Build command-line interfaces for graphical applications in Cursor using the CLI-Anything workflow. It supports creating and extending these interfaces, running tests, checking required criteria, and listing tools through slash commands or natural-language requests.
Build, refine, test, validate, or list CLI-Anything harnesses for GUI applications in Cursor. Prefer slash commands /cli-anything, /cli-anything-refine, /cli-anything-test, /cli-anything-validate, and /cli-anything-list when available. This skill supports natural-language discovery of the generator; it does not replace those commands. Discovering already-published CLIs from CLI-Hub is a separate consumer skill (cli-hub-meta-skill).
Review the instructions the agent will receive before you install.
This skill is packaged inside the Cursor plugin as a supporting entry point. The primary generator UX is the plugin slash commands.
| Goal | Command |
|---|---|
| Full 7-phase build | /cli-anything <path-or-repo> |
| Expand coverage | /cli-anything-refine <path> [focus] |
| Run tests | /cli-anything-test <path> |
| Validate checklist | /cli-anything-validate <path> |
| List tools | /cli-anything-list |
If the user speaks naturally ("build a CLI for ./gimp"), run the same workflow as the matching command.
This skill is not the Hub consumer. For finding/installing published CLIs:
npx skills add HKUDS/CLI-Anything --skill cli-hub-meta-skill -g -y
Per-app skills live under the repo skills/ tree and install via npx skills add.
PLUGIN_ROOT via discovery pointer then stamp:
~/.cursor/cli-anything-generator.root / %USERPROFILE%\.cursor\cli-anything-generator.root{install}/PLUGIN_ROOT.txt~/.cursor/plugins/local/cli-anything if references/HARNESS.md exists there{PLUGIN_ROOT}/references/HARNESS.md with an absolute path.{PLUGIN_ROOT}/references/commands/.{PLUGIN_ROOT}/references/guides/ on demand.{PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/repl_skin.py, preview_bundle.py,
skill_generator.py, templates/.| Document reference | Installed plugin path |
|---|---|
guides/... | references/guides/... |
cli-anything-plugin/repl_skin.py | scripts/repl_skin.py |
cli-anything-plugin/preview_bundle.py | scripts/preview_bundle.py |
cli-anything-plugin/skill_generator.py | scripts/skill_generator.py |
templates/SKILL.md.template | scripts/templates/SKILL.md.template |
docs/PREVIEW_PROTOCOL.md | references/docs/PREVIEW_PROTOCOL.md |
| Cursor tool | Role |
|---|---|
| Read | Methodology and source analysis |
| Grep / Glob | API and file discovery |
| Shell | Clone, pytest, pip, CLI invocation |
| Write / StrReplace | Harness implementation |
| Task | Optional parallel subtasks |
For build/refine/test/validate, maintain
{software-root}/agent-harness/.cli-anything-progress.json.
Create agent-harness/ when tracking starts. Do not advance without completing
the previous phase. Resume non-terminal runs.
Match Claude Code plugin / Codex skill output: same harness layout, namespace
packaging, --json, tests, and skill generation. Do not invent a different
harness format.
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