CLI-Anything Hermes — Setup Guide
Source: hkuds/cli-anything (68 installs) | GitHub (43,822⭐)
Category: automation, devtools
Bridges Hermes Agent with the CLI-Anything ecosystem — a framework that makes ANY software agent-native by auto-generating CLI harnesses for GUI applications. This skill lets Hermes agents build, refine, test, and validate CLI-Anything harnesses for 70+ applications including Blender, GIMP, Godot, LibreOffice, Obsidian, QGIS, and more.
Installation
npx skills add hkuds/cli-anything --skill cli-anything-hermes
Also install the CLI-Anything Hub for browsing and installing harnesses:
pip install cli-anything-hub
Prerequisites
| Requirement |
Details |
| Python 3.10+ |
Required by CLI-Anything core |
| Hermes Agent |
Any recent version with skill support |
| CLI-Anything Hub |
pip install cli-anything-hub — browse/install harnesses |
| Target Applications |
The GUI apps you want to automate (Blender, GIMP, etc.) must be installed |
Key Capabilities
Core Features
| Capability |
How to Trigger |
Notes |
| Build a CLI harness |
"build a CLI harness for [app]" |
Auto-generates CLI wrapper for any GUI app |
| Refine existing harness |
"refine the [app] CLI harness" |
Improves harness quality and coverage |
| Test harness |
"test the [app] CLI harness" |
Runs validation suite against generated harness |
| Validate harness output |
"validate the [app] CLI output" |
Checks CLI output correctness |
| Install harness from Hub |
cli-hub install <name> |
Browse at https://hkuds.github.io/CLI-Anything/ |
| List available harnesses |
cli-hub list |
Shows all 70+ community harnesses |
Popular CLI-Anything Harnesses
| Application |
Category |
Install Command |
| Blender |
3D/CGI |
cli-hub install cli-anything-blender |
| GIMP |
Image Editing |
cli-hub install cli-anything-gimp |
| Godot |
Game Engine |
cli-hub install cli-anything-godot |
| LibreOffice |
Office Suite |
cli-hub install cli-anything-libreoffice |
| Obsidian |
Knowledge Mgmt |
cli-hub install cli-anything-obsidian |
| QGIS |
GIS/Mapping |
cli-hub install cli-anything-qgis |
| Inkscape |
Vector Graphics |
cli-hub install cli-anything-inkscape |
| Kdenlive |
Video Editing |
cli-hub install cli-anything-kdenlive |
| Draw.io |
Diagrams |
cli-hub install cli-anything-drawio |
| n8n |
Workflow Automation |
cli-hub install cli-anything-n8n |
CorpusIQ Use Cases
| Use Case |
How |
| Automated diagram generation |
Use Draw.io harness to generate architecture diagrams from specs |
| Batch image processing |
Use GIMP harness for social media image resizing, watermarking |
| GIS data analysis |
Use QGIS harness for market territory mapping and location analytics |
| Knowledge base automation |
Use Obsidian harness to auto-structure research notes |
| Video content pipeline |
Use Kdenlive harness for automated video rendering workflows |
| Workflow integration |
Use n8n harness to connect CorpusIQ MCP data to automation flows |
Troubleshooting
| Issue |
Fix |
| Harness build fails |
Check target application is installed and accessible in PATH |
| "No such harness" error |
Run cli-hub list to verify harness name; update Hub: pip install --upgrade cli-anything-hub |
| Hermes can't find skill |
Verify install: hermes skills list \| grep cli-anything |
| Python version conflict |
CLI-Anything requires Python 3.10+; check with python3 --version |
| Harness produces empty output |
Validate the target app is running and accepting CLI commands |
Verification
# Verify skill installed
hermes skills list | grep cli-anything-hermes
# Verify CLI-Anything Hub
cli-hub --version
# List available harnesses
cli-hub list | head -10
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