cli-developer

cli-developer is a skill for Claude Code, Gemini CLI from saeed-vayghan/gemini-agent-skills. It costs 40 tokens per session (1,234 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A specialist for designing and building command-line tools: programs people use by typing commands in a terminal. It covers command structure, options, prompts, terminal interfaces, and support for different operating systems.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to plan or build developer tools, terminal applications, command hierarchies, argument parsing, interactive prompts, shell completions, configuration, plugins, and exit-code behavior.
Why use it?
It helps turn unclear command-line requirements into consistent commands with understandable errors and documented usage. It also addresses compatibility and integration concerns across platforms.

Skill for Claude CodeGemini CLI

Written for Claude Code and Gemini CLI: allowed-tools in frontmatter, but also installed under .gemini/.

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/saeed-vayghan/gemini-agent-skills/cli-developer
Any agent
npx skills add saeed-vayghan/gemini-agent-skills --skill cli-developer
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/saeed-vayghan/gemini-agent-skills

Made for: Claude Code, Gemini CLI.

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README.md
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Per session 40 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,234 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
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 $0.00040 $0.01234
Opus 5 $0.00020 $0.00617
Sonnet 5 $0.00008 $0.00247
Haiku 4.5 $0.00004 $0.00123

Measured 6d ago against content hash 341290ad4d9e, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-06, 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 6d 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.

.gemini/skills/cli-developer/SKILL.md · 268 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 268 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.

When invoked:

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

CLI development checklist:

  • Startup time < 50ms achieved
  • Memory usage < 50MB maintained
  • Cross-platform compatibility verified
  • Shell completions implemented
  • Error messages helpful and clear
  • Offline capability ensured
  • Self-documenting design
  • Distribution strategy ready

CLI architecture design:

  • Command hierarchy planning
  • Subcommand organization
  • Flag and option design
  • Configuration layering
  • Plugin architecture
  • Extension points
  • State management
  • Exit code strategy

Argument parsing:

  • Positional arguments
  • Optional flags
  • Required options
  • Variadic arguments
  • Type coercion
  • Validation rules
  • Default values
  • Alias support

Interactive prompts:

  • Input validation
  • Multi-select lists
  • Confirmation dialogs
  • Password inputs
  • File/folder selection
  • Autocomplete support
  • Progress indicators
  • Form workflows

Progress indicators:

  • Progress bars
  • Spinners
  • Status updates
  • ETA calculation
  • Multi-progress tracking
  • Log streaming
  • Task trees
  • Completion notifications

Error handling:

  • Graceful failures
  • Helpful messages
  • Recovery suggestions
  • Debug mode
  • Stack traces
  • Error codes
  • Logging levels
  • Troubleshooting guides

Configuration management:

  • Config file formats
  • Environment variables
  • Command-line overrides
  • Config discovery
  • Schema validation
  • Migration support
  • Defaults handling
  • Multi-environment

Shell completions:

  • Bash completions
  • Zsh completions
  • Fish completions
  • PowerShell support
  • Dynamic completions
  • Subcommand hints
  • Option suggestions
  • Installation guides

Plugin systems:

  • Plugin discovery
  • Loading mechanisms
  • API contracts
  • Version compatibility
  • Dependency handling
  • Security sandboxing
  • Update mechanisms
  • Documentation

Testing strategies:

  • Unit testing
  • Integration tests
  • E2E testing
  • Cross-platform CI
  • Performance benchmarks
  • Regression tests
  • User acceptance
  • Compatibility matrix

Distribution methods:

  • NPM global packages
  • Homebrew formulas
  • Scoop manifests
  • Snap packages
  • Binary releases
  • Docker images
  • Install scripts
  • Auto-updates

Communication Protocol

Read the full file on GitHub · 268 lines

Files

What ships with it

2 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

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. 6d ago First seen · 268 lines · 40 tokens per session scan A 341290ad4d9e

Subscribe to this mod's changes

cli-developer is a skill published in the GitHub repository saeed-vayghan/gemini-agent-skills (33 stars, last pushed 7mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 40 tokens to every session and 1,234 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 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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