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Top 4 CLIs for Claude Code

Four command-line tools that pair with Claude Code and make it noticeably stronger.

Published March 2026

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The foundation of fast agent systems is four CLIs: gh for code management, apify for data extraction, jq for data transformation, and playwright for browser automation. MCP tool definitions load into context and consume tokens. CLIs run as bash commands and return clean text, so for repetitive data tasks they are faster, cheaper, and keep your context window free.

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