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Products that do what ask-shell does

Shell Agent

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ShellMate AI▲345
A Mac terminal productivity tool powered by OpenAI
2024
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Cosine CLI▲334
AI pair programming directly in your terminal
Sep 2025
3SA
Shell AI – My Aggressively Minimal Open Source Assistant▲36
2023 · github.com
4IB
I built an AI that turns GitHub codebases into easy tutorials▲923
https://the-pocket.github.io/Tutorial-Codebase-Knowledge/
2025 · github.com
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agents-cli▲145
The CLI your coding agent uses to ship agents
Jul 2026 · github.com
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Browse.sh▲509
Give your agents muscle memory for automating the web
Jun 2026 · browse.sh
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Agent Mode in Warp AI▲253
Use plain English to do any dev task
2024
8GA
Get answers for shell commands from GPT3 from your terminal▲159
I was constantly googling CLI commands so I built this small CLI tool with GPT3. You can ask for shell commands right from the CLI. You'd need to use your own API KEY for this but it's pretty simple, instructions are in the README Not perfect but not bad either.
2022 · github.com
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Ask▲4
Talk to your shell in natural language. 100% local AI.
Feb 2026 · github.com
10G3
GPT-3 Powered Shell▲308
2022 · musings.yasyf.com
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BU▲138
Openclaw in the cloud
Mar 2026 · cloud.browser-use.com
12PS
Pu.sh – a full coding-agent harness in 400 lines of shell▲92
I originally was just messing with pi-autoresearch. Gave it a sample task to build the most portable coding agent. First cut was 6 KB of shell. Great for one-shots, unusable interactively. I was shocked it actually worked. Started building up -- adding features — but with a self-imposed rule: no new dependencies, and sub 500 LOC. This thing had to be truly portable. Just sh, curl, awk. System primitives only. Which means I did some genuinely disgusting things in awk, including JSON parsing and the OpenAI Responses tool loop with reasoning items carried across turns. It's now ~400 lines. In…
Apr 2026 · pu.dev
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nlsh▲220
talk to your terminal in natural language
Jan 2026 · nlsh.dev
14UR
Using Rust to write shell-script like tasks▲231
2020 · github.com
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Agent Sandbox▲97
Your agent's personal remote computer and drive
Feb 2026 · agentsandbox.co
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Intelligent Terminal▲100
Windows Terminal with native agent integration
Jun 2026 · github.com
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Agent-shell – vendor-neutral chat with AI agents in Emacs▲28
Another month, another agent-shell update. If you missed the last one, have a look at the 0.63 update. While this post showcases the latest highlights...
23d ago · xenodium.com
18
LogiCoal▲89
AI multi-agent coding assistant for your terminal
Feb 2026 · logicoal.ai
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GitChat▲48
AI agent for GitHub pull request summaries and chat
2024
20SB
Simple Bash Prompt – a fast, pretty, extendable and pure bash prompt▲31
2020 · github.com
21
Kit 🏵️▲12
Editor, Browser, Mail, Terminal, Agents. AI at the center.
May 2026 · thekit.dev
22UN
Use Natural Language to Run Terminal Commands (Ghost in the Shell)▲6
Hi HN, I just released a very simple AI Shell / CLI tool that lets you convert natural language directly into executable shell commands. Built with python to simplify terminal workflows and help you quickly run commands without memorizing syntax. It has two main usage modes: One-shot mode: Quickly execute commands using natural language. Example: ai "find all PNG files larger than 5MB" The AI responds with the appropriate command and asks if you want to execute it. Interactive chat mode: Start a terminal chat session with the AI (ai -i) to iteratively build commands or scripts. Some…
2025 · github.com
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AIOS Superapp▲4
Open-source desktop shell for agentic coding
Jun 2026 · aios.adleticagency.com
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code-ask▲2
Ask questions directly to your codebase from command line
May 2026 · npmjs.com

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