---
title: snrd keys add
description: Derive a new private key and encrypt to disk.
---

## Usage

```shell
snrd keys add <name> [flags]
```

## Flags

<TypeTable
  type={{
    "account": { type: "integer", description: "Account number for HD derivation (less than equal 2147483647)" },
    "coin-type": { type: "integer", default: "60", description: "coin type number for HD derivation" },
    "dry-run": { type: "string", description: "action, but don't add key to local keystore" },
    "hd-path": { type: "string", description: "Manual HD Path derivation (overrides BIP44 config)" },
    "help": { type: "string", description: "for add" },
    "index": { type: "integer", description: "Address index number for HD derivation (less than equal 2147483647)" },
    "interactive": { type: "string", description: "prompt user for BIP39 passphrase and mnemonic" },
    "key-type": { type: "string", default: "eth_secp256k1", description: "Key signing algorithm to generate keys for" },
    "ledger": { type: "string", description: "a local reference to a private key on a Ledger device" },
    "multisig": { type: "string", description: "List of key names stored in keyring to construct a public legacy multisig key" },
    "multisig-threshold": { type: "integer", default: "1", description: "K out of N required signatures. For use in conjunction with --multisig" },
    "no-backup": { type: "string", description: "print out seed phrase (if others are watching the terminal)" },
    "nosort": { type: "string", description: "passed to --multisig are taken in the order they're supplied" },
    "pubkey": { type: "string", description: "Parse a public key in JSON format and saves key info to &lt;name&gt; file." },
    "pubkey-base64": { type: "string", description: "Parse a public key in base64 format and saves key info." },
    "recover": { type: "string", description: "seed phrase to recover existing key instead of creating" },
    "source": { type: "string", description: "Import mnemonic from a file (only usable when recover or interactive is passed)" },
  }}
/>

## Global Flags

<TypeTable
  type={{
    "broadcast-mode": { type: "string", default: "sync", description: "Transaction broadcasting mode (sync|async)" },
    "chain-id": { type: "string", description: "Specify Chain ID for sending Tx" },
    "fees": { type: "string", description: "Fees to pay along with transaction; eg: 10aatom" },
    "from": { type: "string", description: "Name or address of private key with which to sign" },
    "gas-adjustment": { type: "float", default: "1", description: "adjustment factor to be multiplied against the estimate returned by the tx simulation; if the gas limit is set manually this flag is ignored" },
    "gas-prices": { type: "string", description: "Gas prices to determine the transaction fee (e.g. 10aatom)" },
    "home": { type: "string", default: "/Users/prad/.sonr", description: "The application home directory" },
    "keyring-backend": { type: "string", default: "os", description: "Select keyring's backend (os|file|test)" },
    "keyring-dir": { type: "string", description: "The client Keyring directory; if omitted, the default 'home' directory will be used" },
    "log_format": { type: "string", default: "plain", description: "The logging format (json|plain)" },
    "log_level": { type: "string", default: "info", description: "The logging level (trace|debug|info|warn|error|fatal|panic|disabled or '*:&lt;level&gt;,&lt;key&gt;:&lt;level&gt;')" },
    "log_no_color": { type: "string", description: "colored logs" },
    "node": { type: "string", default: "tcp://localhost:26657", description: "&lt;host&gt;:&lt;port&gt; to tendermint rpc interface for this chain" },
    "output": { type: "string", default: "text", description: "Output format (text|json)" },
    "trace": { type: "string", description: "out full stack trace on errors" },
  }}
/>

## Examples

### Add new key

```shell
snrd keys add alice
```

## See Also

- [snrd keys](./snrd_keys) - Parent command