diff --git a/docs/public/stack-auth-cli-template.py b/docs/public/stack-auth-cli-template.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..126d19b35
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+++ b/docs/public/stack-auth-cli-template.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import time
+import requests
+import webbrowser
+import urllib.parse
+
+def prompt_cli_login(
+  *,
+  base_url: str = "https://api.stack-auth.com",
+  app_url: str,
+  project_id: str,
+  publishable_client_key: str,
+):
+  if not app_url:
+    raise Exception("app_url is required and must be set to the URL of the app you're authenticating with")
+  if not project_id:
+    raise Exception("project_id is required")
+  if not publishable_client_key:
+    raise Exception("publishable_client_key is required")
+
+  def post(endpoint, json):
+    return requests.request(
+      'POST',
+      f'{base_url}{endpoint}',
+      headers={
+        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+        'x-stack-project-id': project_id,
+        'x-stack-access-type': 'client',
+        'x-stack-publishable-client-key': publishable_client_key,
+      },
+      json=json,
+    )
+
+  # Step 1: Initiate the CLI auth process
+  init = post('/api/v1/auth/cli', {
+    'expires_in_millis': 10 * 60 * 1000,
+  })
+  if init.status_code != 200:
+    raise Exception(f"Failed to initiate CLI auth: {init.status_code} {init.text}")
+  polling_code = init.json()['polling_code']
+  login_code = init.json()['login_code']
+
+  # Step 2: Open the browser for the user to authenticate
+  url = f'{app_url}/handler/cli-auth-confirm?login_code={urllib.parse.quote(login_code)}'
+  print(f"Opening browser to authenticate. If it doesn't open automatically, please visit:\n{url}")
+  webbrowser.open(url)
+
+  # Step 3: Retrieve the token
+  while True:
+    status = post('/api/v1/auth/cli/poll', {
+      'polling_code': polling_code,
+    })
+    if status.status_code != 200 and status.status_code != 201:
+      raise Exception(f"Failed to get CLI auth status: {status.status_code} {status.text}")
+    if status.json()['status'] == 'success':
+      return status.json()['refresh_token']
+    time.sleep(2)
diff --git a/docs/templates/others/cli-authentication.mdx b/docs/templates/others/cli-authentication.mdx
index a671df140..e95632713 100644
--- a/docs/templates/others/cli-authentication.mdx
+++ b/docs/templates/others/cli-authentication.mdx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description: How to authenticate a command line application using Stack Auth
 
 If you're building a command line application that runs in a terminal, you can use Stack Auth to let your users log in to their accounts.
 
-To do so, we provide a Python template that you can use as a starting point. [Download it here](https://github.com/stack-auth/stack-auth/tree/main/docs/examples/stack_auth_cli_template.py) and copy it into your project, for example:
+To do so, we provide a Python template that you can use as a starting point. [Download it here](https://github.com/stack-auth/stack-auth/tree/main/docs/public/stack_auth_cli_template.py) and copy it into your project, for example:
 
 ```py
 └─ my-python-app