Show HN: A better alternative to CLI and MCP for local tools(github.com)
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Show HN: A better alternative to CLI and MCP for local tools
https://github.com/stefanwebb/named-pipes
I've created an alternative to CLI and MCP for locally running agentic tools. It uses Unix-based OS's named pipes, which means the client has quick IPC with the tool and it can have in-memory state. I created it to build components for voice agents (TTS, STT, LLM chat) but it has wide range of uses! Comes with a CLI tool, cpipe (like curl), and a Claude Code skill