '\n'); do
  okra elements export "$id" -t tables -f csv -d "exports/${id}" -o json >/dev/null
done

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Bulk cancel last N jobs

# Cancel the last 4 jobs
okra jobs list --jq '.[-4:].[].job_id' | tr -d '"' | xargs -I{} okra jobs cancel {}

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Reference

The --jq flag is available on any command that supports --json output. It uses your system’s jq binary, so any valid jq expression works. 
# These are equivalent:
okra jobs list --json | jq '.[0:3]'
okra jobs list --jq '.[0:3]'