SmartCLI — drive terminal TUIs runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 117 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 16 Sep 2026.
Let agents drive vim, htop, lazygit: send keys, wait on screen state, read the rendered cell grid.
What the code does
We read the source, 8 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df
What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.
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path = os.path.join(OUT, name)
return subprocess.run(cmd, cwd=str(ROOT), env=env).returncode
env = dict(os.environ)
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This code can reach further than it looks
We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.
Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add smartcli -- uvx smartcli-toolkit{
"mcpServers": {
"smartcli": {
"args": [
"smartcli-toolkit"
],
"command": "uvx"
}
}
}[mcp_servers.smartcli]
command = "uvx"
args = ["smartcli-toolkit"]{
"mcpServers": {
"smartcli": {
"args": [
"smartcli-toolkit"
],
"command": "uvx"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"smartcli": {
"args": [
"smartcli-toolkit"
],
"command": "uvx"
}
}
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