diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Ability to dump/load annotations in several formats from UI (CVAT, Pascal VOC, YOLO, MS COCO, png mask, TFRecord)
 - Auth for REST API (api/v1/auth/): login, logout, register, ...
 - Preview for the new CVAT UI (dashboard only) is available: http://localhost:9080/
+- Added command line tool for performing common task operations (/utils/cli/)
 
 ### Changed
 - Outside and keyframe buttons in the side panel for all interpolation shapes (they were only for boxes before)
diff --git a/utils/cli/cli.py b/utils/cli/cli.py
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+++ b/utils/cli/cli.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+import logging
+import requests
+import sys
+from http.client import HTTPConnection
+from core.core import CLI, CVAT_API_V1
+from core.definition import parser
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def config_log(level):
+    log = logging.getLogger('core')
+    log.addHandler(logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout))
+    log.setLevel(level)
+    if level <= logging.DEBUG:
+        HTTPConnection.debuglevel = 1
+
+
+def main():
+    actions = {'create': CLI.tasks_create,
+               'delete': CLI.tasks_delete,
+               'ls': CLI.tasks_list,
+               'frames': CLI.tasks_frame,
+               'dump': CLI.tasks_dump}
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    config_log(args.loglevel)
+    with requests.Session() as session:
+        session.auth = args.auth
+        api = CVAT_API_V1(args.server_host, args.server_port)
+        cli = CLI(session, api)
+        try:
+            actions[args.action](cli, **args.__dict__)
+        except (requests.exceptions.HTTPError,
+                requests.exceptions.ConnectionError,
+                requests.exceptions.RequestException) as e:
+            log.info(e)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/utils/cli/core/__init__.py b/utils/cli/core/__init__.py
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+++ b/utils/cli/core/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+from .definition import parser, ResourceType  # noqa
+from .core import CLI, CVAT_API_V1  # noqa
diff --git a/utils/cli/core/core.py b/utils/cli/core/core.py
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index 00000000..157e30d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/cli/core/core.py
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+import json
+import logging
+import os
+import requests
+from io import BytesIO
+from PIL import Image
+from .definition import ResourceType
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class CLI():
+
+    def __init__(self, session, api):
+        self.api = api
+        self.session = session
+
+    def tasks_data(self, task_id, resource_type, resources):
+        """ Add local, remote, or shared files to an existing task. """
+        url = self.api.tasks_id_data(task_id)
+        data = None
+        files = None
+        if resource_type == ResourceType.LOCAL:
+            files = {f'client_files[{i}]': open(f, 'rb') for i, f in enumerate(resources)}
+        elif resource_type == ResourceType.REMOTE:
+            data = {f'remote_files[{i}]': f for i, f in enumerate(resources)}
+        elif resource_type == ResourceType.SHARE:
+            data = {f'server_files[{i}]': f for i, f in enumerate(resources)}
+        response = self.session.post(url, data=data, files=files)
+        response.raise_for_status()
+
+    def tasks_list(self, use_json_output, **kwargs):
+        """ List all tasks in either basic or JSON format. """
+        url = self.api.tasks
+        response = self.session.get(url)
+        response.raise_for_status()
+        page = 1
+        while True:
+            response_json = response.json()
+            for r in response_json['results']:
+                if use_json_output:
+                    log.info(json.dumps(r, indent=4))
+                else:
+                    log.info(f'{r["id"]},{r["name"]},{r["status"]}')
+            if not response_json['next']:
+                return
+            page += 1
+            url = self.api.tasks_page(page)
+            response = self.session.get(url)
+            response.raise_for_status()
+
+    def tasks_create(self, name, labels, bug, resource_type, resources, **kwargs):
+        """ Create a new task with the given name and labels JSON and
+        add the files to it. """
+        url = self.api.tasks
+        data = {'name': name,
+                'labels': labels,
+                'bug_tracker': bug,
+                'image_quality': 50}
+        response = self.session.post(url, json=data)
+        response.raise_for_status()
+        response_json = response.json()
+        log.info(f'Created task ID: {response_json["id"]} '
+                 f'NAME: {response_json["name"]}')
+        self.tasks_data(response_json['id'], resource_type, resources)
+
+    def tasks_delete(self, task_ids, **kwargs):
+        """ Delete a list of tasks, ignoring those which don't exist. """
+        for task_id in task_ids:
+            url = self.api.tasks_id(task_id)
+            response = self.session.delete(url)
+            try:
+                response.raise_for_status()
+                log.info(f'Task ID {task_id} deleted')
+            except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as e:
+                if response.status_code == 404:
+                    log.info(f'Task ID {task_id} not found')
+                else:
+                    raise e
+
+    def tasks_frame(self, task_id, frame_ids, outdir='', **kwargs):
+        """ Download the requested frame numbers for a task and save images as
+        task_<ID>_frame_<FRAME>.jpg."""
+        for frame_id in frame_ids:
+            url = self.api.tasks_id_frame_id(task_id, frame_id)
+            response = self.session.get(url)
+            response.raise_for_status()
+            im = Image.open(BytesIO(response.content))
+            outfile = f'task_{task_id}_frame_{frame_id:06d}.jpg'
+            im.save(os.path.join(outdir, outfile))
+
+    def tasks_dump(self, task_id, fileformat, filename, **kwargs):
+        """ Download annotations for a task in the specified format
+        (e.g. 'YOLO ZIP 1.0')."""
+        url = self.api.tasks_id(task_id)
+        response = self.session.get(url)
+        response.raise_for_status()
+        response_json = response.json()
+
+        url = self.api.tasks_id_annotations_filename(task_id,
+                                                     response_json['name'],
+                                                     fileformat)
+        while True:
+            response = self.session.get(url)
+            response.raise_for_status()
+            log.info(f'STATUS {response.status_code}')
+            if response.status_code == 201:
+                break
+
+        response = self.session.get(url + '&action=download')
+        response.raise_for_status()
+
+        with open(filename, 'wb') as fp:
+            fp.write(response.content)
+
+
+class CVAT_API_V1():
+    """ Build parameterized API URLs """
+
+    def __init__(self, host, port):
+        self.base = f'http://{host}:{port}/api/v1/'
+
+    @property
+    def tasks(self):
+        return f'{self.base}tasks'
+
+    def tasks_page(self, page_id):
+        return f'{self.tasks}?page={page_id}'
+
+    def tasks_id(self, task_id):
+        return f'{self.tasks}/{task_id}'
+
+    def tasks_id_data(self, task_id):
+        return f'{self.tasks}/{task_id}/data'
+
+    def tasks_id_frame_id(self, task_id, frame_id):
+        return f'{self.tasks}/{task_id}/frames/{frame_id}'
+
+    def tasks_id_annotations_filename(self, task_id, name, fileformat):
+        return f'{self.tasks}/{task_id}/annotations/{name}?format={fileformat}'
diff --git a/utils/cli/core/definition.py b/utils/cli/core/definition.py
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index 00000000..c9e32e25
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+++ b/utils/cli/core/definition.py
@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+import argparse
+import getpass
+import json
+import logging
+import os
+from enum import Enum
+
+
+def get_auth(s):
+    """ Parse USER[:PASS] strings and prompt for password if none was
+    supplied. """
+    user, _, password = s.partition(':')
+    password = password or os.environ.get('PASS') or getpass.getpass()
+    return user, password
+
+
+def parse_label_arg(s):
+    """ If s is a file load it as JSON, otherwise parse s as JSON."""
+    if os.path.exists(s):
+        fp = open(s, 'r')
+        return json.load(fp)
+    else:
+        return json.loads(s)
+
+
+class ResourceType(Enum):
+
+    LOCAL = 0
+    SHARE = 1
+    REMOTE = 2
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.name.lower()
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return str(self)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def argparse(s):
+        try:
+            return ResourceType[s.upper()]
+        except KeyError:
+            return s
+
+
+#######################################################################
+# Command line interface definition
+#######################################################################
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+    description='Perform common operations related to CVAT tasks.\n\n'
+)
+task_subparser = parser.add_subparsers(dest='action')
+
+#######################################################################
+# Positional arguments
+#######################################################################
+
+parser.add_argument(
+    '--auth',
+    type=get_auth,
+    metavar='USER:[PASS]',
+    default=getpass.getuser(),
+    help='''defaults to the current user and supports the PASS
+            environment variable or password prompt
+            (default user: %(default)s).'''
+)
+parser.add_argument(
+    '--server-host',
+    type=str,
+    default='localhost',
+    help='host (default: %(default)s)'
+)
+parser.add_argument(
+    '--server-port',
+    type=int,
+    default='8080',
+    help='port (default: %(default)s)'
+)
+parser.add_argument(
+    '--debug',
+    action='store_const',
+    dest='loglevel',
+    const=logging.DEBUG,
+    default=logging.INFO,
+    help='show debug output'
+)
+
+#######################################################################
+# Create
+#######################################################################
+
+task_create_parser = task_subparser.add_parser(
+    'create',
+    description='Create a new CVAT task.'
+)
+task_create_parser.add_argument(
+    'name',
+    type=str,
+    help='name of the task'
+)
+task_create_parser.add_argument(
+    '--labels',
+    default='[]',
+    type=parse_label_arg,
+    help='string or file containing JSON labels specification'
+)
+task_create_parser.add_argument(
+    '--bug',
+    default='',
+    type=str,
+    help='bug tracker URL'
+)
+task_create_parser.add_argument(
+    'resource_type',
+    default='local',
+    choices=list(ResourceType),
+    type=ResourceType.argparse,
+    help='type of files specified'
+)
+task_create_parser.add_argument(
+    'resources',
+    type=str,
+    help='list of paths or URLs',
+    nargs='+'
+)
+
+#######################################################################
+# Delete
+#######################################################################
+
+delete_parser = task_subparser.add_parser(
+    'delete',
+    description='Delete a CVAT task.'
+)
+delete_parser.add_argument(
+    'task_ids',
+    type=int,
+    help='list of task IDs',
+    nargs='+'
+)
+
+#######################################################################
+# List
+#######################################################################
+
+ls_parser = task_subparser.add_parser(
+    'ls',
+    description='List all CVAT tasks in simple or JSON format.'
+)
+ls_parser.add_argument(
+    '--json',
+    dest='use_json_output',
+    default=False,
+    action='store_true',
+    help='output JSON data'
+)
+
+#######################################################################
+# Frames
+#######################################################################
+
+frames_parser = task_subparser.add_parser(
+    'frames',
+    description='Download all frame images for a CVAT task.'
+)
+frames_parser.add_argument(
+    'task_id',
+    type=int,
+    help='task ID'
+)
+frames_parser.add_argument(
+    'frame_ids',
+    type=int,
+    help='list of frame IDs to download',
+    nargs='+'
+)
+frames_parser.add_argument(
+    '--outdir',
+    type=str,
+    default='',
+    help='directory to save images'
+)
+
+#######################################################################
+# Dump
+#######################################################################
+
+dump_parser = task_subparser.add_parser(
+    'dump',
+    description='Download annotations for a CVAT task.'
+)
+dump_parser.add_argument(
+    'task_id',
+    type=int,
+    help='task ID'
+)
+dump_parser.add_argument(
+    'filename',
+    type=str,
+    help='output file'
+)
+dump_parser.add_argument(
+    '--format',
+    dest='fileformat',
+    type=str,
+    default='CVAT XML 1.1 for images',
+    help='annotation format (default: %(default)s)'
+)
diff --git a/utils/cli/requirements.txt b/utils/cli/requirements.txt
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+++ b/utils/cli/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Pillow==5.3.0
+requests==2.20.1
diff --git a/utils/cli/tests/__init__.py b/utils/cli/tests/__init__.py
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index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/utils/cli/tests/test_cli.py b/utils/cli/tests/test_cli.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b09e7371
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+++ b/utils/cli/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+import logging
+import io
+import os
+import sys
+import unittest
+from django.conf import settings
+from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth
+from utils.cli.core import CLI, CVAT_API_V1, ResourceType
+from rest_framework.test import APITestCase, RequestsClient
+from cvat.apps.engine.tests.test_rest_api import create_db_users
+from cvat.apps.engine.tests.test_rest_api import generate_image_file
+
+
+class TestCLI(APITestCase):
+
+    @unittest.mock.patch('sys.stdout', new_callable=io.StringIO)
+    def setUp(self, mock_stdout):
+        self.client = RequestsClient()
+        self.client.auth = HTTPBasicAuth('admin', 'admin')
+        self.api = CVAT_API_V1('testserver', '')
+        self.cli = CLI(self.client, self.api)
+        self.taskname = 'test_task'
+        self.cli.tasks_create(self.taskname,
+                              [],
+                              '',
+                              ResourceType.LOCAL,
+                              [self.img_file])
+        # redirect logging to mocked stdout to test program output
+        self.mock_stdout = mock_stdout
+        log = logging.getLogger('utils.cli.core')
+        log.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+        log.addHandler(logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout))
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        super().setUpClass()
+        cls.img_file = os.path.join(settings.SHARE_ROOT, 'test_cli.jpg')
+        data = generate_image_file(cls.img_file)
+        with open(cls.img_file, 'wb') as image:
+            image.write(data.read())
+
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(cls):
+        super().tearDownClass()
+        os.remove(cls.img_file)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpTestData(cls):
+        create_db_users(cls)
+
+    def test_tasks_list(self):
+        self.cli.tasks_list(False)
+        self.assertRegex(self.mock_stdout.getvalue(), f'.*{self.taskname}.*')
+
+    def test_tasks_delete(self):
+        self.cli.tasks_delete([1])
+        self.cli.tasks_list(False)
+        self.assertNotRegex(self.mock_stdout.getvalue(), f'.*{self.taskname}.*')
+
+    def test_tasks_dump(self):
+        path = os.path.join(settings.SHARE_ROOT, 'test_cli.xml')
+        self.cli.tasks_dump(1, 'CVAT XML 1.1 for images', path)
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(path))
+        os.remove(path)
+
+    def test_tasks_frame(self):
+        path = os.path.join(settings.SHARE_ROOT, 'task_1_frame_000000.jpg')
+        self.cli.tasks_frame(1, [0], outdir=settings.SHARE_ROOT)
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(path))
+        os.remove(path)