Show HN: Aict – Unix coreutils that output XML/JSON, built for AI agents

12 points by ronak_parmar 3 hours ago | 3 comments

mkesper 1 hour ago |

Something like that would also be great for scripting, not only agents.

ronak_parmar 29 minutes ago | |

But this can be a fair advantage angaints the token usage in AI agents..

ronak_parmar 38 minutes ago | |

Yes, you are right!!

WalterGR 2 hours ago |

Another tool to look at is `jc`, which parses the output of about 80 classic Unix utilities and converts it to JSON.

It’s been submitted a few times, some with significant discussion:

u84u 30 minutes ago | |

did not know this existed, thanks!