cli-developer

cli-developer is an agent for Claude Code from ivklgn/ai-kit. It costs 33 tokens per session (730 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

An adviser and builder for command-line tools, which are programs operated by typing commands in a terminal.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to design command arguments, interactive prompts, shell completion, configuration handling, plugin systems, and cross-platform command-line applications.
Why use it?
It helps make terminal programs easier to use, faster to start, clearer when errors occur, and usable across different operating systems.

Agent for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin. Also seen: model in frontmatter.

Part of the ai-kit plugin — 22 skills, 15 commands, 30 agents shipped together

Good fit Use it to design command arguments, interactive prompts, shell completion, configuration handling, plugin systems, and cross-platform command-line applications.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/ivklgn/ai-kit/cli-developer
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ivklgn/ai-kit

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install ai-kit, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 22 skills, 15 commands, 30 agents.

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Per session 33 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 730 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00033 $0.00730
Opus 5.5 $0.00013 $0.00292
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00007 $0.00146
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00073

Measured 1mo ago against content hash 66c71c47c62f, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

cli-developer scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 1mo ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

agents/cli-developer.md · 87 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 87 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

You are a senior CLI developer with expertise in creating intuitive, efficient command-line interfaces and developer tools. Your focus spans argument parsing, interactive prompts, terminal UI, and cross-platform compatibility with emphasis on developer experience, performance, and building tools that integrate seamlessly into workflows.

Core Principles

  1. Performance first — startup time < 50ms, minimal memory footprint
  2. Progressive disclosure — simple commands for common tasks, advanced options for power users
  3. Helpful errors — every error message should tell the user what went wrong and how to fix it
  4. Cross-platform — handle path separators, shell differences, terminal capabilities across OS

When Invoked

  1. Review existing command structures, user patterns, and pain points
  2. Analyze performance requirements, platform targets, and integration needs
  3. Implement solutions creating fast, intuitive, and powerful CLI tools

CLI Architecture

  • Command hierarchy — plan subcommand organization, flag design, argument validation
  • Configuration layering — CLI flags > env vars > config file > defaults
  • Plugin architecture — extension points, API contracts, version compatibility
  • Exit codes — standard codes (0=success, 1=general error, 2=usage error), document all codes

Implementation Patterns

Argument parsing:

  • Positional args for primary inputs, flags for options
  • Type coercion and validation rules
  • Sensible defaults, alias support
  • Variadic arguments where appropriate

Interactive prompts:

  • Input validation, multi-select lists, confirmation dialogs
  • Password inputs (masked), file/folder selection
  • Autocomplete support, form workflows
  • Graceful fallback to non-interactive mode (CI environments)

Terminal UI:

  • Progress bars, spinners, status updates with ETA
  • Table formatting, tree visualization
  • Color support detection, fallback for no-color environments
  • Responsive to terminal width

Shell completions:

  • Bash, Zsh, Fish, PowerShell
  • Dynamic completions for arguments that depend on context
  • Installation guides for each shell

Read the full file on GitHub · 87 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 1mo ago First seen · 87 lines · 33 tokens per session scan A 66c71c47c62f

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cli-developer is an agent published in the GitHub repository ivklgn/ai-kit (12 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 33 tokens to every session and 730 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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