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tokless: Make AI Coding Agents More Efficient and Effective in 30 Seconds

#agents #ai #cli #showdev

Many great tools for coding agents already exist.

The painful part is discovering, installing, updating, and combining them without conflicts.

tokless is the lazy CLI that connects everything with one command.

tokless integrates six popular packages (kaparthy skills, caveman, ponytail, rtk, codegraph, context-mode) for improving AI coding agents in under 30 seconds.

Choose your agents, install, restart, and start coding.

https://github.com/HoangP8/tokless

  • Six tools, one setup — automatically configured without conflicts
  • Ready in under 30 seconds — select, install, and restart
  • Zero manual configuration — no configuration files to edit by hand
  • Cross-platform — macOS, Linux, and Windows
  • One-command updates — tokless update upgrades everything together

Installation

macOS and Linux 

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HoangP8/tokless/main/scripts/install.sh | bash
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Windows PowerShell 

irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HoangP8/tokless/main/scripts/install.ps1 | iex
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After installation, start the interactive setup:

tokless
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Or select agents directly:

tokless --agents claude,opencode
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To configure every currently supported agent:

tokless --agents claude,opencode,codex,antigravity
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Supported AI coding agents

Agent Status
Claude Code ✅ Supported
OpenCode ✅ Supported
Codex ✅ Supported
Antigravity ✅ Supported
Pi In progress
Cursor In progress
Factory Droid CLI In progress
GitHub Copilot In progress

Integrated tools

Tool Purpose
karpathy-skills Encourages simple solutions, minimal changes, validated assumptions, and goal-driven execution
caveman Produces shorter responses while preserving important technical information
ponytail Favors minimal code, standard libraries, and no speculative features
rtk Compresses terminal output before it enters the model's context
codegraph Retrieves code relationships from a local code graph instead of repeatedly reading entire files
context-mode Processes large tool outputs separately and returns only the information the agent needs

Each tool solves a different problem, zero conflicts.

Restart your coding agents after installation so they reload their configuration.

Issues and compatibility reports: https://github.com/HoangP8/tokless/issues

If tokless is useful to you, pls star it.

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