Agent skill

CLI Hub Meta Skill

by HKUDS in HKUDS/CLI-Anything

Discover agent-native CLIs for professional software. An agent skill from HKUDS/CLI-Anything.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedMedia & Creative

Install CLI Hub Meta Skill

skills CLI
$ npx skills add HKUDS/CLI-Anything --skill cli-hub-meta-skill -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install HKUDS/CLI-Anything cli-hub-meta-skill --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/cli-hub-meta-skill .claude/skills/cli-hub-meta-skill && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
cli-hub-meta-skill
GitHub stars
52k
Token cost
~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
378 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
78
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Discover agent-native CLIs for professional software. An agent skill from HKUDS/CLI-Anything.

  • Works in 5 steps: Install cli-hub: pip install… → Find your tool: cli-hub search or… → Install: cli-hub install (installs the… → …
  • Media & Creative work in your project
  • SKILL.md covers Quick Start, Workflow Matrices, Live Catalog and What Can You Do?, plus 4 more sections
  • Calls pip; reaches reeceyang.sgp1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com

What it does

CLI Hub Meta Skill is an agent skill from HKUDS/CLI-Anything. Discover agent-native CLIs for professional software. Access the live catalog to find tools for creative workflows, productivity, AI, and more.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Media & Creative. The repository describes itself as: "CLI-Anything: Making ALL Software Agent-Native" -- CLI-Hub: https://clianything.cc/. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Media & Creative work in your project

Example prompts

  • “/cli-hub-meta-skill”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Install cli-hub: pip install cli-anything-hub
  2. Find your tool: cli-hub search or cli-hub list -c
  3. Install: cli-hub install (installs the cli-anything- pip package)
  4. Run: cli-anything- for REPL, or cli-anything- for one-shot
  5. JSON output: All CLIs support --json flag for machine-readable output

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 34f5195. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • pip

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

    • reeceyang.sgp1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com

    Also links to:

    • clianything.cc

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

CLI Hub Meta Skill loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 41 tokens; SKILL.md has 378 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~41
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.1k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from HKUDS/CLI-Anything at commit 34f5195, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© HKUDS). 378 words, ~1,109 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/cli-hub-meta-skill/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
cli-hub-meta-skill
description
Discover agent-native CLIs for professional software. Access the live catalog to find tools for creative workflows, productivity, AI, and more.

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.

Scope every install — do not bulk-install a 14-CLI matrix for a one-capability task. Use --capability <id>, --recipe <id>, or --only a,b, and --dry-run to preview the plan with zero side effects. --json is available on every matrix subcommand; exit codes are 0 ok · 3 partial/gaps · 1 failure · 2 usage error. Retry failures with cli-hub matrix install <name> --resume, and audit an install with cli-hub matrix doctor <name>.

Live Catalog

URL: https://reeceyang.sgp1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/SKILL.md

The catalog is auto-updated and provides:

  • Full list of available CLIs organized by category
  • One-line cli-hub install commands for each tool
  • Complete descriptions and usage patterns

What Can You Do?

CLI-Hub covers a broad range of software and codebases, empowering agents to conduct complex workflows via CLI:

  • Creative workflows: Image editing, 3D modeling, video production, audio processing, music notation
  • Productivity tools: Office suites, knowledge management, live streaming
  • AI platforms: Local LLMs, image generation, AI APIs, research assistants
  • Communication: Video conferencing and collaboration
  • Development: Diagramming, browser automation, network management
  • Content generation: AI-powered document and media creation

Each CLI provides stateful operations, JSON output for agents, REPL mode, and integrates with real software backends.

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How It Works

cli-hub is a lightweight wrapper around pip. When you run cli-hub install gimp, it installs a separate Python package (cli-anything-gimp) with its own CLI entry point (cli-anything-gimp). Each CLI is an independent pip package — cli-hub simply resolves names from the registry and tracks installs.

How to Use

  1. Install cli-hub: pip install cli-anything-hub
  2. Find your tool: cli-hub search <keyword> or cli-hub list -c <category>
  3. Install: cli-hub install <name> (installs the cli-anything-<name> pip package)
  4. Run: cli-anything-<name> for REPL, or cli-anything-<name> <command> for one-shot
  5. JSON output: All CLIs support --json flag for machine-readable output

Example Workflow

bash
# Install the hub
pip install cli-anything-hub

# Find what you need
cli-hub search video

# Install it
cli-hub install kdenlive

# Use it with JSON output
cli-anything-kdenlive --json project create --name my-project

More Info

© HKUDS, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in cli-hub-meta-skill of HKUDS/CLI-Anything.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 34f5195

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Questions about CLI Hub Meta Skill

What does CLI Hub Meta Skill do?

Discover agent-native CLIs for professional software. An agent skill from HKUDS/CLI-Anything. CLI Hub Meta Skill is an agent skill from HKUDS/CLI-Anything. Discover agent-native CLIs for professional software.

When should I use CLI Hub Meta Skill?

CLI Hub Meta Skill fits situations like: media & Creative work in your project.

How do I install CLI Hub Meta Skill in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add HKUDS/CLI-Anything --skill cli-hub-meta-skill -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (cli-hub-meta-skill in HKUDS/CLI-Anything) into .claude/skills/cli-hub-meta-skill in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install CLI Hub Meta Skill in Codex?

Run `npx skills add HKUDS/CLI-Anything --skill cli-hub-meta-skill -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (cli-hub-meta-skill in HKUDS/CLI-Anything) into .agents/skills/cli-hub-meta-skill in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use CLI Hub Meta Skill in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add HKUDS/CLI-Anything --skill cli-hub-meta-skill -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/cli-hub-meta-skill, .gemini/skills/cli-hub-meta-skill, .github/skills/cli-hub-meta-skill and .opencode/skills/cli-hub-meta-skill in your project.

What does CLI Hub Meta Skill need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, CLI Hub Meta Skill needs the command-line tools its instructions call (pip). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does CLI Hub Meta Skill access the network?

SKILL.md names 2 domains. In commands or code: reeceyang.sgp1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. As links in the text: clianything.cc. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is CLI Hub Meta Skill safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does CLI Hub Meta Skill use?

CLI Hub Meta Skill is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does CLI Hub Meta Skill use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to CLI Hub Meta Skill?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with CLI Hub Meta Skill: Guizang Social Cards (op7418/guizang-social-card-skill, 7.4k stars), Weekly Changelog Video (heygen-com/hyperframes, 59k stars), Anthropic Brand Styling (anthropics/skills, 180k stars) and MoneyPrinterTurbo Video Generator (harry0703/MoneyPrinterTurbo, 129k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains CLI Hub Meta Skill?

HKUDS (a GitHub organization) maintains it in HKUDS/CLI-Anything, which has 51,768 GitHub stars. The repository holds 78 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 22, 2026.

Source: HKUDS/CLI-Anything on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.