# cli-for-agents

> Claude/Codex skill by [@cursor](https://omgskills.com/library/cursor/index.md) · 8.3k stars · Updated 2026-09-20

Designs or reviews CLIs so coding agents can run them reliably: non-interactive flags, layered --help with examples, stdin/pipelines, fast actionable errors, idempotency, dry-run, and predictable structure. Use when building a CLI, adding commands, writing --help, or when the user mentions agents, terminals, or automation-friendly CLIs.

## Install

```sh
git clone https://github.com/cursor/plugins /tmp/plugins && ln -s /tmp/plugins/cli-for-agent/skills/cli-for-agents ~/.claude/skills/cli-for-agents
```

## From README

CLI for agents Human-oriented CLIs often block agents: interactive prompts, huge upfront docs, and help text without copy-pasteable examples. Prefer patterns that work headlessly and compose in pipelines. Non-interactive first Every input should be expressible as a flag or flag value. Do not require arrow keys, menus, or timed prompts. If flags are missing, then fall back to interactive mode—not the other way around. Bad: mycli deploy → ? Which environment? (use arrow keys) Good: mycli deploy --env staging Discoverability without dumping context Agents discover subcommands incrementally: mycli, then mycli deploy --help. Do not print the entire manual on every run. Let each subcommand own its documentation so unused commands stay out of context. --help that works Every subcommand has --help. Every --help includes Examples with real invocations. Examples do more than prose for pattern-matching. stdin, flags, and pipelines Accept stdin where it makes sense (e.g.

## Links

- HTML page: https://omgskills.com/skills/cursor/plugins/cli-for-agents/
- GitHub: https://github.com/cursor/plugins
- Author: [@cursor](https://omgskills.com/library/cursor/index.md)

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