SmartCLI - drive terminal TUIs MCP Server

Read this in: English · 简体中文 · 繁體中文 · 日本語 · 한국어. It runs locally over stdio via the published package.

People who work with agent skills, ansi and ascii art and want it reachable from Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in Python.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-09-16 · ★ 3 · #45 OF 85 MAINTAINED DESIGN · VERIFIED 2026-09-18

MIT · Python servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install SmartCLI - drive terminal TUIs

Claude Code

claude mcp add dwgx-smartcli -- uvx smartcli-toolkit

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dwgx-smartcli": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "smartcli-toolkit"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

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Zed · context_servers

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Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as local process (stdio) - runs on your machine with your user's permissions

license MIT - declared in the repository

pypi package smartcli-toolkit - check the name against the project README before installing (PyPI has no namespace ownership)

registry namespace io.github.dwgx is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What SmartCLI - drive terminal TUIs can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

Latest releases

v0.3.2 · 2026-09-16

Fixed · A partial device reply was never retried. The unwritten suffix is now retried on a later turn from the ledger (same suffix, never a re-send from zero), bounded by an opt-in byte budget…

v0.3.1 · 2026-09-16

Fixed · The published 0.3.0 artifact did not match its own tag. CI found two mypy errors that exist only on the Linux runner (select.select handed an int | None descriptor; the base backend class never declared the…

v0.3.0 · 2026-09-16

v0.3.0 - budgeted I/O, honest observation state, confirmed close · A trust-and-liveness release for the driving loop. What the runtime observed, what it has not read · yet, and what it can confirm are now separate…

04 · Who maintains SmartCLI - drive terminal TUIs

SmartCLI - drive terminal TUIs is maintained by dwgx. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Jul 2026.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/dwgx/smartcli
category: design - ranked #45 of 85 actively-maintained design servers as of 2026-09-18.
release cadence: 9 releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-09-16)
registry: io.github.dwgx/smartcli (active, first published 2026-07-15 · 8 versions)
packages: pypi:smartcli-toolkit

06 · SmartCLI - drive terminal TUIs FAQ

What is SmartCLI - drive terminal TUIs?

Read this in: English · 简体中文 · 繁體中文 · 日本語 · 한국어. It runs locally over stdio via the published package.

Is SmartCLI - drive terminal TUIs still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-09-18, its last commit was 2026-09-16 and it shipped 9 releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

How do I install SmartCLI - drive terminal TUIs?

Run `uvx smartcli-toolkit`. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does SmartCLI - drive terminal TUIs run locally?

Yes - it's a stdio server: it runs on your machine (via uvx) with your user's permissions. Your data stays local unless the server itself calls external APIs.

07 · Alternatives to SmartCLI - drive terminal TUIs

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