tui-toolbox

v2.0.1

The shared operating language for agent-built helper CLIs — one visual + interaction + safety language across interactive bash TUIs and python helper scripts, so every tool an agent builds looks, feels, and behaves the same.

Claude Code2 Skills

By OnnozelaerLicense: MIT0 GitHub starsUpdated last week

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Runtimes: Claude Code
Parsed components: 2 skill or MCP entries
Source updated: Sep 14, 2026
Manifest status: Canonical path parsed

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Install tui-toolbox for Claude Code

Installs for the current user

claude plugin marketplace add IchenDEV/agent-plugin-mkt
claude plugin marketplace update agent-plugin-marketplace
claude plugin install tui-toolbox@agent-plugin-marketplace

Paste and run these commands in a terminal with Claude Code. They add and refresh the PluginsMP catalog, then install this plugin.

The installer fetches third-party code from the source repository shown on this page. This directory validates manifest structure and source location, but does not perform a security audit; review the manifest, components, and source before installing.

Get the source manually

$ git clone https://github.com/TomVDH/toolshed

Clone the source repository, then follow its setup instructions to add the plugin to a compatible client. The plugin root is tui-toolbox/.

Plugin files

tui-toolbox/

├── .claude-plugin/plugin.json
├── skills/bash-tui/SKILL.md
└── skills/python-helper/SKILL.md

Included Skills2

bash-tuiskills/bash-tui/SKILL.md

This skill should be used when the user asks to create a bash script, shell tool, terminal utility, CLI launcher, or any interactive command-line application. Trigger phrases: "terminal UI", "TUI", "CLI menu", "progress bar", "spinner", "splash screen", "make it look nice in the terminal", "polished CLI", "bash script", "shell tool", "dry-run mode", "make it safe to re-run", "single-instance lock", "grouped menu", "wrap a CLI", "wrap an API", "idempotent script", "safe to re-run". For Python helper scripts use the python-helper skill instead.

python-helperskills/python-helper/SKILL.md

This skill should be used when the user asks to create a Python helper script, read-and-report tool, data reader, local data query, or any Python CLI utility that fetches and prints structured output. Trigger phrases: "python helper", "read local data", "query sqlite", "python script", "sqlite reader", "data reporter", "python cli", "parse json", "csv reader". For interactive bash tools with menus and animations, use the bash-tui skill instead.

Plugin manifests1

tui-toolbox/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

{
  "name": "tui-toolbox",
  "version": "2.0.1",
  "description": "The shared operating language for agent-built helper CLIs — one visual + interaction + safety language across interactive bash TUIs and python helper scripts, so every tool an agent builds looks, feels, and behaves the same.",
  "author": {
    "name": "Onnozelaer"
  },
  "homepage": "https://github.com/TomVDH/toolshed/tree/main/tui-toolbox",
  "repository": "https://github.com/TomVDH/toolshed",
  "license": "MIT",
  "keywords": [
    "bash",
    "tui",
    "terminal",
    "cli",
    "shell",
    "python",
    "sqlite",
    "csv",
    "dry-run",
    "idempotency",
    "helper-scripts",
    "operating-language"
  ]
}