SmartCLI — drive terminal TUIs MCP Server

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SmartCLI — drive terminal TUIs runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 139 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 11 Oct 2026.

Let agents drive vim, htop, lazygit: send keys, wait on screen state, read the rendered cell grid.

Installs per day peak 308 · avg 44 · -12% w/w

a month agotoday

139

Installs / week

pypi · smartcli-toolkit

Stars

0 open issues

11 Oct 2026

Last commit

from GitHub

MIT

License

Python

What the code does

We read the source, 7 d ago · rules 995398eba69f

Capabilities

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.

Builds a file path from a variable skills/tui-ui/_shot_effort_widgets.py:41, tools/make_lazygit_gif.py:67, tools/screenshot/cli.py:115 и ещё 4

    path = os.path.join(OUT, name)

Runs an external command tools/coverage_run.py:88, tools/make_drive_video.py:113, tools/make_fx_video.py:120 и ещё 1

    return subprocess.run(cmd, cwd=str(ROOT), env=env).returncode

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

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 Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add smartcli -- uvx smartcli-toolkit

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "smartcli": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "smartcli-toolkit"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.smartcli]
command = "uvx"
args = ["smartcli-toolkit"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "smartcli": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "smartcli-toolkit"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "smartcli": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "smartcli-toolkit"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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SmartCLI — drive terminal TUIs — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for SmartCLI — drive terminal TUIs?

SmartCLI — drive terminal TUIs runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the pypi package smartcli-toolkit was installed 139 times last week.

How do I connect SmartCLI — drive terminal TUIs?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls smartcli-toolkit straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use SmartCLI — drive terminal TUIs?

The pypi package smartcli-toolkit was installed 139 times in the last week. Week over week that is -12%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is SmartCLI — drive terminal TUIs open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python and 6 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.