bankai

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CLI tool that launches coding agent CLIs with approval-bypass flags.

Requirements

• Node.js >= 20.12.0

Install

npm install -g bankai-cli
# or: pnpm add -g bankai-cli
# or: bun install -g bankai-cli

Usage

# Launch a specific agent with bypass flags
bankai claude

# Pass args directly to the target agent
bankai codex -C /path/to/project

# Interactive agent picker
bankai

# List all supported agents
bankai agents

# List only agents installed on your system
bankai agents --installed

Supported Agents

CLI Agents (flag output)

Agent	Command	Docs
Claude Code	claude --dangerously-skip-permissions	Settings - Claude Code Docs
Codex CLI	codex --dangerously-bypass-approvals-and-sandbox	CLI Reference - OpenAI Codex
GitHub Copilot CLI	copilot --allow-all-tools	Copilot CLI Docs
Gemini CLI	gemini --yolo	Configuration - Gemini CLI
OpenHands	openhands --always-approve	CLI Mode - OpenHands Docs
Aider	aider --yes-always	Options Reference - aider
Qwen Code	qwen-code --yolo	Approval Mode - Qwen Code Docs
Kimi Code	kimi --yolo	Interaction Guide - Kimi Code Docs

Settings Agents (config file / DB modification)

Agent	Target	Description
Cursor Agent CLI	.cursor/cli.json / ~/.cursor/cli-config.json	Writes permission allow-list for Cursor Agent CLI
Cursor IDE	SQLite DB (state.vscdb)	Applies settings below, then launches Cursor

Cursor IDE (bankai cursor)

Unlike CLI agents that pass a flag, Cursor IDE stores its settings in a SQLite DB. bankai cursor modifies the DB directly to apply the following, then opens Cursor:

Setting	Effect
Auto-Run Mode → Run Everything (Unsandboxed)	Agent runs all commands without sandboxing
Browser Protection → OFF	Agent can run browser tools automatically
MCP Tools Protection → OFF	Agent can run MCP tools automatically
File-Deletion Protection → OFF	Agent can delete files automatically
External-File Protection → OFF	Agent can create/modify files outside the workspace
Dot-files Protection → OFF	Agent can modify dotfiles (.env, etc.)

Cursor must be restarted after the first apply for changes to take effect.

Custom Agents

Register agents not in the built-in list:

# Non-interactive
bankai add --cmd opencode --line "opencode --yolo"

# Interactive
bankai add

# Edit an existing custom agent
bankai edit opencode

# Remove a custom agent
bankai remove opencode

Custom agents are stored in ~/.config/bankai/agents.json (XDG-compliant, varies by OS).

Development

bun install
bun run dev -- claude    # Run from source
bun run build            # Build to dist/
bun run test             # Run tests