diff --git a/packages/agoric-cli/package.json b/packages/agoric-cli/package.json
index bd0ef73b078f..a27c8057263d 100644
--- a/packages/agoric-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/agoric-cli/package.json
@@ -29,11 +29,13 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@agoric/access-token": "^0.4.18",
     "@agoric/assert": "^0.4.0",
+    "@agoric/chain-streams": "^0.1.0",
     "@agoric/nat": "^4.1.0",
     "@endo/bundle-source": "^2.2.0",
     "@endo/captp": "^2.0.7",
     "@endo/compartment-mapper": "^0.7.5",
     "@endo/init": "^0.5.41",
+    "@endo/marshal": "^0.6.7",
     "@endo/promise-kit": "^0.2.41",
     "@iarna/toml": "^2.2.3",
     "anylogger": "^0.21.0",
diff --git a/packages/agoric-cli/src/entrypoint.js b/packages/agoric-cli/src/entrypoint.js
index d9d40c99f6b3..dd1020a7b43e 100755
--- a/packages/agoric-cli/src/entrypoint.js
+++ b/packages/agoric-cli/src/entrypoint.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 import '@endo/init/pre.js';
 import 'esm';
+import '@agoric/chain-streams/node-fetch-shim.js';
 import '@endo/init';
 
 import path from 'path';
diff --git a/packages/agoric-cli/src/main.js b/packages/agoric-cli/src/main.js
index 4e4a15fae320..9c88f72c2c42 100644
--- a/packages/agoric-cli/src/main.js
+++ b/packages/agoric-cli/src/main.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import initMain from './init.js';
 import installMain from './install.js';
 import setDefaultsMain from './set-defaults.js';
 import startMain from './start.js';
+import streamMain from './stream.js';
 import walletMain from './open.js';
 
 const DEFAULT_DAPP_TEMPLATE = 'dapp-fungible-faucet';
@@ -160,6 +161,58 @@ const main = async (progname, rawArgs, powers) => {
       return subMain(installMain, ['install', forceSdkVersion], opts);
     });
 
+  program
+    .command('stream <path-spec...>')
+    .description('read an Agoric Chain Stream')
+    .option(
+      '--integrity <strict | optimistic | none>',
+      'set integrity mode',
+      value => {
+        assert(
+          ['strict', 'optimistic', 'none'].includes(value),
+          X`--integrity must be one of 'strict', 'optimistic', or 'none'`,
+          TypeError,
+        );
+        return value;
+      },
+      'optimistic',
+    )
+    .option(
+      '--sleep <seconds>',
+      'sleep <seconds> between polling (may be fractional)',
+      value => {
+        const num = Number(value);
+        assert.equal(`${num}`, value, X`--sleep must be a number`, TypeError);
+        return num;
+      },
+      0,
+    )
+    .option(
+      '-o, --output <format>',
+      'value output format',
+      value => {
+        assert(
+          [
+            'hex',
+            'justin',
+            'justinlines',
+            'json',
+            'jsonlines',
+            'text',
+          ].includes(value),
+          X`--output must be one of 'hex', 'justin', 'justinlines', 'json', 'jsonlines', or 'text'`,
+          TypeError,
+        );
+        return value;
+      },
+      'justin',
+    )
+    .option('-B, --bootstrap <config>', 'network bootstrap configuration')
+    .action(async (pathSpecs, cmd) => {
+      const opts = { ...program.opts(), ...cmd.opts() };
+      return subMain(streamMain, ['stream', ...pathSpecs], opts);
+    });
+
   const addRunOptions = cmd =>
     cmd
       .option(
diff --git a/packages/agoric-cli/src/sdk-package-names.js b/packages/agoric-cli/src/sdk-package-names.js
index d38224786735..5438155c310f 100644
--- a/packages/agoric-cli/src/sdk-package-names.js
+++ b/packages/agoric-cli/src/sdk-package-names.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 export default [
   "@agoric/access-token",
   "@agoric/assert",
+  "@agoric/chain-streams",
   "@agoric/cosmic-swingset",
   "@agoric/cosmos",
   "@agoric/deploy-script-support",
diff --git a/packages/agoric-cli/src/stream.js b/packages/agoric-cli/src/stream.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b5b4942d402d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/agoric-cli/src/stream.js
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+// @ts-check
+import process from 'process';
+import { Far } from '@endo/marshal';
+import { decodeToJustin } from '@endo/marshal/src/marshal-justin.js';
+
+import {
+  delay,
+  iterateLatest,
+  makeChainStream,
+  makeLeader,
+  makeStoreKey,
+} from '@agoric/chain-streams';
+
+export default async function streamMain(progname, rawArgs, powers, opts) {
+  const { anylogger } = powers;
+  const console = anylogger('agoric:stream');
+
+  const {
+    integrity,
+    output,
+    bootstrap = 'http://localhost:26657',
+    verbose,
+    sleep,
+  } = opts;
+
+  /** @type {import('@agoric/chain-streams').ChainStreamOptions} */
+  const streamOptions = {
+    integrity,
+  };
+
+  /** @type {(buf: any) => any} */
+  let formatOutput;
+  switch (output) {
+    case 'justinlines':
+    case 'justin': {
+      streamOptions.unserializer = null;
+      const pretty = !output.endsWith('lines');
+      formatOutput = ({ body }) => {
+        const encoded = JSON.parse(body);
+        return decodeToJustin(encoded, pretty);
+      };
+      break;
+    }
+    case 'jsonlines':
+    case 'json': {
+      const spaces = output.endsWith('lines') ? undefined : 2;
+      const bigintToStringReplacer = (_, arg) => {
+        if (typeof arg === 'bigint') {
+          return `${arg}`;
+        }
+        return arg;
+      };
+      formatOutput = obj => JSON.stringify(obj, bigintToStringReplacer, spaces);
+      break;
+    }
+    case 'hex': {
+      // Dump as hex strings.
+      streamOptions.decode = buf => buf;
+      streamOptions.unserializer = null;
+      formatOutput = buf =>
+        buf.reduce((acc, b) => acc + b.toString(16).padStart(2, '0'), '');
+      break;
+    }
+    case 'text': {
+      streamOptions.decode = buf => new TextDecoder().decode(buf);
+      streamOptions.unserializer = null;
+      formatOutput = buf => buf;
+      break;
+    }
+    default: {
+      console.error(`Unknown output format: ${output}`);
+      return 1;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (integrity !== 'none') {
+    streamOptions.crasher = Far('stream crasher', {
+      crash: (...args) => {
+        console.error(...args);
+        console.warn(`You are running with '--integrity=${integrity}'`);
+        console.warn(
+          `If you trust your RPC nodes, you can turn off proofs with '--integrity=none'`,
+        );
+        process.exit(1);
+      },
+    });
+  }
+
+  /** @type {import('@agoric/chain-streams').ChainLeaderOptions} */
+  const leaderOptions = {
+    retryCallback: e => {
+      verbose && console.warn('Retrying due to:', e);
+      return delay(1000 + Math.random() * 1000);
+    },
+    keepPolling: async () => {
+      let toSleep = sleep * 1000;
+      if (toSleep <= 0) {
+        toSleep = (5 + Math.random()) * 1000;
+      }
+      await delay(toSleep);
+      return true;
+    },
+  };
+
+  const [_cmd, ...specs] = rawArgs;
+
+  verbose && console.warn('Streaming from leader at', bootstrap);
+  const leader = makeLeader(bootstrap, leaderOptions);
+  await Promise.all(
+    specs.map(async spec => {
+      verbose && console.warn('Consuming', spec);
+      const storeKey = makeStoreKey(spec);
+      const stream = makeChainStream(leader, storeKey, streamOptions);
+      for await (const { value } of iterateLatest(stream)) {
+        process.stdout.write(`${formatOutput(value)}\n`);
+      }
+    }),
+  );
+  return 0;
+}