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cli-anything-anygen

A stateful command-line interface for AnyGen OpenAPI — generate professional slides, documents, websites, diagrams, and more from natural language prompts. Designed for AI agents and power users.

Installation

This CLI is installed as part of the cli-anything-anygen package:

pip install cli-anything-anygen

Prerequisites:

Python 3.10+
anygen must be installed on your system

Usage

Basic Commands

# Show help
cli-anything-anygen --help

# Start interactive REPL mode
cli-anything-anygen

# Create a new project
cli-anything-anygen project new -o project.json

# Run with JSON output (for agent consumption)
cli-anything-anygen --json project info -p project.json

REPL Mode

When invoked without a subcommand, the CLI enters an interactive REPL session:

cli-anything-anygen
# Enter commands interactively with tab-completion and history

Command Groups

Task

Task management — create, poll, download, and run tasks.

Command	Description
`create`	Create a generation task
`status`	Query task status (non-blocking)
`poll`	Poll task until completion (blocking)
`download`	Download the generated file for a completed task
`thumbnail`	Download thumbnail image for a completed task
`run`	Full workflow: create, poll, download
`list`	List locally cached task records
`prepare`	Multi-turn requirement analysis before creating a task

File

File operations — upload reference files.

Command	Description
`upload`	Upload a reference file to get a file_token

Config

Configuration management — API key and settings.

Command	Description
`set`	Set a configuration value
`get`	Get a configuration value (or show all)
`delete`	Delete a configuration value
`path`	Show the config file path

Session

Session management — history, undo, redo.

Command	Description
`status`	Show session status
`history`	Show command history
`undo`	Undo last command
`redo`	Redo last undone command

Examples

Create a New Project

Create a new anygen project file.

cli-anything-anygen project new -o myproject.json
# Or with JSON output for programmatic use
cli-anything-anygen --json project new -o myproject.json

Interactive REPL Session

Start an interactive session with undo/redo support.

cli-anything-anygen
# Enter commands interactively
# Use 'help' to see available commands
# Use 'undo' and 'redo' for history navigation

State Management

The CLI maintains session state with:

Undo/Redo: Up to 50 levels of history
Project persistence: Save/load project state as JSON
Session tracking: Track modifications and changes

Output Formats

All commands support dual output modes:

Human-readable (default): Tables, colors, formatted text
Machine-readable (--json flag): Structured JSON for agent consumption

# Human output
cli-anything-anygen project info -p project.json

# JSON output for agents
cli-anything-anygen --json project info -p project.json

For AI Agents

When using this CLI programmatically:

Always use --json flag for parseable output
Check return codes - 0 for success, non-zero for errors
Parse stderr for error messages on failure
Use absolute paths for all file operations
Verify outputs exist after export operations

More Information

Full documentation: See README.md in the package
Test coverage: See TEST.md in the package
Methodology: See HARNESS.md in the cli-anything-plugin

Version

1.0.0