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

Official

The oc CLI turns a web page into compact numbered text for an AI agent, so docs and issues stop eating the context window

Extended access547Repository stars

One CLI with unified JSON output for 11 platforms, from Xiaohongshu and Douyin to Taobao, X and 12306, with an agent skill

Broad access537Repository stars

Counts token use and cost of Claude Code and Codex sessions from local logs and shows remaining limits in the status line

Extended access535Repository stars

A Xiaohongshu CLI that searches and analyzes notes, compares creators, replies to comments and posts from your account

Broad access534Repository stars

A CLI and MCP server where parallel coding agents declare what they will change and see intent conflicts before any code

Extended access530Repository stars

A terminal AI agent living inside a Common Lisp image: it edits its own code, rolls back to earlier generations and connects MCP servers

Broad access521Repository stars

Octocode

octocode

Structural and semantic code search with a knowledge graph in Rust, with an MCP mode for agents. Embeddings need keys, so code goes to the provider

Extended access518Repository stars

Local code analysis for agents: an index, graphs and checks. A free CLI with paid layers separate. Install with pip install "roam-code[mcp]"

Minimal access516Repository stars

MCP Server Bash SDK

mcp-server-bash-sdk

An SDK for an MCP server entirely in Bash for protocol version 2026-07-28: jq is needed. A base for your own server and not a ready server

Minimal access516Repository stars

Rust coding agent for the terminal and CI built around DeepSeek models that reads code, edits files and runs commands

Broad access511Repository stars

A CLI and 13 skills for Claude Code: the Power BI data model, DAX measures, row-level security and PBIR report pages straight from chat

Broad access483Repository stars

Director bundles MCP servers, prompts and settings into playbooks and serves them to an agent through one endpoint, with central OAuth and tool filtering

Broad access482Repository stars

Entroly

entroly

A layer for selecting and reversibly compressing context for AI agents: records of what was kept and omitted, and a key to restore the original. Works locally

Extended access480Repository stars

A git worktree CLI with a fuzzy finder: one folder per branch so several agents can work in parallel without conflicts

Broad access478Repository stars

A Rust app for macOS, Linux and Windows: skills, MCP servers, plugins, hooks and configs of 17 AI agents in one window, with a security audit

Broad access478Repository stars

A CLI and Kubernetes controller for developing, building and deploying MCP servers. For platform teams, written in Go

Broad access476Repository stars

A Go CLI proxy that shrinks git, test and build output with YAML filters before it reaches the agent. The author estimates 60-90% token savings

Broad access472Repository stars
Official

Linghun is a terminal coding agent built on evidence: it reads code before answering, verifies edits with tests and checkpoints git before changes

Broad access467Repository stars

A developer console AI assistant based on Qwen Code: code analysis and edits, git automation, OpenAI-compatible APIs, Hugging Face and image input

Broad access464Repository stars
Official

agnix lints CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, SKILL.md, hooks and MCP configs with 702 rules, autofix and editor extensions for VS Code and JetBrains

Minimal access462Repository stars

A Rust SDK for coding agents and the ready-made abstract CLI: REPL, 34 tools, MCP, graph memory, Anthropic and OpenAI, JSON output for CI

Broad access461Repository stars
Official

Skills Manager keeps skills in one library and mounts them into Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and other agents through symlinks, with no file copies

Extended access461Repository stars

agr is a package manager for agent skills: installs them from any Git repo into Claude Code, Cursor and Codex by a versioned manifest, like npm or uv

Extended access452Repository stars

Late is a coding AI agent in one Go binary: an orchestrator plans while disposable subagents code and research, on llama-server or cloud models

Broad access452Repository 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.