SmartCLI Terminal Driver

This is a free, open-source toolbox that lets an AI assistant operate real full-screen terminal programs on your computer. Instead of just chatting, your AI gets hands-on access to editors, system monitors and Git interfaces. It is handy for developers and anyone comfortable poking around inside a terminal window.

What this MCP server does

When you request something involving a terminal program, your AI sends instructions to this helper behind the scenes. The helper launches or attaches to the program, watches how the screen updates, and figures out which part is active based on the visible cells. Then it taps the correct keys until the result you wanted appears. Finally it takes a fresh picture of the screen and tells your AI what happened.

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What you can do with it

• Open a text editor like vim and edit lines automatically
• Check system resource usage shown by top or htop
• Navigate branches and commits in lazygit without touching the keyboard yourself
• Answer yes/no confirmation questions asked by scripts
• Fill in forms presented interactively in the console

Try asking your AI

• “Start vim and append 'hello world' to my notes file”
• “Show me what processes are eating CPU according to top”
• “In lazygit stage everything I changed today and show me the summary”
• “Run my deployment script and accept the default options throughout”

What it gives back to you

After acting, the helper grabs a textual map of the current screen – showing colours, borders, cursors and status messages – along with metadata describing what just occurred. Your AI receives this information as readable data within the conversation thread. You also learn whether waiting conditions succeeded or timed out.

Who it's for

Developers and power users who frequently automate repetitive tasks inside terminals and prefer letting an AI handle routine interactions.