Agentedit cli

Skill SebastianBoehler/agent-cli-utils/skills/agentedit-cli

CLI utilities for AI agents - fast Go replacements for common Python tools

Install

npx -y skills add SebastianBoehler/agent-cli-utils --skill agentedit-cli

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Apply deterministic targeted file edits with the local `agentedit` CLI. Use when an agent needs exact-match replacements, anchored inserts, line-range updates, or whole-file writes from a JSON or YAML edit spec.

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AgentEdit CLI

Use agentedit for safe, targeted file changes. Prefer it over broad patch parsing when the caller can describe edits as explicit replacements, inserts, line-range updates, appends, or writes.

Invoke the Tool

Prefer the installed binary when it exists:

agentedit -spec edits.yaml

If working inside this repository or the binary is not installed, run:

go run ./cmd/agentedit -- -spec edits.yaml

Choose Actions

Use replace for one exact old-to-new substitution.
Use replace with replace_all: true only when every match should change.
Use insert_before or insert_after with one exact anchor.
Use replace_lines for deterministic line-range rewrites.
Use append to add content at the end of a file.
Use write for full-file replacement or creation.

Apply Good Defaults

Keep -fail-on-noop=true so missed matches fail loudly.
Use -dry-run first when the edit target may have drifted.
Prefer narrow anchors and exact old strings to avoid ambiguity.
Set create: true only when the task really intends to create a file.

Example Spec

edits:
  - path: README.md
    action: replace
    old: "Small Go CLIs"
    new: "Small, deterministic Go CLIs"
  - path: config.toml
    action: insert_after
    anchor: "[server]\n"
    new: "port = 8080\n"

Run it:

go run ./cmd/agentedit -- -spec edits.yaml -dry-run -format text

What ships with it: 1 file

209 B alongside SKILL.md

agents/

openai.yaml209 B