cli-anything:list Command

List all available CLI-Anything tools (installed and generated).

Usage

/cli-anything:list [--path <directory>] [--depth <n>] [--json]

Options

• --path <directory> - Directory to search for generated CLIs (default: current directory)
• --depth <n> - Maximum recursion depth for scanning (default: unlimited). Use 0 for current directory only, 1 for one level deep, etc.
• --json - Output in JSON format for machine parsing

What This Command Does

Displays all CLI-Anything tools available in the system:

1. Installed CLIs

Uses importlib.metadata to find installed cli-anything-* packages:

• Pattern: package name starts with cli-anything-
• Extracts: software name, version, entry point

from importlib.metadata import distributions

installed = {}
for dist in distributions():
    name = dist.metadata.get("Name", "")
    if name.startswith("cli-anything-"):
        software = name.replace("cli-anything-", "")
        version = dist.version
        # Find executable via entry points or shutil.which
        executable = shutil.which(f"cli-anything-{software}")
        installed[software] = {
            "status": "installed",
            "version": version,
            "executable": executable
        }

2. Generated CLIs

Uses glob to find local CLI directories:

• Pattern: **/agent-harness/cli_anything/*/__init__.py (or depth-limited variant)
• Extracts: software name, version (from setup.py), source path
• Status: generated

from pathlib import Path
import glob
import re

search_path = args.get("path", ".")
max_depth = args.get("depth", None)  # None means unlimited
generated = {}

def extract_version_from_setup(setup_path):
    """Extract version from setup.py using regex."""
    try:
        content = Path(setup_path).read_text()
        match = re.search(r'version\s*=\s*["\']([^"\']+)["\']', content)
        return match.group(1) if match else None
    except:
        return None

def build_glob_patterns(base_path, depth):
    """Build list of glob patterns for depths 0 through max_depth.

    Returns multiple patterns so that --depth 2 finds tools at depth 0, 1, AND 2.
    """
    base = Path(base_path)
    suffix = "agent-harness/cli_anything/*/__init__.py"

    if depth is None:
        # Unlimited depth: use **
        return [str(base / "**" / suffix)]

    # Generate patterns for all depths from 0 to max_depth
    patterns = []
    for d in range(depth + 1):
        if d == 0:
            # depth 0: look in current directory
            patterns.append(str(base / suffix))
        else:
            # depth N: look N levels deep
            prefix = "/".join(["*"] * d)
            patterns.append(str(base / prefix / suffix))
    return patterns

patterns = build_glob_patterns(search_path, max_depth)
for pattern in patterns:
    for init_file in glob.glob(pattern, recursive=True):
        parts = Path(init_file).parts
        # Find cli_anything/<software> pattern
        for i, p in enumerate(parts):
            if p == "cli_anything" and i + 1 < len(parts):
                software = parts[i + 1]
                # Get agent-harness directory as source
                agent_harness_idx = parts.index("agent-harness") if "agent-harness" in parts else i - 1
                source = str(Path(*parts[:agent_harness_idx + 2]))  # up to agent-harness
                # Extract version from setup.py (setup.py is in agent-harness/, not cli_anything/)
                setup_path = Path(*parts[:agent_harness_idx + 1]) / "setup.py"
                version = extract_version_from_setup(setup_path)
                generated[software] = {
                    "status": "generated",
                    "version": version,
                    "executable": None,
                    "source": source
                }
                break

3. Merge Results

• Deduplicate by software name
• If both installed and generated: show installed status with both paths
• The source field shows where the generated code is (even for installed)

Output Formats

Table Format (default)

CLI-Anything Tools (found 5)

Name            Status      Version   Source
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
gimp            installed   1.0.0     ./gimp/agent-harness
blender         installed   1.0.0     ./blender/agent-harness
inkscape        generated   1.0.0     ./inkscape/agent-harness
audacity        generated   1.0.0     ./audacity/agent-harness
libreoffice     generated   1.0.0     ./libreoffice/agent-harness

JSON Format (--json)

{
  "tools": [
    {
      "name": "gimp",
      "status": "installed",
      "version": "1.0.0",
      "executable": "/usr/local/bin/cli-anything-gimp",
      "source": "./gimp/agent-harness"
    },
    {
      "name": "inkscape",
      "status": "generated",
      "version": "1.0.0",
      "executable": null,
      "source": "./inkscape/agent-harness"
    }
  ],
  "total": 2,
  "installed": 1,
  "generated_only": 1
}

Error Handling

Scenario	Action
No CLIs found	Show "No CLI-Anything tools found" message
Invalid --path	Show error: "Path not found: "
Permission denied	Skip directory, continue scanning, show warning

Implementation Steps

When this command is invoked, the agent should:

1. Parse arguments

   • Extract --path value (default: .)
   • Extract --depth value (default: None for unlimited recursion)
   • Extract --json flag (default: false)

2. Validate path exists

   • If --path specified and doesn't exist, show error and exit

3. Scan installed CLIs

   • Use importlib.metadata.distributions() to find all packages
   • Filter for packages starting with cli-anything-
   • Extract name, version, find executable path

4. Scan generated CLIs

   • Build glob pattern based on depth parameter
   • Use glob.glob(pattern, recursive=True)
   • Parse directory structure to extract software name
   • Calculate relative path from current directory

5. Merge results

   • Create dict keyed by software name
   • Prefer installed data when both exist
   • Keep source path from generated if available

6. Format output

   • If --json: output JSON to stdout
   • Otherwise: format as table with proper alignment

7. Print results

   • Show summary line with count
   • Show table or JSON

Examples

# List all tools in current directory (unlimited depth)
/cli-anything:list

# List tools with depth limit (only scan 2 levels deep)
/cli-anything:list --depth 2

# List tools in current directory only (no recursion)
/cli-anything:list --depth 0

# List tools with JSON output
/cli-anything:list --json

# Search a specific directory with depth limit
/cli-anything:list --path /projects/my-tools --depth 3

# Combined
/cli-anything:list --path ./output --depth 2 --json

Notes

• --depth controls how many directory levels to descend from the search path
• Default depth is unlimited (** glob pattern)
• CLI-Anything tools typically need at least 3-4 levels to find agent-harness/cli_anything/software/__init__.py
• Relative paths are preferred for readability
• The command should work without any external dependencies beyond Python stdlib