--- title: "Put a CLI on npm for agents and document it | Agent MCP Directory" description: "Put a CLI on npm for agents and document it. Ship a CLI an agent can run without a browser, with machine output and an exit code CI can read, using Ora." canonical: https://agentmcpdirectory.com/guides/ship-a-cli-for-agents site: "Agent MCP Directory" last_updated: 2026-11-05 section: "Guides" --- # Put a CLI on npm for agents and document it | Agent MCP Directory > Put a CLI on npm for agents and document it. Ship a CLI an agent can run without a browser, with machine output and an exit code CI can read, using Ora. Source: https://agentmcpdirectory.com/guides/ship-a-cli-for-agents Site: Agent MCP Directory Last reviewed: 2026-11-05 # Put a CLI on npm for agents and document it Ship a CLI an agent can run without a browser, with machine output and an exit code CI can read, using Ora, Stripe and Vercel as worked cases. 36 of 1,336 directory companies have a CLI package on record. First step: Make it runnable with npx and no account for read-only commands. ## Steps 1. Make it runnable with npx and no account for read-only commands. 2. Offer --json output. 3. Fail with a non-zero exit code on a threshold. 4. Have the CLI configure your MCP server for detected agents. ## What the sources say - Ora's npx ax audit runs with zero install and no account; --json returns the full report; --min-score exits non-zero below the threshold. ([ora.ai](https://ora.ai/docs/cli?utm_source=agentmcpdirectory.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=guide), read 4 November 2026) - Stripe's stripe agent setup (from @stripe/cli) detects installed agents and configures the MCP server and skills. ([docs.stripe.com](https://docs.stripe.com/mcp), read 4 November 2026) - Vercel's npx add-mcp https://mcp.vercel.com detects AI clients and configures each; -y skips confirmation and -g installs globally. ([vercel.com](https://vercel.com/docs/agent-resources/vercel-mcp), read 4 November 2026) - Neon's npx neon@latest init sets up the MCP server, skills and a linked project. ([neon.com](https://neon.com/docs/ai/neon-mcp-server), read 4 November 2026) - AgentReady.org accepts a CLI in place of an MCP server for the act-layer MUST. ([ora.ai](https://ora.ai/blog/agentready-launch?view=full&utm_source=agentmcpdirectory.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=guide), dated 19 October 2026, read 4 November 2026) ## Case studies, asked the same questions | Company | Package | Latest | Last publish | Commands | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Neon | neonctl (npm) | 8.18.0 | 2026-11-03 | neon, neonctl | | Shopify | @shopify/cli (npm) | 5.0.1 | 2026-11-04 | shopify | | Supabase | supabase (npm) | 3.0.0 | 2026-11-02 | supabase | | Vercel | vercel (npm) | 65.11.0 | 2026-11-03 | vc, vercel | | Stripe | @stripe/cli (npm) | 1.55.8 | 2026-11-03 | stripe | | Ora | ax (npm) | 0.10.3 | 2026-10-28 | ax | Ora's CLI is documented at [ora.ai/docs/cli](https://ora.ai/docs/cli?utm_source=agentmcpdirectory.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=guide): `npx ax audit yourdomain.com` scores a domain, and the documented flags include `--json` for machine-readable output and `--min-score` for a pass or fail exit in CI. The npm record for `ax` was read separately from the directory run on 4 November 2026. Stripe's CLI is on npm as `@stripe/cli` (v1.55.8, published 3 November 2026, command `stripe`, read on 5 November 2026); its [README](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/stripe/stripe-cli/master/README.md) also lists Homebrew, Scoop and a Docker image. A flag for machine-readable output was checked for Ora's CLI only (`--json`); Stripe's was not. ## Every CLI on record | Company | Package | Latest | Last publish | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Amazon Web Services | awscli | 1.46.2 | 2026-10-21 | | Anthropic | @anthropic-ai/claude-code | 2.1.318 | 2026-11-03 | | Apify | apify-cli | 1.11.0 | 2026-10-29 | | Canva | @canva/cli | 2.17.0 | 2026-11-02 | | Cloudflare | wrangler | 4.157.0 | 2026-11-03 | | Composio | composio | 0.31.0 | 2026-11-03 | | Contentful | contentful-cli | 4.0.14 | 2026-11-02 | | Convex | convex | 1.49.0 | 2026-10-30 | | Datadog | @datadog/datadog-ci | 5.27.0 | 2026-11-04 | | Deno | deno | 2.9.6 | 2026-08-27 | | Expo | eas-cli | 27.4.1 | 2026-11-04 | | Firebase | firebase-tools | 15.35.0 | 2026-11-04 | | Google Gemini | @google/gemini-cli | 0.66.0 | 2026-10-27 | | Heroku | heroku | 11.12.1 | 2026-10-22 | | HubSpot | @hubspot/cli | 8.18.0 | 2026-10-27 | | Hugging Face | huggingface_hub | 2.4.0 | 2026-10-29 | | Microsoft Learn | azure-cli | 2.92.0 | 2026-11-03 | | Mintlify | mint | 4.2.1201 | 2026-11-04 | | Modal | modal | 1.6.3 | 2026-10-27 | | Neon | neonctl | 8.18.0 | 2026-11-03 | | Netlify | netlify-cli | 27.16.2 | 2026-11-02 | | ngrok | ngrok | 5.0.0-beta.2 | 2023-05-07 | | OpenAI | @openai/codex | 0.166.0 | 2026-10-29 | | Prisma | prisma | 8.0.0-rc.30 | 2026-11-03 | | Railway | @railway/cli | 5.71.0 | 2026-10-19 | | Salesforce | @salesforce/cli | 2.157.8 | 2026-11-03 | | Sanity | @sanity/cli | 8.27.0 | 2026-10-30 | | Sentry | @sentry/cli | 3.8.2 | 2026-10-22 | | Shopify | @shopify/cli | 5.0.1 | 2026-11-04 | | Snowflake | snowflake-cli | 3.32.1 | 2026-11-02 | | Supabase | supabase | 3.0.0 | 2026-11-02 | | Twilio | twilio-cli | 7.2.0 | 2026-10-13 | | Vercel | vercel | 65.11.0 | 2026-11-03 | | Webflow | @webflow/webflow-cli | 2.15.0 | 2026-10-27 | | Wix | @wix/cli | 1.2.8 | 2026-11-01 | | Zapier | zapier-platform-cli | 19.3.0 | 2026-10-30 | Edition 4 November 2026 Method [How rows are verified](https://agentmcpdirectory.com/method/) Data [CSV and JSON](https://agentmcpdirectory.com/data/) Markdown [This page as markdown](https://agentmcpdirectory.com/guides/ship-a-cli-for-agents/index.md) ## Sources - [Put a CLI on npm for agents and document it](https://ora.ai/docs/cli?utm_source=agentmcpdirectory.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=guide), read 4 November 2026 - [docs.stripe.com/mcp](https://docs.stripe.com/mcp), read 4 November 2026 - [vercel.com/docs/agent-resources/vercel-mcp](https://vercel.com/docs/agent-resources/vercel-mcp), read 4 November 2026 - [neon.com/docs/ai/neon-mcp-server](https://neon.com/docs/ai/neon-mcp-server), read 4 November 2026 - [ora.ai/blog/agentready-launch](https://ora.ai/blog/agentready-launch?view=full&utm_source=agentmcpdirectory.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=guide), read 4 November 2026 - [npm record for ax](https://registry.npmjs.org/ax), read 4 November 2026 - [npm record for @stripe/cli](https://registry.npmjs.org/@stripe%2Fcli), read 5 November 2026 - [Stripe CLI release v1.55.8](https://github.com/stripe/stripe-cli/releases/tag/v1.55.8), read 5 November 2026 - [Stripe CLI documentation](https://docs.stripe.com/stripe-cli), read 5 November 2026 (vendor documentation) Last reviewed 5 November 2026