CLI-Anything: Making ALL Software Agent-Native

Today's Software Serves Humans👨‍💻. Tomorrow's Users will be Agents🤖.
CLI-Anything: Bridging the Gap Between AI Agents and the World's Software

One Command Line: Make any software agent-ready for OpenClaw, nanobot, Cursor, Claude Code, etc. 中文文档 | 日本語ドキュメント

📰 News

Thanks to all invaluable efforts from the community! More updates continuously on the way everyday..

2026-03-16 🤖 Added SKILL.md generation (Phase 6.5) — every generated CLI now ships with an AI-discoverable skill definition inside the Python package. ReplSkin auto-detects the skill file after pip install, and the REPL banner displays the absolute path for agents. Includes skill_generator.py, Jinja2 template, package_data in all setup.py files, and 51 new tests.
2026-03-15 🐾 Support for OpenClaw from the community! Merged Windows cygpath guard to ensure CLI-Anything works reliably in Windows bash environments. Community contributions continue to strengthen cross-platform support.
2026-03-14 🔒 Fixed a GIMP Script-Fu path injection vulnerability and added Japanese README translation. OpenCode version requirements documented alongside several Windows compatibility improvements.

Earlier news

2026-03-13 🔌 Qodercli plugin officially merged as a community contribution with dedicated setup scripts. Codex skill gained a Windows install script, and placeholder URLs were cleaned up across the project.
2026-03-12 📦 Codex skill integration landed, bringing CLI-Anything to yet another AI coding platform. Qodercli support was also introduced, and documentation was updated with limitations and experimental labels.
2026-03-11 📞 Zoom video conferencing harness added as the 11th supported application. Multiple community fixes shipped for Shotcut auto-save, LibreOffice Windows/macOS backend, and OpenCode support.

🤔 Why CLI?

CLI is the universal interface for both humans and AI agents:

• Structured & Composable - Text commands match LLM format and chain for complex workflows

• Lightweight & Universal - Minimal overhead, works across all systems without dependencies

• Self-Describing - --help flags provide automatic documentation agents can discover

• Proven Success - Claude Code runs thousands of real workflows through CLI daily

• Agent-First Design - Structured JSON output eliminates parsing complexity

• Deterministic & Reliable - Consistent results enable predictable agent behavior

🚀 Quick Start

Prerequisites

Python 3.10+
Target software installed (e.g., GIMP, Blender, LibreOffice, or your own application)
A supported AI coding agent: Claude Code | OpenClaw | OpenCode | Codex | Qodercli | More Platforms

Pick Your Platform

⚡ Claude Code

Step 1: Add the Marketplace

CLI-Anything is distributed as a Claude Code plugin marketplace hosted on GitHub.

# Add the CLI-Anything marketplace
/plugin marketplace add HKUDS/CLI-Anything

Step 2: Install the Plugin

# Install the cli-anything plugin from the marketplace
/plugin install cli-anything

That's it. The plugin is now available in your Claude Code session.

Note for Win Users: Claude Code runs shell commands via bash. On Windows, install Git for Windows (includes bash and cygpath) or use WSL; otherwise commands may fail with cygpath: command not found.

Step 3: Build a CLI in One Command

# /cli-anything:cli-anything <software-path-or-repo>
# Generate a complete CLI for GIMP (all 7 phases)
/cli-anything:cli-anything ./gimp

# Note: If your Claude Code is under 2.x, use "/cli-anything" instead.

This runs the full pipeline:

🔍 Analyze — Scans source code, maps GUI actions to APIs
📐 Design — Architects command groups, state model, output formats
🔨 Implement — Builds Click CLI with REPL, JSON output, undo/redo
📋 Plan Tests — Creates TEST.md with unit + E2E test plans
🧪 Write Tests — Implements comprehensive test suite
📝 Document — Updates TEST.md with results
📦 Publish — Creates setup.py, installs to PATH

Step 4 (Optional): Refine and Improve the CLI

After the initial build, you can iteratively refine the CLI to expand coverage and add missing capabilities:

# Broad refinement — agent analyzes gaps across all capabilities
/cli-anything:refine ./gimp

# Focused refinement — target a specific functionality area
/cli-anything:refine ./gimp "I want more CLIs on image batch processing and filters"

The refine command performs gap analysis between the software's full capabilities and current CLI coverage, then implements new commands, tests, and documentation for the identified gaps. You can run it multiple times to steadily expand coverage — each run is incremental and non-destructive.

Alternative: Manual Installation

If you prefer not to use the marketplace:

# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything.git

# Copy plugin to Claude Code plugins directory
cp -r CLI-Anything/cli-anything-plugin ~/.claude/plugins/cli-anything

# Reload plugins
/reload-plugins

⚡ OpenCode (Experimental)

Step 1: Install the Commands

Note: Please upgrade to the latest OpenCode. Older versions may use a different commands path.

Copy the CLI-Anything commands and HARNESS.md to your OpenCode commands directory:

# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything.git

# Global install (available in all projects)
cp CLI-Anything/opencode-commands/*.md ~/.config/opencode/commands/
cp CLI-Anything/cli-anything-plugin/HARNESS.md ~/.config/opencode/commands/

# Or project-level install
cp CLI-Anything/opencode-commands/*.md .opencode/commands/
cp CLI-Anything/cli-anything-plugin/HARNESS.md .opencode/commands/

Note: HARNESS.md is the methodology spec that all commands reference. It must be in the same directory as the commands.

This adds 5 slash commands: /cli-anything, /cli-anything-refine, /cli-anything-test, /cli-anything-validate, and /cli-anything-list.

Step 2: Build a CLI in One Command

# Generate a complete CLI for GIMP (all 7 phases)
/cli-anything ./gimp

# Build from a GitHub repo
/cli-anything https://github.com/blender/blender

The command runs as a subtask and follows the same 7-phase methodology as Claude Code.

Step 3 (Optional): Refine and Improve the CLI

# Broad refinement — agent analyzes gaps across all capabilities
/cli-anything-refine ./gimp

# Focused refinement — target a specific functionality area
/cli-anything-refine ./gimp "batch processing and filters"

⚡ Goose (Desktop / CLI) ^Experimental ^Community

Step 1: Install Goose

Install Goose (Desktop or CLI) using the official Goose instructions for your OS.

Step 2: Configure a CLI Provider

Configure Goose to use a CLI provider such as Claude Code, and make sure that CLI is installed and authenticated.

Step 3: Use CLI-Anything in a Goose Session

Once Goose is configured, start a session and use the same CLI-Anything commands described above for Claude Code, for example:

/cli-anything:cli-anything ./gimp
/cli-anything:refine ./gimp "batch processing and filters"

Note: When Goose runs through a CLI provider, it uses that provider's capabilities and command format.

⚡ Qodercli ^Community

Step 1: Register the Plugin

git clone https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything.git
bash CLI-Anything/qoder-plugin/setup-qodercli.sh

This registers the cli-anything plugin in ~/.qoder.json. Start a new Qodercli session after registration.

Step 2: Use CLI-Anything from Qodercli

/cli-anything:cli-anything ./gimp
/cli-anything:refine ./gimp "batch processing and filters"
/cli-anything:validate ./gimp

⚡ OpenClaw ^Community

Step 1: Install the Skill

CLI-Anything provides a native OpenClaw SKILL.md file. Copy it to your OpenClaw skills directory:

# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything.git

# Install to the global skills folder
mkdir -p ~/.openclaw/skills/cli-anything
cp CLI-Anything/openclaw-skill/SKILL.md ~/.openclaw/skills/cli-anything/SKILL.md

Step 2: Build a CLI

Now you can invoke the skill inside OpenClaw:

@cli-anything build a CLI for ./gimp

The skill follows the same 7-phase methodology as Claude Code and OpenCode.

⚡ Codex ^Experimental ^Community

Step 1: Install the Skill

Run the bundled installer:

# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything.git

# Install the skill
bash CLI-Anything/codex-skill/scripts/install.sh

On Windows PowerShell, use:

.\CLI-Anything\codex-skill\scripts\install.ps1

This installs the skill to $CODEX_HOME/skills/cli-anything (or ~/.codex/skills/cli-anything if CODEX_HOME is unset).

Restart Codex after installation so it is discovered.

Step 2: Use CLI-Anything from Codex

Describe the task in natural language, for example:

Use CLI-Anything to build a harness for ./gimp
Use CLI-Anything to refine ./shotcut for picture-in-picture workflows
Use CLI-Anything to validate ./libreoffice

The Codex skill adapts the same methodology used by the Claude Code plugin and OpenCode commands, while keeping the generated Python harness format unchanged.

🔮 More Platforms (Coming Soon)

CLI-Anything is designed to be platform-agnostic. Support for more AI coding agents is planned:

Codex — available via the bundled skill in codex-skill/
Cursor — coming soon
Windsurf — coming soon
Your favorite tool — contributions welcome! See the opencode-commands/ directory for a reference implementation.

Use the Generated CLI

Regardless of which platform you used to build it, the generated CLI works the same way:

# Install to PATH
cd gimp/agent-harness && pip install -e .

# Use from anywhere
cli-anything-gimp --help
cli-anything-gimp project new --width 1920 --height 1080 -o poster.json
cli-anything-gimp --json layer add -n "Background" --type solid --color "#1a1a2e"

# Enter interactive REPL
cli-anything-gimp

Each installed CLI ships with a SKILL.md inside the Python package (cli_anything/<software>/skills/SKILL.md). The REPL banner automatically displays the absolute path to this file so AI agents know exactly where to read the skill definition. No extra configuration needed — pip install makes the skill discoverable.

💡 CLI-Anything's Vision: Building Agent-Native Software

• 🌐 Universal Access - Every software becomes instantly agent-controllable through structured CLI.

• 🔗 Seamless Integration - Agents control any application without APIs, GUI, rebuilding or complex wrappers.

• 🚀 Future-Ready Ecosystem - Transform human-designed software into agent-native tools with one command.

🔧 When to Use CLI-Anything

Category	How to be Agent-native	Notable Examples
📂 GitHub Repositories	Transform any open-source project into agent-controllable tools through automatic CLI generation	VSCodium, WordPress, Calibre, Zotero, Joplin, Logseq, Penpot, Super Productivity
🤖 AI/ML Platforms	Automate model training, inference pipelines, and hyperparameter tuning through structured commands	Stable Diffusion WebUI, ComfyUI, InvokeAI, Text-generation-webui, Open WebUI, Fooocus, Kohya_ss, AnythingLLM, SillyTavern
📊 Data & Analytics	Enable programmatic data processing, visualization, and statistical analysis workflows	JupyterLab, Apache Superset, Metabase, Redash, DBeaver, KNIME, Orange, OpenSearch Dashboards, Lightdash
💻 Development Tools	Streamline code editing, building, testing, and deployment processes via command interfaces	Jenkins, Gitea, Hoppscotch, Portainer, pgAdmin, SonarQube, ArgoCD, OpenLens, Insomnia, Beekeeper Studio
🎨 Creative & Media	Control content creation, editing, and rendering workflows programmatically	Blender, GIMP, OBS Studio, Audacity, Krita, Kdenlive, Shotcut, Inkscape, Darktable, LMMS, Ardour
🔬 Scientific Computing	Automate research workflows, simulations, and complex calculations	ImageJ, FreeCAD, QGIS, ParaView, Gephi, LibreCAD, Stellarium, KiCad, JASP, Jamovi
🏢 Enterprise & Office	Convert business applications and productivity tools into agent-accessible systems	NextCloud, GitLab, Grafana, Mattermost, LibreOffice, AppFlowy, NocoDB, Odoo (Community), Plane, ERPNext
📞 Communication & Collaboration	Automate meeting scheduling, participant management, recording retrieval, and reporting through structured CLI	Zoom, Jitsi Meet, BigBlueButton, Mattermost
📐 Diagramming & Visualization	Create and manipulate diagrams, flowcharts, architecture diagrams, and visual documentation programmatically	Draw.io (diagrams.net), Mermaid, PlantUML, Excalidraw, yEd
✨ AI Content Generation	Generate professional deliverables (slides, docs, diagrams, websites, research reports) through AI-powered cloud APIs	AnyGen, Gamma, Beautiful.ai, Tome

CLI-Anything's Key Features

The Agent-Software Gap

AI agents are great at reasoning but terrible at using real professional software. Current solutions are fragile UI automation, limited APIs, or dumbed-down reimplementations that miss 90% of functionality.

CLI-Anything's Solution: Transform any professional software into agent-native tools without losing capabilities.

Current Pain Point	CLI-Anything's Fix
🤖 "AI can't use real tools"	Direct integration with actual software backends (Blender, LibreOffice, FFmpeg) — full professional capabilities, zero compromises
💸 "UI automation breaks constantly"	No screenshots, no clicking, no RPA fragility. Pure command-line reliability with structured interfaces
📊 "Agents need structured data"	Built-in JSON output for seamless agent consumption + human-readable formats for debugging
🔧 "Custom integrations are expensive"	One Claude plugin auto-generates CLIs for ANY codebase through proven 7-phase pipeline
⚡ "Prototype vs Production gap"	1,588+ tests with real software validation. Battle-tested across 13 major applications

🎯 What Can You Do with CLI-Anything?

🛠️ Let Agents Take Your Workflows

Professional or everyday — just throw the codebase at /cli-anything. GIMP, Blender, Shotcut for creative work. LibreOffice, OBS Studio for daily tasks. Don't have the source? Find an open-source alternative and throw that in. You'll instantly get a full CLI your agents can use.

🔗 Unify Scattered APIs into One CLI

Tired of juggling fragmented web service APIs? Feed the docs or SDK manuscripts to /cli-anything and your agents get a powerful, stateful CLI that wraps those individual endpoints into coherent command groups. One tool instead of dozens of raw API calls — stronger capabilities while saving tokens.

🚀 Replace or Supercharge GUI Agents

CLI-Anything can flat-out replace GUI-based agent approaches — no more screenshots, no brittle pixel-clicking. But here's the fun part: once you /cli-anything a GUI software, you can synthesize agent tasks, evaluators, and benchmarks entirely via code and terminal — fully automated, iteratively refinable, massively more efficient.

✨ ⚙️ How CLI-Anything Works

🏗️ Fully Automated 7-Phase Pipeline From codebase analysis to PyPI publishing — the plugin handles architecture design, implementation, test planning, test writing, and documentation completely automatically.	🎯 Authentic Software Integration Direct calls to real applications for actual rendering. LibreOffice generates PDFs, Blender renders 3D scenes, Audacity processes audio via sox. Zero compromises, Zero toy implementations.
🔁 Smart Session Management Persistent project state with undo/redo capabilities, plus unified REPL interface (ReplSkin) that delivers consistent interactive experience across all CLIs.	📦 Zero-Config Installation Simple pip install -e . puts cli-anything- directly on PATH. Agents discover tools via standard which commands. No setup, no wrappers.
🧪 Production-Grade Testing Multi-layered validation: unit tests with synthetic data, end-to-end tests with real files and software, plus CLI subprocess verification of installed commands.	🐍 Clean Package Architecture All CLIs organized under cli_anything.* namespace — conflict-free, pip-installable, with consistent naming: cli-anything-gimp, cli-anything-blender, etc.

🤖 SKILL.md Generation

Each generated CLI includes a SKILL.md file inside the Python package at cli_anything/<software>/skills/SKILL.md. This self-contained skill definition enables AI agents to discover and use the CLI through Claude Code's skill system or other agent frameworks.

What SKILL.md provides:

YAML frontmatter with name and description for agent skill discovery
Command groups with all available subcommands documented
Usage examples for common workflows
Agent-specific guidance for JSON output, error handling, and programmatic use

SKILL.md files are auto-generated during Phase 6.5 of the pipeline using skill_generator.py, which extracts metadata directly from the CLI's Click decorators, setup.py, and README. Because the file lives inside the package, it is installed alongside the CLI via pip install and auto-detected by the REPL banner — agents can read the absolute path displayed at startup.

🎬 Demonstrations

🎯 General-Purpose

CLI-Anything works on any software with a codebase — no domain restrictions or architectural limitations.

🏭 Professional-Grade Testing

Tested across 13 diverse, complex applications spanning creative, productivity, communication, diagramming, AI image generation, and AI content generation domains previously inaccessible to AI agents.

🎨 Diverse Domain Coverage

From creative workflows (image editing, 3D modeling, vector graphics) to production tools (audio, office, live streaming, video editing).

✅ Full CLI Generation

Each application received complete, production-ready CLI interfaces — not demos, but comprehensive tool access preserving full capabilities.

Software	Domain	CLI Command	Backend	Tests
🎨 GIMP	Image Editing	`cli-anything-gimp`	Pillow + GEGL/Script-Fu	✅ 107
🧊 Blender	3D Modeling & Rendering	`cli-anything-blender`	bpy (Python scripting)	✅ 208
✏️ Inkscape	Vector Graphics	`cli-anything-inkscape`	Direct SVG/XML manipulation	✅ 202
🎵 Audacity	Audio Production	`cli-anything-audacity`	Python wave + sox	✅ 161
📄 LibreOffice	Office Suite (Writer, Calc, Impress)	`cli-anything-libreoffice`	ODF generation + headless LO	✅ 158
📹 OBS Studio	Live Streaming & Recording	`cli-anything-obs-studio`	JSON scene + obs-websocket	✅ 153
🎞️ Kdenlive	Video Editing	`cli-anything-kdenlive`	MLT XML + melt renderer	✅ 155
🎬 Shotcut	Video Editing	`cli-anything-shotcut`	Direct MLT XML + melt	✅ 154
📞 Zoom	Video Conferencing	`cli-anything-zoom`	Zoom REST API (OAuth2)	✅ 22
📐 Draw.io	Diagramming	`cli-anything-drawio`	mxGraph XML + draw.io CLI	✅ 138
🧜 Mermaid Live Editor	Diagramming	`cli-anything-mermaid`	Mermaid state + mermaid.ink renderer	✅ 10
✨ AnyGen	AI Content Generation	`cli-anything-anygen`	AnyGen REST API (anygen.io)	✅ 50
🖼️ ComfyUI	AI Image Generation	`cli-anything-comfyui`	ComfyUI REST API	✅ 70
Total				✅ 1,588

100% pass rate across all 1,588 tests — 1,138 unit tests + 450 end-to-end tests.

📊 Test Results

Each CLI harness undergoes rigorous multi-layered testing to ensure production reliability:

Layer	What it tests	Example
Unit tests	Every core function in isolation with synthetic data	`test_core.py` — project creation, layer ops, filter params
E2E tests (native)	Project file generation pipeline	Valid ODF ZIP structure, correct MLT XML, SVG well-formedness
E2E tests (true backend)	Real software invocation + output verification	LibreOffice → PDF with `%PDF-` magic bytes, Blender → rendered PNG
CLI subprocess tests	Installed command via `subprocess.run`	`cli-anything-gimp --json project new` → valid JSON output

================================ Test Summary ================================
gimp          107 passed  ✅   (64 unit + 43 e2e)
blender       208 passed  ✅   (150 unit + 58 e2e)
inkscape      202 passed  ✅   (148 unit + 54 e2e)
audacity      161 passed  ✅   (107 unit + 54 e2e)
libreoffice   158 passed  ✅   (89 unit + 69 e2e)
obs-studio    153 passed  ✅   (116 unit + 37 e2e)
kdenlive      155 passed  ✅   (111 unit + 44 e2e)
shotcut       154 passed  ✅   (110 unit + 44 e2e)
zoom           22 passed  ✅   (22 unit + 0 e2e)
drawio        138 passed  ✅   (116 unit + 22 e2e)
mermaid        10 passed  ✅   (5 unit + 5 e2e)
anygen         50 passed  ✅   (40 unit + 10 e2e)
comfyui        70 passed  ✅   (60 unit + 10 e2e)
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
TOTAL        1,588 passed  ✅   100% pass rate

🏗️ CLI-Anything's Architecture

🎯 Core Design Principles

Authentic Software Integration — The CLI generates valid project files (ODF, MLT XML, SVG) and delegates to real applications for rendering. We build structured interfaces TO software, not replacements.
Flexible Interaction Models — Every CLI operates in dual modes: stateful REPL for interactive agent sessions + subcommand interface for scripting/pipelines. Run bare command → enter REPL mode.
Consistent User Experience — All generated CLIs share unified REPL interface (repl_skin.py) with branded banners, styled prompts, command history, progress indicators, and standardized formatting.
Agent-Native Design — Built-in --json flag on every command delivers structured data for machine consumption, while human-readable tables serve interactive use. Agents discover capabilities via standard --help and which commands.
Zero Compromise Dependencies — Real software is a hard requirement — no fallbacks, no graceful degradation. Tests fail (not skip) when backends are missing, ensuring authentic functionality.

📂 Project Structure

cli-anything/
├── 📄 README.md                          # You are here
├── 📁 assets/                            # Images and media
│   ├── icon.png                          # Project icon
│   └── teaser.png                        # Teaser figure
│
├── 🔌 cli-anything-plugin/               # The Claude Code plugin
│   ├── HARNESS.md                        # Methodology SOP (source of truth)
│   ├── README.md                         # Plugin documentation
│   ├── QUICKSTART.md                     # 5-minute getting started
│   ├── PUBLISHING.md                     # Distribution guide
│   ├── repl_skin.py                      # Unified REPL interface
│   ├── commands/                         # Plugin command definitions
│   │   ├── cli-anything.md               # Main build command
│   │   ├── refine.md                     # Expand existing harness coverage
│   │   ├── test.md                       # Test runner
│   │   └── validate.md                   # Standards validation
│   └── scripts/
│       └── setup-cli-anything.sh         # Setup script
│
├── 🤖 codex-skill/                      # Codex skill entry point
├── 🎨 gimp/agent-harness/               # GIMP CLI (107 tests)
├── 🧊 blender/agent-harness/            # Blender CLI (208 tests)
├── ✏️ inkscape/agent-harness/            # Inkscape CLI (202 tests)
├── 🎵 audacity/agent-harness/           # Audacity CLI (161 tests)
├── 📄 libreoffice/agent-harness/        # LibreOffice CLI (158 tests)
├── 📹 obs-studio/agent-harness/         # OBS Studio CLI (153 tests)
├── 🎞️ kdenlive/agent-harness/           # Kdenlive CLI (155 tests)
├── 🎬 shotcut/agent-harness/            # Shotcut CLI (154 tests)
├── 📞 zoom/agent-harness/               # Zoom CLI (22 tests)
├── 📐 drawio/agent-harness/             # Draw.io CLI (138 tests)
├── 🧜 mermaid/agent-harness/            # Mermaid Live Editor CLI (10 tests)
├── ✨ anygen/agent-harness/             # AnyGen CLI (50 tests)
└── 🖼️ comfyui/agent-harness/            # ComfyUI CLI (70 tests)

Each agent-harness/ contains an installable Python package under cli_anything.<software>/ with Click CLI, core modules, utils (including repl_skin.py and backend wrapper), and comprehensive tests.

🎯 Plugin Commands

Command	Description
`/cli-anything <software-path-or-repo>`	Build complete CLI harness — all 7 phases
`/cli-anything:refine <software-path> [focus]`	Refine an existing harness — expand coverage with gap analysis
`/cli-anything:test <software-path-or-repo>`	Run tests and update TEST.md with results
`/cli-anything:validate <software-path-or-repo>`	Validate against HARNESS.md standards

Examples

# Build a complete CLI for GIMP from local source
/cli-anything /home/user/gimp

# Build from a GitHub repo
/cli-anything https://github.com/blender/blender

# Refine an existing harness — broad gap analysis
/cli-anything:refine /home/user/gimp

# Refine with a specific focus area
/cli-anything:refine /home/user/shotcut "vid-in-vid and picture-in-picture compositing"

# Run tests and update TEST.md
/cli-anything:test /home/user/inkscape

# Validate against HARNESS.md standards
/cli-anything:validate /home/user/audacity

🎮 Demo: Using a Generated CLI

Here's what an agent can do with cli-anything-libreoffice:

# Create a new Writer document
$ cli-anything-libreoffice document new -o report.json --type writer
✓ Created Writer document: report.json

# Add content
$ cli-anything-libreoffice --project report.json writer add-heading -t "Q1 Report" --level 1
✓ Added heading: "Q1 Report"

$ cli-anything-libreoffice --project report.json writer add-table --rows 4 --cols 3
✓ Added 4×3 table

# Export to real PDF via LibreOffice headless
$ cli-anything-libreoffice --project report.json export render output.pdf -p pdf --overwrite
✓ Exported: output.pdf (42,831 bytes) via libreoffice-headless

# JSON mode for agent consumption
$ cli-anything-libreoffice --json document info --project report.json
{
  "name": "Q1 Report",
  "type": "writer",
  "pages": 1,
  "elements": 2,
  "modified": true
}

REPL Mode

$ cli-anything-blender
╔══════════════════════════════════════════╗
║       cli-anything-blender v1.0.0       ║
║     Blender CLI for AI Agents           ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════╝

blender> scene new --name ProductShot
✓ Created scene: ProductShot

blender[ProductShot]> object add-mesh --type cube --location 0 0 1
✓ Added mesh: Cube at (0, 0, 1)

blender[ProductShot]*> render execute --output render.png --engine CYCLES
✓ Rendered: render.png (1920×1080, 2.3 MB) via blender --background

blender[ProductShot]> exit
Goodbye! 👋

📖 The Standard Playbook: HARNESS.md

HARNESS.md is our definitive SOP for making any software agent-accessible via automated CLI generation.

It encodes proven patterns and methodologies refined through automated generation processes.

The playbook distills key insights from successfully building all 13 diverse, production-ready harnesses.

Critical Lessons

Lesson	Description
Use the real software	The CLI MUST call the actual application for rendering. No Pillow replacements for GIMP, no custom renderers for Blender. Generate valid project files → invoke the real backend.
The Rendering Gap	GUI apps apply effects at render time. If your CLI manipulates project files but uses a naive export tool, effects get silently dropped. Solution: native renderer → filter translation → render script.
Filter Translation	When mapping effects between formats (MLT → ffmpeg), watch for duplicate filter merging, interleaved stream ordering, parameter space differences, and unmappable effects.
Timecode Precision	Non-integer frame rates (29.97fps) cause cumulative rounding. Use `round()` not `int()`, integer arithmetic for display, and ±1 frame tolerance in tests.
Output Verification	Never trust that export worked because it exited 0. Verify: magic bytes, ZIP/OOXML structure, pixel analysis, audio RMS levels, duration checks.

See the full methodology: cli-anything-plugin/HARNESS.md

📦 Installation & Usage

For Plugin Users (Claude Code)

# Add marketplace & install (recommended)
/plugin marketplace add HKUDS/CLI-Anything
/plugin install cli-anything

# Build a CLI for any software with a codebase
/cli-anything <software-name>

For Generated CLIs

# Install any generated CLI
cd <software>/agent-harness
pip install -e .

# Verify
which cli-anything-<software>

# Use
cli-anything-<software> --help
cli-anything-<software>                    # enters REPL
cli-anything-<software> --json <command>   # JSON output for agents

Running Tests

# Run tests for a specific CLI
cd <software>/agent-harness
python3 -m pytest cli_anything/<software>/tests/ -v

# Force-installed mode (recommended for validation)
CLI_ANYTHING_FORCE_INSTALLED=1 python3 -m pytest cli_anything/<software>/tests/ -v -s

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! CLI-Anything is designed to be extensible:

New software targets — Use the plugin to generate a CLI for any software with a codebase, then submit your harness via cli-anything-plugin/PUBLISHING.md.
Methodology improvements — PRs to HARNESS.md that encode new lessons learned
Plugin enhancements — New commands, phase improvements, better validation
Test coverage — More E2E scenarios, edge cases, workflow tests

Limitations

Requires strong foundation models — CLI-Anything relies on frontier-class models (e.g., Claude Opus 4.6, Claude Sonnet 4.6, GPT-5.4) for reliable harness generation. Weaker or smaller models may produce incomplete or incorrect CLIs that require significant manual correction.
Relies on available source code — The 7-phase pipeline analyzes and generates from source code. When the target software only provides compiled binaries that require decompilation, harness quality and coverage will degrade substantially.
May require iterative refinement — A single /cli-anything run may not fully cover all capabilities. Running /refine one or more times is often needed to push the CLI's performance and coverage to production quality.

Roadmap

Support for more application categories (CAD, DAW, IDE, EDA, scientific tools)
Benchmark suite for agent task completion rates
Community-contributed CLI harnesses for internal/custom software
Integration with additional agent frameworks beyond Claude Code
Support packaging APIs for closed-source software and web services into CLIs
Produce SKILL.md alongside the CLI for agent skill discovery and orchestration

📖 Documentation

Document	Description
`cli-anything-plugin/HARNESS.md`	The methodology SOP — single source of truth
`cli-anything-plugin/README.md`	Plugin documentation — commands, options, phases
`cli-anything-plugin/QUICKSTART.md`	5-minute getting started guide
`cli-anything-plugin/PUBLISHING.md`	Distribution and publishing guide

Each generated harness also includes:

<SOFTWARE>.md — Architecture SOP specific to that application
tests/TEST.md — Test plan and results documentation

⭐ Star History

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📄 License

MIT License — free to use, modify, and distribute.

CLI-Anything — Make any software with a codebase Agent-native.

_{A methodology for the age of AI agents | 13 professional software demos | 1,588 passing tests}

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The Agent-Software Gap

🎯 What Can You Do with CLI-Anything?

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