Skills

CLI Anything Harnesses

Builds, tests, and validates Python CLI harnesses that wrap GUI apps and repositories.

Install

npx skills add HKUDS/CLI-Anything --skill cli-anything -g -a claude-code -y
Repository
HKUDS/CLI-Anything58k
Category
Engineering
Updated
1mo ago
License
Apache-2.0
Context cost
Lightabout 1,430 tokens
Runs scripts
Yes, review before use

What it does

Use when the user wants Codex to build, refine, test, validate, or list CLI-Anything harnesses for GUI applications or source repositories. Adapts the full CLI-Anything methodology to Codex without changing the generated Python harness format.

CLI-Anything for Codex

Use this skill when the user wants Codex to act like the CLI-Anything builder.

Read the Full Methodology First

Before implementation, use the full methodology source of truth:

  1. Read references/HARNESS.md relative to this skill directory.
  2. Read the matching mode specification under references/commands/.
  3. Read referenced files under references/guides/ only when they apply to the target.
  4. If the installed resources are unavailable and this skill is being used from a CLI-Anything repository checkout, read ../cli-anything-plugin/HARNESS.md and the resources around it.
  5. If neither local source is available, clone or download https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything and use cli-anything-plugin/HARNESS.md.
  6. Only if all full-methodology sources are unavailable, follow the condensed rules below.

The installer vendors the canonical resources from cli-anything-plugin/ into this skill so a normal Codex installation is self-contained.

Resource Map

PathPurpose
references/HARNESS.mdComplete methodology and quality rules
references/commands/cli-anything.mdBuild-mode specification
references/commands/refine.mdRefine-mode specification
references/commands/test.mdTest-mode specification
references/commands/validate.mdValidation checklist
references/commands/list.mdInstalled/generated harness discovery
references/guides/On-demand implementation guidance
scripts/repl_skin.pyCopy into generated harnesses as utils/repl_skin.py
scripts/preview_bundle.pyCopy into preview-capable harnesses as utils/preview_bundle.py
scripts/skill_generator.pyGenerate canonical and packaged CLI skills
scripts/templates/SKILL.md.templateSkill generation template used by skill_generator.py
references/docs/PREVIEW_PROTOCOL.mdShared preview bundle protocol
Read the whole SKILL.md on GitHub

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