knewstimek/agent-tool

Quick Start

1. Download the binary for your OS below
2. Run agent-tool install (or agent-tool install claude)
3. Restart your IDE
4. Done - all tools work immediately, no permission popups

Or just ask your AI agent:

"Download agent-tool from https://github.com/knewstimek/agent-tool/releases/latest and run agent-tool install"

Any capable AI coding agent (Claude Code, Codex, etc.) can handle the full download -> install -> restart flow automatically.

Tip: Add this to your CLAUDE.md or AGENTS.md so your agent prefers agent-tool over built-in tools:

Strict mode:

ALWAYS use agent-tool MCP tools (mcp__agent-tool__*) instead of built-in file tools. agent-tool preserves file encoding and respects .editorconfig indentation settings.

Soft mode:

Prefer agent-tool MCP tools (mcp__agent-tool__*) over built-in file tools when available.

What's New in v0.7.12

IPC - Inter-Process Communication

• TCP-based 1:1 message passing between AI agent sessions
• Works across machines (same PC via localhost, different PCs via IP)
• Protocol: [2-byte type][4-byte length][payload] - PING/PONG/MESSAGE
• Blocking receive with timeout - no tokens consumed while waiting
• Session pooling with idle timeout and background sweeper
• Operations: send, receive, ping

wintool type - Console Window Support

• Auto-detects ConsoleWindowClass and uses WriteConsoleInput
• Types text directly into cmd.exe, PowerShell, and other console windows
• Works even when the console is minimized or in the background
• Combined with send(WM_KEYDOWN, VK_RETURN), can inject commands into terminals and IDEs (including Electron/VSCode)

Security

• IPC: PING flood DoS protection (max 100 non-message packets)
• IPC: Context cancellation support for all operations
• IPC: Default bind 127.0.0.1 (local-only, opt-in for remote)
• Console type: mutex for process-global console safety
• Console type: console state restore after AttachConsole/FreeConsole