diff --git a/bin/cortex-deploy.js b/bin/cortex-deploy.js
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..d9bc8505
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/cortex-deploy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 Cognitive Scale, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the “License”);
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an “AS IS” BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+const chalk = require('chalk');
+const program = require('../src/commander');
+
+const { withCompatibilityCheck } = require('../src/compatibility');
+
+const {
+    DeploySnapshotCommand
+} = require('../src/commands/deploy');
+
+program.description('Export Cortex artifacts for deployment');
+
+// Export Agent Snapshot. Provide snapshotIds in quotes separated by space like "snapshotId1 snapshotId2". This is to support multiple agents in one deployment manifest file.
+program
+    .command('snapshots <snapshotIds>')
+    .description('Export Agent(s) snapshots(s) for deployment. Provide snapshotIds separated by space, as <"snapshotId1 snapshotId2 ...">')
+    .option('--no-compat', 'Ignore API compatibility checks')
+    .option('--color [on/off]', 'Turn on/off colors for JSON output.', 'on')
+    .option('--profile [profile]', 'The profile to use')
+    .option('-y, --yaml', 'Use YAML for snapshot export format')
+    .option('-f, --force', 'Force delete existing exported files')
+    .action(withCompatibilityCheck((skillDefinition, options) => {
+        try {
+            new DeploySnapshotCommand(program).execute(skillDefinition, options);
+        }
+        catch (err) {
+            console.error(chalk.red(err.message));
+        }
+    }));
+
+program.parse(process.argv);
diff --git a/bin/cortex.js b/bin/cortex.js
index f27ca511..9bd707bb 100755
--- a/bin/cortex.js
+++ b/bin/cortex.js
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ program
     .command('connections [cmd]', 'Work with Cortex Connections')
     .command('content [cmd]', 'Work with Cortex Managed Content')
     .command('environments [cmd]', 'Work with Cortex Environments')
+    .command('deploy [cmd]', 'Work with Cortex Artifacts export for deployment')
     .command('datasets [cmd]', 'Work with Cortex Datasets')
     .command('docker [cmd]', 'Work with Docker')
     .command('jobs [cmd]', 'Work with Cortex v2 Jobs')
diff --git a/src/commands/deploy.js b/src/commands/deploy.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a4cfbc1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/commands/deploy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 Cognitive Scale, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the “License”);
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an “AS IS” BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+const debug = require('debug')('cortex:cli');
+const {loadProfile} = require('../config');
+const path = require('path');
+const Agents = require('../client/agents');
+const {printSuccess, printError, filterObject, cleanInternalFields, jsonToYaml, writeToFile, fileExists, deleteFile} = require('./utils');
+
+
+/**
+ * Cortex deploy command is to export Cortex artifacts (agent, snapshot, skill, action etc) for CI/CD deployment. This command:
+ * 1. Exports cortex artifacts
+ * 2. generates manifest files to drive artifacts deployment
+ * Files are exported/generated in pre-determined layout to support CI/CD deployment
+ * .fabric
+ *      snapshots
+ *          snapshot1.yaml
+ *          snapshot2.yaml
+ *      agents
+ *          ...
+ *      skills
+ *          ...
+ *      actions
+ *          ...
+ * fabric.yaml (manifest file)
+ *
+ * Currently only exporting agent snapshots.
+ *
+ * @type {DeploySnapshotCommand}
+ */
+module.exports.DeploySnapshotCommand = class {
+    constructor(program) {
+        this.program = program;
+    }
+
+    execute(snapshotIds, options) {
+        const exportPath = '.fabric';
+        const manifestFile = 'fabric.yaml';
+
+        if (fileExists(exportPath) || fileExists(manifestFile)) {
+            if (options.force) {
+                deleteFile(exportPath);
+                deleteFile(manifestFile);
+                printSuccess(`Deleted ${exportPath} and ${manifestFile}`);
+            } else {
+                printError(`Aborting, because export path ${exportPath} or manifest file ${manifestFile} exists. Use -f option to force delete.`);
+            }
+        }
+        const profile = loadProfile(options.profile);
+        const envName = options.environmentName;
+        debug('%s.exportDeploymentSnapshot(%s)', profile.name, snapshotIds);
+
+        const agents = new Agents(profile.url);
+        const promises = [];
+        snapshotIds.split(' ').forEach(function (snapshotId) {
+            promises.push(agents.describeAgentSnapshot(profile.token, snapshotId, envName).then((response) => {
+                if (response.success) {
+                    let result = filterObject(response.result, options);
+                    result = cleanInternalFields(result);
+                    //TODO add validation for not exporting tip snapshots, as they don't have all dependencies. Should we enforce?
+                    let filename = snapshotId + ".json";
+                    if (options.yaml) {
+                        result = jsonToYaml(result);
+                        filename = snapshotId + ".yaml";
+                    }
+                    const filepath = path.join(exportPath, 'snapshots', filename);
+                    writeToFile(result, filepath);
+                    printSuccess(`Successfully exported agent snapshot ${filepath}`);
+                    return filepath;
+                } else {
+                    printError(`Failed to export agent snapshot ${snapshotId}: ${response.message}`, options);
+                }
+            }).catch((err) => {
+                printError(`Failed to export agent snapshot ${snapshotId}: ${err.status} ${err.message}`, options);
+            }));
+        });
+
+        Promise.all(promises).then(result => {
+            const manifest = {
+                "version": 1,
+                "kind": "deployment-manifest",
+                "cortex": {
+                    "snapshots": result
+                }
+            };
+            writeToFile(jsonToYaml(manifest), manifestFile);
+            printSuccess(`Successfully generated manifest file ${manifestFile}`);
+        });
+    }
+};
diff --git a/src/commands/utils.js b/src/commands/utils.js
index 6da9413d..7d7d8385 100644
--- a/src/commands/utils.js
+++ b/src/commands/utils.js
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ module.exports.parseObject = function(str, options) {
     if (options.yaml) {
         return yaml.safeLoad(str);
     }
-    
+
     return JSON.parse(str);
 };
 
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ module.exports.formatAllServiceInputParameters = function(allParameters){
          return `$ref:${allParameters.$ref}`;
      }
      else{
-         return allParameters.map(inputParameters => formatServiceInputParameter(inputParameters)).join('\n');    
+         return allParameters.map(inputParameters => formatServiceInputParameter(inputParameters)).join('\n');
      }
 }
 
@@ -246,3 +246,57 @@ module.exports.formatValidationPath = (p) => {
     });
     return res;
 };
+
+module.exports.cleanInternalFields = function(jsobj) {
+    return JSON.stringify(jsobj, function re(a, obj) {
+        if (a.startsWith("_")) {
+            return undefined;
+        }
+        return obj;
+    }, 2);
+};
+
+module.exports.jsonToYaml = function (json) {
+    if (typeof json == 'string') {
+        json = JSON.parse(json);
+    }
+    return yaml.dump(json);
+};
+
+module.exports.writeToFile = function (content, filepath) {
+    const dir = path.dirname(filepath);
+    if (!fs.existsSync(dir)) {
+        fs.mkdirSync(dir, {recursive: true});
+    }
+
+    fs.writeFileSync(filepath, content);
+};
+
+module.exports.fileExists = function (filepath) {
+    return fs.existsSync(filepath)
+};
+
+// Alternatively, we can use fs.rmdirSync(<path>, {recursive: true}), but that requires node v12+
+const deleteFolderRecursive = function(filepath) {
+    try {
+        if (fs.existsSync(filepath)) {
+            if (fs.lstatSync(filepath).isDirectory()) {
+                fs.readdirSync(filepath).forEach((file, index) => {
+                    const curPath = path.join(filepath, file);
+                    if (fs.lstatSync(curPath).isDirectory()) { // recurse
+                        deleteFolderRecursive(curPath);
+                    } else { // delete file
+                        fs.unlinkSync(curPath);
+                    }
+                });
+                fs.rmdirSync(filepath);
+            } else {
+                fs.unlinkSync(filepath);
+            }
+        }
+    } catch (e) {
+        console.error(chalk.red(e.message));
+    }
+};
+
+module.exports.deleteFile = deleteFolderRecursive;