# pw workers

> Source: https://parallelworks.com/docs/cli/pw/workers

## pw workers

Manage compute workers

### Synopsis

The **pw workers** command group has commands for managing compute workers. A
worker is a scheduler job that runs on a cluster's compute nodes and hosts
sessions.

Workers are normally created for you when you schedule a session onto an
environment with **pw session create --environment**. Create one directly to
pre-provision capacity, then start sessions on it with
**pw session create --worker**.

Workers belong to you rather than to a cluster, and are referenced by ID as
shown by **pw workers ls**.

```
pw workers [flags]
```

### Options

```
  -h, --help   help for workers
```

### Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --context string         The context to use. Overrides PW_CONTEXT environment variable and current context from config.
      --platform-host string   The Parallel Works ACTIVATE platform host to use. Will override any other platform host settings.
  -v, --verbose                Enable verbose logging
```

### SEE ALSO

* [pw](/docs/cli/pw)	 - The Parallel Works ACTIVATE CLI
* [pw workers create](/docs/cli/pw/workers/create)	 - Pre-provision a compute worker
* [pw workers delete](/docs/cli/pw/workers/delete)	 - Stop and delete a compute worker
* [pw workers get](/docs/cli/pw/workers/get)	 - Get details of a compute worker
* [pw workers ls](/docs/cli/pw/workers/ls)	 - List your compute workers