docs/data/reusables/code-scanning/what-is-codeql-cli.md

{% ifversion fpt or ghes > 3.0 or ghae-next %} The {% data variables.product.prodname_codeql_cli %} is a standalone product that you can use to analyze code. Its main purpose is to generate a database representation of a codebase, a {% data variables.product.prodname_codeql %} database. Once the database is ready, you can query it interactively, or run a suite of queries to generate a set of results in SARIF format and upload the results to {% data variables.product.product_location %}. {% endif %}