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Description

An open-source AI coding assistant for your terminal, inspired by Claude Code. Interact with your codebase directly from the command line.

Installation

This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no exact command to give. Open the source below and copy the folder into ~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.

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A general-purpose AI agent orchestration framework — terminal, headless, and a full desktop app.

npm version MIT license "Node.js=20.10" /> TypeScript macOS, Windows, and Linux

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CodeShell is one orchestration engine wearing three faces:

  • a terminal CLI (code-shell) for interactive and headless agent runs,
  • an Electron desktop app with chat, file/browser/terminal/diff panels, model & credential management, an extensions marketplace, automation, and a phone remote, and
  • a programmatic SDK (import { Engine } from "@cjhyy/code-shell") for embedding the engine in your own product.

The core is deliberately **domain-agnostic**. The turn loop, context management, permissions, MCP integration, hooks, tasks, cron, sub-agents, sessions, and memory all stay generic. Coding tools, git/worktree behavior, LSP, review, quota, and coding prompts live in the physically separate `@cjhyy/code-shell-capability-coding` package and are composed by the