cli-for-agents SKILL.md skillA
cli-for-agents from cursor/plugins is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add cursor/plugins/cli-for-agents@git:20260326.26a1497Pins git:20260326.26a1497 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
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- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- cursor/plugins
- Path
cli-for-agent/skills/cli-for-agents/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260326.26a1497, committed Mar 26, 2026
- Size
- 3,314 bytes
- Repository stars
- 15,125
- License
- none declared
Designs or reviews CLIs so coding agents can run them reliably: non-interactive flags, layered --help with examples, stdin/pipelines, fast actionable errors, idempotency, dry-run, and predictable structure. Use when building a CLI, adding commands, writing --help, or when the user mentions agents, terminals, or automation-friendly CLIs.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# CLI for agents Human-oriented CLIs often block agents: interactive prompts, huge upfront docs, and help text without copy-pasteable examples. Prefer patterns that work headlessly and compose in pipelines. ## Non-interactive first - Every input should be expressible as a flag or flag value. Do not require arrow keys, menus, or timed prompts. - If flags are missing, **then** fall back to interactive mode—not the other way around. **Bad:** `mycli deploy` → `? Which environment? (use arrow keys)` **Good:** `mycli deploy --env staging` ## Discoverability without dumping context - Agents discover subcommands incrementally: `mycli`, then `mycli deploy --help`. Do not print the entire manual on every run. - Let each subcommand own its documentation so unused commands stay out of context. ## `--help` that works - Every subcommand has `--help`. - Every `--help` includes **Examples** with real invocations. Examples do more than prose for pattern-matching. ```text Options: --env Target environment (staging, production) --tag Image tag (default: latest) --force Skip confirmation Examples: mycli deploy --env staging mycli deploy --env production --tag v1.2.3 …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add cursor/plugins/cli-for-agents@sha256:1cddd028d24ece48The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260326.26a1497, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Mar 26, 2026.
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Source
cursor/plugins · 15,125 stars · license none declared · pushed 2026-11-01 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_5fwihfxr2xxi2rb7 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=cursor/plugins/cli-for-agents GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/1cddd028d24ece48cd538fc1d84e49f5922dc8d04ee88caf12666b0557575e09
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.