Agent DX CLI Guide

About

The agent-dx-cli skill provides a comprehensive pattern language and set of best practices for building 'agent-friendly' command-line tools. It focuses on reducing token consumption and improving reliability through features like JSON-first output, context-restoring 'prime' commands, batch operations, and structured error handling. By implementing these patterns, developers ensure their CLIs can be seamlessly navigated and executed by Claude and other AI agents without the friction of interactive prompts, ambiguous output, or session context loss.

Key Features

• LLM piping templates for automated changelog and PR generation
• Context injection via 'prime' commands to restore agent workflow state
• Batch operation designs to minimize tool-call overhead and prompts
• JSON-everywhere patterns for reliable machine-readable output
• Structured error reporting with actionable recovery hints
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Use Cases

• Auditing and refactoring existing internal utilities for agent compatibility
• Standardizing documentation and session protocols for agent-led development
• Designing new CLI tools specifically optimized for AI agent integration