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CLI-Anything is an open-source project from the Data Intelligence Lab at the University of Hong Kong (HKUDS) that makes existing software "agent-native" by wrapping it in command-line interfaces that AI coding agents can call directly, instead of relying on...

CLI-Hub, the official registry of agent-native CLIs built with CLI-Anything

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What is CLI-Anything?

CLI-Anything is an open-source project from the Data Intelligence Lab at the University of Hong Kong (HKUDS) that makes existing software "agent-native" by wrapping it in command-line interfaces that AI coding agents can call directly, instead of relying on screenshot-based GUI automation.

It works in two ways: you can install ready-made CLIs from the CLI-Hub registry (search, install and launch them with the cli-hub command), or have a supported coding agent such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or OpenCode generate a new CLI harness for an application or codebase through a guided multi-phase pipeline that analyzes the software, designs the commands, implements them and tests them.

Generated CLIs return structured JSON output and many wrap real backends, including GIMP, Blender, LibreOffice, FreeCAD and FFmpeg, so agents can operate professional desktop software through reliable, scriptable commands. It is written in Python and released under the Apache-2.0 license.