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# Show HN: Aclif – Agent CLI framework: one grammar, canonical names across SaaS

> [Open the canonical story](<https://aidr.today/47f981b1?lang=en>)

**Published:** 2026-09-17T16:48:17.000Z
**Category:** Models
**Topics:** anthropic, claude, multi\-agent, open\-source

## Summary

An open source, MIT\-licensed framework for building command\-line tools that AI agents use to reach SaaS platforms: one grammar, self\-describing commands, declared safety metadata, and a runtime that runs the same commands from a shell, in a tool call, or behind a gateway\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://www.aclif.ai/>)
- [Discussion](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49743382>)