# CLI Hub Meta Skill

Discover agent-native CLIs for professional software.

- Repository: https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything (58029 stars)
- Category: AI and agents
- License: Apache-2.0
- Last updated: 2026-09-22
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add HKUDS/CLI-Anything --skill cli-hub-meta-skill -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add HKUDS/CLI-Anything --skill cli-hub-meta-skill -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add HKUDS/CLI-Anything --skill cli-hub-meta-skill -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add HKUDS/CLI-Anything --skill cli-hub-meta-skill -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add HKUDS/CLI-Anything`

## Description

Discover agent-native CLIs for professional software. Access the live catalog to find tools for creative workflows, productivity, AI, and more.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# CLI-Hub Meta-Skill

CLI-Hub is a marketplace of agent-native command-line interfaces that make professional software accessible to AI agents.

## Quick Start

```bash
# Install the CLI Hub package manager
pip install cli-anything-hub

# Browse all available CLIs
cli-hub list

# Search by category or keyword
cli-hub search image
cli-hub search "3d modeling"

# Install a CLI
cli-hub install gimp

# Show details for a CLI
cli-hub info gimp
```

## Workflow Matrices

A single CLI is one tool. A **matrix** is a whole workflow packaged as
capabilities × providers, e.g. `video-creation` maps intents like
`text.transcribe` or `visual.generate` to harness CLIs, public CLIs, Python
libraries, native binaries, and cloud APIs. Reach for a matrix when a task spans
several tools (produce a video, design an image, build a game).

Standard agent sequence, **preflight before you install**:

```bash
cli-hub matrix list                                   # browse all matrices
cli-hub can "transcribe audio"                        # find the capability across matrices
cli-hub matrix search "video subtitle"                # search; shows the matched capability
cli-hub matrix preflight video-creation --json        # what's usable here? (exit 3 = gaps)
cli-hub matrix preflight video-creation -c text.transcribe --fix-hints   # one capability + install hints
cli-hub matrix install video-creation --capability text.transcribe       # install ONLY what the task needs
# After install, the matrix SKILL.md renders locally with provider-selection rules, read it.
```

The rest: https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything/blob/HEAD/cli-hub-meta-skill/SKILL.md