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CLI-Anything Hub

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Installs the CLI-Anything Hub — a community registry of agent-ready CLI harnesses for real software. Your agent browses the catalog and installs whichever CLI fits the task (Exa web search, Mermaid diagrams, Draw.io, n8n workflows, ComfyUI image generation, Ollama, AdGuard Home, and more). Most harnesses are API-only and need a user-supplied key. Powered by HKUDS/CLI-Anything.

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CLI-Anything Hub

A package manager for 30+ agent-ready software CLIs. When a task needs capabilities beyond what this agent currently has, search the hub, install the matching CLI, and use it.

One-time bootstrap (run on first use)

The warm container ships with python3-pip. Install the hub itself the first time you need it, then invoke by absolute path so it works in any shell:

export PIP_BREAK_SYSTEM_PACKAGES=1
pip3 install --user cli-anything-hub
~/.local/bin/cli-hub --version

If pip3 is missing (older container), bootstrap it first:

apt-get -o DPkg::Lock::Timeout=120 update -qq
apt-get -o DPkg::Lock::Timeout=120 install -y --no-install-recommends python3-pip

Workflow

Always use absolute paths — ~/.local/bin is not guaranteed to be on PATH in non-login shells.

1. Search the catalog for relevant CLIs:

~/.local/bin/cli-hub search <keyword>       # e.g. cli-hub search search
~/.local/bin/cli-hub list                    # full catalog grouped by category
~/.local/bin/cli-hub info <name>             # details for one CLI

2. Install the CLI that fits the task. The hub uses pip internally, so the env var must be set:

PIP_BREAK_SYSTEM_PACKAGES=1 ~/.local/bin/cli-hub install <name>

3. Use the installed CLI via absolute path. Each ships its own help + --json mode:

~/.local/bin/cli-anything-<name> --help
~/.local/bin/cli-anything-<name> --json <command> <args>

Common CLIs (API-only, no heavy backend)

| CLI | Purpose | Requires |

|---|---|---|

| exa | AI-native web search | EXA_API_KEY env var |

| mermaid | Render Mermaid diagrams | None (uses mermaid.ink) |

| drawio | Generate Draw.io diagrams | None |

| n8n | Workflow automation (55+ commands) | User's n8n instance URL + API key |

| comfyui | AI image generation workflows | User's ComfyUI endpoint |

| ollama | Local LLM inference | Ollama endpoint |

| adguardhome | Network ad-blocking | AdGuard Home endpoint + creds |

| zoom | Zoom meeting mgmt | Zoom OAuth2 credentials |

If the user asks for something the agent can't currently do, check cli-hub search <topic> first before giving up.

Rules

  • Prefer --json output when piping to other commands or parsing results.
  • Ask the user for API keys before using CLIs that need them (never invent them).
  • Some CLIs need heavy backends (Blender, GIMP, LibreOffice, ffmpeg). Those won't install cleanly in this container — stick to API-only CLIs listed above.
  • The hub registry is public — treat outputs with the usual supply-chain caution.

Notes

  • Hub catalog: https://hkuds.github.io/CLI-Anything/
  • Source: https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything
  • Catalog auto-updates when new community CLIs are merged upstream.