This release adds 3 notable features for engineering teams evaluating rollout.
✓ No known CVEs patched in this version
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Summary
AI summarySix new tools (checksum, diff, patch, file_info, find_tools, delete) added with install improvements.
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Quick Start
- Download the binary for your OS below
- Run
agent-tool install(oragent-tool install claude) - Restart your IDE
- Done — all tools work immediately, no permission popups
Or tell your AI agent:
"Download agent-tool from https://github.com/knewstimek/agent-tool/releases/latest and run
agent-tool install"
What's New
New Tools (6)
- checksum — File hash (md5/sha1/sha256)
- diff — Compare two files (encoding-aware)
- patch — Apply unified diff patches
- file_info — File metadata (encoding, line ending, indentation)
- find_tools — Auto-discover dev tools (Go, .NET, Node, Python, Java, Rust, C/C++, CMake, Make, Git, gh, Docker, Bun, Deno)
- delete — Safe single-file deletion (system path protection, TOCTOU mitigation, dry_run)
Improvements
- edit:
dry_runpreview mode - install: Auto-register tool permissions — no per-tool approval popups
- install:
claude mcp addas primary method with settings.json fallback - find_tools: Parallel discovery + 4KB memory-limited version output
Platforms
| File | OS | Arch |
|------|----|------|
| agent-tool-windows-amd64.exe | Windows | x64 |
| agent-tool-linux-amd64 | Linux | x64 |
| agent-tool-linux-arm64 | Linux | ARM64 |
| agent-tool-darwin-amd64 | macOS | Intel |
| agent-tool-darwin-arm64 | macOS | Apple Silicon |
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About knewstimek/agent-tool
Encoding-aware, indentation-smart file tools for AI coding agents. 20+ tools including read/edit with automatic encoding detection, smart indentation conversion, SSH, SFTP, process management, and system utilities. Preserves file encoding (UTF-8, EUC-KR, Shift_JIS, etc.) and respects .editorconfig settings.
Related context
Beta — feedback welcome: [email protected]