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> **Documentation Index:** Fetch the complete configuration index at https://ydb.tech/docs/en/llms.txt

# Commands for topics

Using YDB CLI commands, you can perform the following operations:

* [Creating a topic](https://ydb.tech/docs/en/reference/ydb-cli/topic-create.md).
* [Updating a topic](https://ydb.tech/docs/en/reference/ydb-cli/topic-alter.md).
* [Deleting a topic](https://ydb.tech/docs/en/reference/ydb-cli/topic-drop.md).
* [Adding a topic consumer](https://ydb.tech/docs/en/reference/ydb-cli/topic-consumer-add.md).
* [Deleting a topic consumer](https://ydb.tech/docs/en/reference/ydb-cli/topic-consumer-drop.md).
* [Saving a consumer offset](https://ydb.tech/docs/en/reference/ydb-cli/topic-consumer-offset-commit.md).
* [Reading messages from a topic](https://ydb.tech/docs/en/reference/ydb-cli/topic-read.md).
* [Writing messages to a topic](https://ydb.tech/docs/en/reference/ydb-cli/topic-write.md).