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    kunchenguid/axi

    Design principles for agent ergonomics. Higher accuracy with lower token cost than both MCP and regular CLI.

    cli
    TypeScript
    MIT
    2.3K stars
    208 forks
    2.3K GitHub watchers
    Updated Oct 27, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 24 days ago, with 51 contributors on GitHub.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Implements agent-native CLI tools based on 10 design principles to optimize AI agent interactions with external services.
    • Delivers higher accuracy and lower token cost than traditional MCP and regular CLI tools by treating token budget as a first-class constraint.
    • Use for building token-efficient, agent-ergonomic command line interfaces that improve AI agent performance and reduce operational costs.
    • Use for automating browser tasks with combined operations and query filtering through a token-optimized CLI wrapper around chrome-devtools.
    • Use for managing GitHub workflows, issues, and pull requests with a streamlined CLI that enhances agent interaction efficiency and reduces latency.

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    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present

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    From the README

    10 design principles for building agent-ergonomic apps.

    AI agents interact with external services through two dominant paradigms today: CLIs which were originally built for humans, and structured tool protocols like MCP. Both impose significant overhead.

    AXI is a new paradigm - agent-native CLI tools built from 10 design principles that treat token budget as a first-class constraint.

    Excerpt from the kunchenguid/axi README on GitHub (MIT license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

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    Forks

    208+92

    Open issues

    11-13

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