Would an open-source CLI orchestration layer for AI agents make sense?

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Summary

The article explores the idea of an open-source layer to orchestrate CLI usage by AI agents, addressing challenges like permissions, sandboxing, and audit trails when agents interact with multiple CLIs.

With the launch of Notion Developer Platform, I keep thinking about something that feels increasingly relevant If agents are going to do real work, a lot of that work will probably happen through CLIs Notion has its own CLI Salesforce has its own CLI GitHub, cloud providers, internal tools, deployment platforms… same story But once agents start using multiple CLIs, things get messy fast Who decides: \--> which agent can use which CLI \--> with what permissions \--> in which environment \--> inside which sandbox \--> with which credentials \--> with what execution limits \--> and with what audit trail I’m wondering if there should be an open-source layer for this Something like a governance / orchestration layer for CLIs used by agents A way to register CLIs, expose commands safely, run them inside controlled sandboxes, manage permissions, and track what happened Not a product pitch, just trying to validate whether this is a real problem others are feeling too For developers, platform engineers, DevOps teams, or anyone already experimenting with agents in real workflows: would you use something like this if it were open source? Or do you think CLI usage by agents should stay inside local scripts, CI/CD pipelines, and internal tooling?
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