diff --git a/rats-devtools/src/rats/aml/_app.py b/rats-devtools/src/rats/aml/_app.py
index 88c35e4a..983842de 100644
--- a/rats-devtools/src/rats/aml/_app.py
+++ b/rats-devtools/src/rats/aml/_app.py
@@ -546,6 +546,127 @@ def _submit(
 
             time.sleep(2)
 
+    @cli.command()
+    @click.argument("args", nargs=-1)
+    @click.option("--wait", is_flag=True, default=False, help="wait for completion of aml job.")
+    def _submit_cmd(
+        self,
+        args: tuple[str, ...],
+        wait: bool,
+    ) -> None:
+        """Submit a single cli command to aml."""
+        from azure.ai.ml import Input, Output, command  # type: ignore[reportUnknownVariableType]
+        from azure.ai.ml.entities import Environment
+
+        if self._request is not None:
+            print(self._request)
+            raise runtime.DuplicateRequestError()
+
+        if len(args) == 0:
+            raise RuntimeError("No cli args were provided to the command")
+
+        env: dict[str, str] = {}
+        for env_map in self._app.get_group(AppConfigs.CLI_ENVS):
+            env.update(env_map)
+
+        cli_command = cli.Command(
+            cwd=self._app.get(AppConfigs.CLI_CWD),
+            argv=tuple([*args]),
+            env=env,
+        )
+
+        pre_cmds: list[str] = []
+        for pre_cmd in self._app.get_group(AppConfigs.CLI_PRE_CMD):
+            pre_cmds.append(shlex.join(["cd", pre_cmd.cwd]))
+            pre_cmds.append(
+                shlex.join(
+                    [
+                        *[f"{k}={shlex.quote(v)}" for k, v in pre_cmd.env.items()],
+                        *pre_cmd.argv,
+                    ]
+                )
+            )
+
+        post_cmds: list[str] = []
+        for post_cmd in self._app.get_group(AppConfigs.CLI_POST_CMD):
+            post_cmds.append(shlex.join(["cd", post_cmd.cwd]))
+            post_cmds.append(
+                shlex.join(
+                    [
+                        *[f"{k}={shlex.quote(v)}" for k, v in post_cmd.env.items()],
+                        *post_cmd.argv,
+                    ]
+                )
+            )
+
+        config = self._app.get(AppConfigs.JOB_DETAILS)
+        env_ops = self._app.get(AppServices.AML_ENVIRONMENT_OPS)
+        job_ops = self._app.get(AppServices.AML_JOB_OPS)
+
+        input_keys = config.inputs.keys()
+        output_keys = config.outputs.keys()
+
+        input_envs = (
+            [
+                # double escape double curly braces for aml to later replace with dataset values
+                f"export RATS_AML_PATH_{k.upper()}=${{{{inputs.{k}}}}}"
+                for k in input_keys
+            ]
+            if len(input_keys) > 0
+            else []
+        )
+
+        output_keys = (
+            [
+                # double escape double curly braces for aml to later replace with dataset values
+                f"export RATS_AML_PATH_{k.upper()}=${{{{outputs.{k}}}}}"
+                for k in output_keys
+            ]
+            if len(output_keys) > 0
+            else []
+        )
+
+        cmd = " && ".join(
+            [
+                # make sure we know the original directory and any input/output paths
+                "export RATS_AML_ORIGINAL_PWD=${PWD}",
+                *input_envs,
+                *output_keys,
+                *pre_cmds,
+                shlex.join(["cd", cli_command.cwd]),
+                shlex.join(cli_command.argv),
+                *post_cmds,
+            ]
+        )
+
+        env_ops.create_or_update(Environment(**config.environment._asdict()))
+        extra_aml_command_args = self._app.get(AppConfigs.COMMAND_KWARGS)
+
+        job = command(
+            command=cmd,
+            compute=config.compute,
+            environment=config.environment.full_name,
+            outputs={
+                k: Output(type=v.type, path=v.path, mode=v.mode) for k, v in config.outputs.items()
+            },
+            inputs={
+                k: Input(type=v.type, path=v.path, mode=v.mode) for k, v in config.inputs.items()
+            },
+            environment_variables=dict(cli_command.env),
+            **extra_aml_command_args,
+        )
+        returned_job = job_ops.create_or_update(job)  # type: ignore[reportUnknownMemberType]
+        logger.info(f"created job: {returned_job.name}")
+
+        self._request = Request(
+            job_name=str(returned_job.name),
+            wait=wait,
+        )
+
+        if wait:
+            logger.info(f"waiting for completion of job: {returned_job.name}")
+            job_ops.stream(str(returned_job.name))
+
     @cache  # noqa: B019
     def _runtime_list(self) -> tuple[str, ...]:
         """