What problem does it solve?
It solves the challenge of provider-specific inconsistencies when integrating multiple AI CLIs that do not share the same flags, output formats, stream events, or permission/elicitation behavior.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Capability matrix guidance: Helps you determine which CLI features are safe to assume versus which must be conditionally enabled per provider.
- Provider-specific integration workflow: Supports updating logic when you discover new flag support, output differences, stream event types, or limitations.
- Integration and troubleshooting use cases: Useful when spawning processes, constructing CLI arguments, parsing NDJSON/stream output, and implementing new ProviderAdapter support across Claude, Gemini, and others.
Quick Start
Use the cli-providers skill when you implement or troubleshoot provider-specific CLI spawning, argument building, or output parsing so you can consult the capability matrix and update it after each new discovery.