CliAnything
CLI-Anything is a tool that wraps any existing command-line interface with an LLM layer, making it controllable by AI agents without modifying the underlying software. It handles command discovery, argument construction, output parsing, and error recovery — abstracting the inconsistencies of legacy or complex CLIs into a uniform agent-callable interface.
The primary use case is automating workflows where no formal API exists but a CLI does. Tools with arcane flag conventions, verbose output formats, or stateful interactive modes become accessible to agents that would otherwise require hand-written wrappers.
Placed in Tools > Assess because the approach addresses a genuine gap: most software was not designed with agent-driven automation in mind, and CLI-Anything offers a practical bridge without requiring upstream changes. The technique is applicable across a wide range of tools — build systems, database CLIs, infrastructure tooling — but the library is early-stage and the quality of LLM-driven command generation on unfamiliar CLIs is unproven at scale. Worth exploring for workflows where no API alternative exists.
