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Simon Willison built a browser-based tool using WebAssembly to convert Mermaid diagrams into Unicode box art, inspired by an open-sourced Rust component from the Grok CLI coding agent.

xAI faced backlash after its Grok CLI tool was found to upload entire directories to its servers. In response, xAI deleted retained data, disabled default data retention, and open-sourced the entire Grok Build codebase under Apache 2.0 to regain user trust.

A developer highlights that AI agent history files store API keys pasted into prompts, and introduces an open-source CLI tool to scan and redact those secrets locally.

Vercel announces CLI support for managing targeting rules for feature flags, enabling autonomous, self-optimizing websites and applications.

shot-scraper 1.11 is released with minor improvements such as a longer wait time for server processes and new command options like --js-file and --timeout for consistency.

Capn-hook is a CLI tool that gives coding agents persistent memory, saving files that answer questions about a codebase so agents don't re-explore the same mysteries across sessions, reducing token usage by 77% on repeat questions.

sqlite-utils 4.1.1 fixes a TransactionError edge case when transforming tables with foreign keys and improves documentation cross-references between CLI and Python API.

croc is a CLI tool that enables secure, encrypted file and folder transfers between any two computers, with cross-platform support, resume capability, and simple setup.

Matt Pocock is considering shipping a CLI for Wayfinder, allowing users to run npx @ai-hero/wayfinder with endpoints like github, gitlab, or local, as demonstrated by a user's planetary visualization of the wayfinding process.

An open-source guide to help write better command-line programs, updating traditional UNIX principles for the modern day.

A framework and CLI tool that enables AI agents to generate structurally precise and aesthetically standardized draw.io diagrams for AWS, Azure, GCP, Databricks, and BPMN architectures, using real stencil validation and automatic layout to prevent hallucinated empty shapes.

Analyzes the data that xAI's Grok build CLI sends back to xAI, examining network traffic for privacy implications.

sqlite-utils 4.1 introduces minor features including --code for Python code blocks, --type for column type overrides, and strict mode support, continuing its evolution as a SQLite CLI utility.

Earth Game is a private, offline CLI tool that helps users turn life goals into quests, manage tasks, and review progress, using Python's standard library and SQLite with no external dependencies.

A security analysis reveals that the Grok Build CLI tool uploads entire repositories, including full git history and .env secrets, to xAI's cloud, and the provided opt-out mechanism does not actually prevent this behavior.

Georgios Konstantopoulos recommends Incur, a TypeScript library for building agentic CLIs, highlighting features like agent discovery, session savings with fewer tokens, and token-efficient output.

peek-cli is a command-line tool that enables AI coding agents to view your browser, enhancing their ability to assist with web-based tasks.

Release of llm-meta-ai 0.1, a plugin for the LLM CLI tool that adds Meta AI integration.

Release of llm 0.31.1, a command-line tool for interacting with large language models, by Simon Willison.

An in-depth interview with Mitchell Hashimoto, creator of Vagrant, Terraform, and Ghostty, discussing his passion for terminals, building Ghostty in Zig, and the future of terminal-based applications.