need - Tool discovery for AI agents
AI agents automatically discover, install, and rank tools.
need - Tool discovery for AI agents launched on March 18, 2026 with 1 votes, #8,013 of 23,380 launches that month.
In plain words
Need is a tool discovery service that enables AI agents to automatically find, install, and rank CLI tools from a verified index of over 10,000 developer tools. It uses semantic search to help agents locate the right tools without hallucinating package names, and improves rankings based on usage feedback. Designed for developers using AI coding assistants like Claude and Cursor, need installs globally via npm with zero configuration, requiring no API keys or accounts. The service is free and open source.
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From the sources
AI agents hallucinate package names. need gives them a verified index of 10,000+ CLI tools with semantic search and a feedback loop that gets smarter with every install. One command to set up:npm install -g @agentneeds/need Auto-configures Claude Code, Cursor, and Claude Desktop. No API key. No account.
Tool discovery for AI agents. Semantic search across a curated registry of developer tools.
Your AI agent automatically discovers, installs, and ranks CLI tools — without you asking. Agent needs a CLI tool it doesn ' t have. It searches need automatically. Agent picks the top result and installs it. No confirmation needed. Agent runs the tool to complete your task. You just see the result. Agent reports whether it worked. Rankings improve for every futurefrom agentneed.dev
Pricing, as stated on its site
Free — need is a free, open source tool discovery service for AI agents. No pricing information found on the website; the product emphasizes 'no API keys' and 'zero config' setup via npm installation.
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