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 an access level.

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Found: 543

Needs a VPN

A Go command-line client for working with OpenAI, Azure, Perplexity and LLaMA language models right from the terminal

Broad access965Repository stars

Agent Skill Manager

agent-skill-manager

A universal skill manager for coding agents: finds and installs skills, scanning them for shell calls, network access and credential leaks first

Extended access960Repository stars

A herdr plugin: the agent's code diff in a terminal pane beside the chat, line comments and notes sent back to Claude Code, Codex or OpenCode

Extended access958Repository stars
Needs a VPN

Promptr sends a plain-language task to an OpenAI model and writes the proposed changes straight into your project files from the terminal

Broad access950Repository stars
Official

A command-line client for the Octo ecosystem built for AI agents: messages, documents, drive and mail through commands that answer in JSON

Broad access920Repository stars

A self-improving QA agent: natural-language tests for web and mobile that self-heal and remember runs

Extended access909Repository stars

Axe in Go: single-purpose AI agents defined in TOML and run from a terminal, pipes, cron and git hooks, with memory, sub-agents and MCP

Broad access908Repository stars

A local studio for image and video generation for GPT, Grok, Gemini, NovelAI and ComfyUI: browser, a Mac app or a CLI. Sign-in by accounts or API keys

Extended access889Repository stars

A security scanner for AI-written code: secrets, dependencies, MCP and CI, findings investigated with evidence, and fixes you approve

Broad access868Repository stars

Smithery CLI

smithery-cli

A CLI for installing and managing MCP servers and skills through the Smithery registry: access tokens, agent connection. AGPL-3.0, the repository moved

Extended access849Repository stars

A local dashboard for running many agents across machines: memory, code graph and agent-to-agent messaging

Broad access839Repository stars

A terminal MCP client for local Ollama models: MCP tools, prompts and resources, an agent mode and model switching

Extended access834Repository stars

AgnosticUI

agnosticui

A component library for React, Vue, Svelte and Lit: the CLI copies the chosen ones into the project. The GitHub release is from 2020, judge by commits

Extended access833Repository stars

A local proxy with a terminal dashboard: shows how many tokens each Claude Code and Codex request sends and saves the prompts to files

Extended access811Repository stars

Postgres Professional utility for PostgreSQL backup and recovery with incremental backups and PITR

Broad access799Repository stars

A local CLI and read-only MCP server that stop agents from breaking API route layering in Next.js

Extended access792Repository stars

An open-source TypeScript terminal coding agent tuned for DeepSeek models and cheap caching

Broad access786Repository stars

Project memory and workflows for Claude Code and Codex: stories, plans, session handovers and review records kept in the repo

Extended access783Repository stars
Official

A Hugging Face tool: a strong model creates a skill from agent work traces, a weak one uses it and the evaluation shows the gain

Extended access761Repository stars

Starwind UI

starwind-ui

Portable UI components for Astro, React and Vue on Tailwind: the CLI adds the ones you need to the project as source. Version 3.3.2, with agent skills

Extended access759Repository stars

Local ledger of AI agent work: tokens, estimated cost, steps, changed files and checks per task for Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode

Broad access756Repository stars

Rust command-line tool that suggests shell commands from a description, searches terminal history and tackles tasks through a local or cloud model

Broad access745Repository stars

A terminal coding agent in Go: one binary with no Node or Python, diff review right in the interface and sub-agents

Broad access744Repository stars

Unit tests for skills: checks that an agent finds and uses your skill. Node 20 and Docker are needed, plus a model key

Extended access732Repository 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.