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CLI-Hub Discovery Skill

Find, preview and install command-line tools for professional software through the CLI-Hub catalog

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Repository
HKUDS/CLI-Anything
Stars
58,084
Licence
Apache-2.0
Files
1 file

What it does

This skill teaches an AI agent to use CLI-Hub, a catalog of command-line interfaces (CLIs) that wrap professional software such as image editors, 3D tools and video editors so an agent can operate them by typing commands. Once installed, the agent can search the catalog, look up details for a tool, and install it with the cli-hub package manager, which is a thin wrapper around pip. It can also plan multi-tool workflows called matrices, previewing what is needed before installing only the pieces a task requires.

Great for

  • Developers who want agents to drive desktop or open-source software from the command line
  • Creators looking for a scriptable tool for image, audio or video tasks
  • Teams exploring which command-line tools exist for a given professional workflow

Skip it if

  • Users who only need general chat help and no local software automation, since it adds installs and command execution
  • Security-sensitive environments: each installed CLI is a third-party pip package that runs code on the machine, and the SKILL.md does not describe how those packages are vetted

Try asking

  • “Find a command-line tool for editing images and install it”
  • “Search CLI-Hub for a tool that can transcribe audio”
  • “Plan which tools I need to build a short video, and preview the install before running it”
  • “Show me the details of the kdenlive CLI and how to use it with JSON output”
Step-by-step guide: how to use CLI-Hub Discovery SkillInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 1 original files, the Apache-2.0 licence and an attribution note.

    cli-hub-meta-skill.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip cli-hub-meta-skill.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip cli-hub-meta-skill.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Run cli-hub matrix preflight or --dry-run before installing, so you can see what will change
  • Install only the single capability or tool you need rather than a whole matrix
  • Review each package's source or publisher before installing it, since installs execute code on your machine

What's inside

  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from HKUDS/CLI-Anything under the Apache-2.0 licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.