CLI tools

A CLI is a command-line utility that helps you work with agents: it installs and runs skills, gathers context and automates routine work. This section collects tools with real commands from their docs, a clear purpose and a risk level.

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Found: 115

A local proxy and trace viewer for coding agents: shows system prompts, tool calls and token usage for Claude Code, Codex and other CLIs

Medium risk3.2KRepository stars

A CLI that loops Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode and other agents over a task list or PRD until everything is done

High risk3KRepository stars

A CLI that keeps agent instructions in one place and distributes them to the right config files for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Copilot and two dozen other tool

Low risk2.9KRepository stars

OpenTelemetry-based CLI tracing for Claude Code, Cursor and Codex sessions, showing what the agent actually did and what it cost

Medium risk2.8KRepository stars

A Go CLI that keeps skills, agents and rules in one place and syncs them into every AI agent with one command

Medium risk2.7KRepository stars

A security scanner for agent skills: finds prompt injection, data exfiltration and malicious code before you install

Medium risk2.6KRepository stars

A CLI that turns any MCP server, OpenAPI spec or GraphQL endpoint into commands at runtime, with no codegen

High risk2.4KRepository stars

A dependency-free CLI and MCP server that builds a call graph of a repository so the agent understands code without reading whole files

Medium risk2.4KRepository stars

Local-first Rust tool for web extraction: scrape, crawl and structured data for LLMs, with a CLI, REST API and MCP server

Medium risk2.4KRepository stars

A portable .agent folder with memory, skills and protocols that plugs into many coding agents and keeps its knowledge when you switch tools

High risk2.3KRepository stars

The .mcpb format and a CLI that package a local MCP server into one file installable in Claude Desktop with one click

Low risk2.1KRepository stars

Team project memory for engineers and agents: architecture, decisions and handoffs live in the repo and travel through Git

Medium risk1.7KRepository stars

A CLI to run several coding agents: one config, a session console, local memory and a set of engineering skills

High risk1.6KRepository stars

A CLI for any MCP server: list and call tools, resources and prompts, run mock and proxy modes, guard access and manage agent configs

Medium risk1.6KRepository stars

An adapter that connects an MCP client limited to local stdio servers to a remote MCP server over HTTP or SSE, with authorization

Medium risk1.6KRepository stars

Lets an agent call MCP and UTCP tools by running code: discover tools, get typed code and run chains instead of dozens of separate calls

High risk1.6KRepository stars

A CLI that keeps rules, commands, MCP, subagents and skills in one source and generates config files for many AI coding tools

Medium risk1.5KRepository stars

A CLI engine that compiles documents into a local structured wiki: a transparent alternative to plain RAG, reachable by an agent over MCP

Medium risk1.5KRepository stars

A local dashboard for many Claude Code sessions: each job gets its own context and todo, agents spawn child agents and message each other

High risk1.4KRepository stars

Saves your work history with coding agents, syncs it and turns conversations into reusable skills

Medium risk1.3KRepository stars

A multi-agent harness that verifies results by artifacts: stop hooks, an independent judge and an event log for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and more

High risk1.3KRepository stars

The official CLI for creating TanStack Start and Router apps, with machine-readable JSON output for coding agents

Medium risk1.3KRepository stars

A lightweight CLI to discover, inspect and call MCP server tools straight from the shell

Medium risk1.3KRepository stars

A local context store for coding agents that captures project knowledge and reuses it across Codex, Claude Code and OpenCode

Medium risk1.2KRepository stars

Frequently asked questions

What is a CLI tool for an agent?

A command-line utility that helps an agent or a developer: runs tasks, processes files, manages the project. Installed via npm, pip, brew and similar.

How do I install a CLI tool?

The entry has a real install command from the README, usually one line through a package manager.