CLI

also referred to as: clis

5 statements across 4 episodes · 4 bullish · 0 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Feb 7, 2026 by Peter Steinberger · across every show →

Everything said about CLI, oldest first

Feb 7, 2026 positive
Insight
Steinberger: Converting MCP tools to CLIs scales better than native integrations
“If you need to, you can use MCPs on the fly. You don't have to restart, unlike, unlike Codex or Cloud Code, where you actually have to restart the whole thing. I think it's way more elegant, and also scales way better.”
Peter Steinberger Feb 7, 2026 ▶ 21:01 OpenClaw Creator: Why 80% Of Apps Will Disappear · Y Combinator
Feb 17, 2026 positive
Disclosure
Claude Code stayed a CLI because graphical UIs obsolete too quickly
“And really, I think that's why we stayed in the CLI is because we felt there is no UI we could build that would still be relevant in six months because the model was improving so quickly.”
Boris Cherny Feb 17, 2026 ▶ 8:39 Inside Claude Code With Its Creator Boris Cherny · Y Combinator
May 27, 2026 positive
Insight
Tan: AI agents work even better with CLI than with MCP
“These things are really good at working with MCP and CLI. Like they're a little even better with CLI.”
Garry Tan May 27, 2026 ▶ 12:00 Inside YC's AI Playbook · Y Combinator
Jun 19, 2026 positive
Opinion
Diana Hu: Command-line interfaces are becoming the right UX for AI agents
“CLI seems to be becoming the right UX for agents. This is why I think going back to ClockCode versus Cursor ended up doing so well. It's just so much more freedom being fully on the command line.”
Diana Hu Jun 19, 2026 ▶ 33:57 The Age Of The 40-Year-Old Solo Founder Is Here · Y Combinator
Jun 19, 2026
Disclosure
Chou: Ploy will use a CLI rather than MCP for agent integration
“I think we're going to do a CLI with skills. So an MCP would be really good if we had more constrained sort of things. However, I think with the number of things that you can do employ, I think the CLI is going to be the way we do it.”
Bryant Chou Jun 19, 2026 ▶ 33:41 The Age Of The 40-Year-Old Solo Founder Is Here · Y Combinator
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