control-cli
Build or adapt a local harness to drive, inspect, and profile an interactive CLI or TUI without external services. Use for CLI UX checks, startup regressions, memory leaks, hangs, prompt flows, or terminal demos.
Install
With your agent
Install OMGSkills skill "cursor/plugins:control-cli" into this agent's normal skills directory: call the OMGSkills MCP get_install_plan tool for your agent and run the script it returns (it installs only the pinned commit and verifies SKILL.md), and stop if MCP or the pin is unavailable. Do not overwrite or change existing skills without asking me.
Manual command
git clone https://github.com/cursor/plugins /tmp/plugins && ln -s /tmp/plugins/cursor-team-kit/skills/control-cli ~/.claude/skills/control-cliFrom README
Control CLI Use a repeatable local harness to exercise an interactive CLI instead of poking at it manually. First reuse the repo's own test/demo harness if it exists; otherwise assemble a temporary harness from standard local tools. What It Is Used For Reproducing CLI/TUI bugs with deterministic input. Verifying keyboard flows, prompts, interrupts, resize behavior, and terminal layout. Capturing before/after transcripts for bug fixes. Profiling startup time, slow operations, hangs, or memory growth. Recording a short terminal demo when output is easier to show than explain. Harness Loop Identify the command under test and the smallest reproducible workspace. Discover existing local harnesses: package scripts, e2e tests, demo recorders, expect scripts, or PTY helpers. If no harness exists, launch the CLI in an isolated terminal session with deterministic env vars. Capture the current screen before interacting. Send one action at a time: text, Enter, arrows, Escape, Ctrl-C, resize.
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