HKUDS/CLI-Anything — Hong Kong University Framework Makes Every CLI Tool Agent-Native (2.7K Stars)

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CLI-Anything from HKUDS (Hong Kong University of Science) wraps arbitrary CLI tools to expose them as structured AI agent interfaces, generating tool schemas from help text and man pages without requiring native MCP servers or custom API integrations. At 2,707 stars in its first week, it targets the long-tail problem in agent tooling: the vast majority of useful developer utilities have no agent-compatible interface. A working CLI-to-agent wrapper would dramatically expand the tool surface area available to coding agents beyond the ~500 tools with official MCP servers.