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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A CLI for testing and red teaming LLM applications: compares models, runs automated CI checks and finds vulnerabilities

Extended access26.6KRepository stars

Security scanner for agent skills and MCP servers: finds prompt injection, data exfiltration and supply chain risks before install

Extended access23.4KRepository stars

NVIDIA's open stack for running OpenClaw, Hermes and LangChain Deep Agents in OpenShell sandboxes with network policy and managed inference

Broad access22.9KRepository stars

Token and cost reports for Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI and other agents from local logs, by day, month and session

Extended access19.3KRepository stars
Official

Static code analysis with rules that look like source code, plus a built-in MCP server for AI agents

Extended access17.3KRepository stars

Playwright CLI

playwright-cli

Official

Microsoft's official Playwright CLI with an agent skill: drive a browser through short commands without heavy MCP schemas

Extended access14.8KRepository stars
Official

A Vercel Labs CLI: instead of localhost:3000 the dev server opens at a stable address like https://myapp.localhost, with its own for each git branch

Broad access12.8KRepository stars

The GitHub Copilot terminal agent with access to repositories, issues and pull requests, plus MCP support

Broad access11.3KRepository stars

The official MCP server debugger: web UI, automation CLI and terminal UI in one package

Extended access11.2KRepository stars
Official

An AI assistant for Kubernetes that turns plain-language requests into kubectl operations and doubles as an MCP server

Broad access7.6KRepository stars
Needs a VPN

Google's CLI and skill set that helps a coding agent build, evaluate and deploy agents on Google Cloud with ADK and Gemini Enterprise

Broad access6.2KRepository stars

APM

APM (Agent Package Manager)

A package manager for AI agent context: skills, prompts and MCP servers install with one command across supported agents

Extended access4.2KRepository stars

A Snyk CLI that discovers installed MCP servers, skills and agents on your machine and checks them for prompt injections and malicious payloads

Extended access3.2KRepository stars
Official

Google's terminal AI agent: edits code across files, runs commands and keeps session history, started with the agy command

Broad access2.7KRepository stars

The Firecrawl command-line client with agent skills: web search, scraping, crawling, URL mapping and page interaction

Extended access674Repository stars
Official

RetailCRM's official CLI and package set for interface extensions: project scaffolding, UI components, data contexts and ready MCP setup for agents

Extended access1Repository stars
Official

DeepSeek Harness is an open-source AI agent from DeepSeek where every feature is a plugin. It runs in the browser, on macOS and on Windows.

Broad access265.8KRepository stars
Official

Ollama runs open models on your own machine and serves them to agents through a local API compatible with OpenAI and Anthropic.

Extended access185.2KRepository stars

A desktop app to switch providers and manage MCP servers, prompts and skills for Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI and other agents

Broad access150KRepository stars

Desktop environment for running Codex, Claude Code, OpenCode and Pi in parallel git worktrees, with a mobile companion

Broad access110.2KRepository stars

Self-hosted system for a team of AI agents: org chart, tasks, budgets and oversight of Claude Code, Codex and OpenClaw

Broad access108.7KRepository stars

CLI and skill that let an agent read and search Twitter, Reddit, YouTube, GitHub, Bilibili and Xiaohongshu without paid APIs

Extended access106.2KRepository stars

A self-hosted control center for coding agents: OpenHands, Claude Code, Codex and Gemini on local and remote backends

Broad access92.2KRepository stars

A Rust CLI proxy that compacts output from git, tests and other commands so the agent spends fewer tokens reading the terminal

Extended access85KRepository 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.