diff --git a/.changeset/little-apes-appear.md b/.changeset/little-apes-appear.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d2540a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/little-apes-appear.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'gitemo-cli': minor
+---
+
+authentication for cli
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/build_and_publish.yaml
index b15eab1..813bc1a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_publish.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
             export CLIENT_URL=${{ secrets.CLIENT_URL }}
             export API_KEY=${{ secrets.API_KEY }}
+            export KEY_FILENAME=${{ secrets.KEY_FILENAME }}
             npm install --frozen-lockfile
             npm run build --if-present
       - name: Create Release Pull Request or Publish
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           publish: npm run release
           title: "📦 Version packages"
+          commit: "📦 package: Version packages"
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.REPO_TOKEN }}
           NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/src/utils/findGitemoCommands.js b/src/utils/findGitemoCommands.js
index 32c0d0a..8ef2eec 100644
--- a/src/utils/findGitemoCommands.js
+++ b/src/utils/findGitemoCommands.js
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import FLAGS from '@constants/flag.js';
+import requireLogin from './requireLogin';
+import chalk from 'chalk';
 
 const isSupportedCommand = (command, options) => {
   return Object.keys(options).includes(command);
@@ -38,6 +40,19 @@ const getOptionsForCommand = (command, flags, input, type) => {
 const findGitemoCommand = (cli, options) => {
   const { command, type } = determineCommand(cli.flags, cli.input, options);
 
+  var key = requireLogin(command);
+
+  if (command === FLAGS.LOGIN) {
+    if (key && key !== 1) {
+      console.log(chalk.bold.green(`\n\nYou are already logged in\n\n`));
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (!key || key === undefined) {
+    return;
+  }
+
   if (!command || !isSupportedCommand(command, options)) {
     return cli.showHelp();
   }
diff --git a/src/utils/requireLogin.js b/src/utils/requireLogin.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad0300f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/requireLogin.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import os from 'os';
+import path from 'path';
+import chalk from 'chalk';
+import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
+import dotenv from 'dotenv';
+dotenv.config();
+
+function requireLogin(command) {
+  try {
+    const FILENAME = process.env.KEY_FILENAME;
+    const homeDir = os.homedir();
+    const filePath = path.join(homeDir, FILENAME);
+    const fileData = readFileSync(filePath, 'utf8');
+    const { key } = JSON.parse(fileData);
+    return key;
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (command === 'login') {
+      return 1;
+    }
+    console.log(chalk.red(`No key found! Please login first\n\n`));
+    console.log(`use ${chalk.cyan('gitemo login')} to login\n`);
+  }
+}
+
+export default requireLogin;