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Show HN: Mcp2cli – One CLI for every API, 96-99% fewer tokens than native MCP

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mcp2cli

Turn any MCP server or OpenAPI spec into a CLI — at runtime, with zero codegen.

Save 96–99% of the tokens wasted on tool schemas every turn.

Install

pip install mcp2cli # Or run directly without installing uvx mcp2cli --help

AI Agent Skill

mcp2cli ships with an installable skill that teaches AI coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex) how to use it. Once installed, your agent can discover and call any MCP server or OpenAPI endpoint — and even generate new skills from APIs.

npx skills add knowsuchagency/mcp2cli --skill mcp2cli

After installing, try prompts like:

mcp2cli --mcp https://mcp.example.com/sse — interact with an MCP server

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