need by tuckerschreiber
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AI agents hallucinate package names. need gives them a verified index of 10,000+ CLI tools — and a closed feedback loop that gets smarter with every install.
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<p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><strong>Tool discovery for AI agents.</strong></p> <p align="center"> <a href="https://github.com/tuckerschreiber/need/actions/workflows/ci.yml"></a> <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/@agentneeds/need"></a> <a href="https://github.com/tuckerschreiber/need/blob/main/LICENSE"></a> <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/@agentneeds/need"></a> </p> AI agents hallucinate package names. `need` gives them a verified index of 10,000+ CLI tools — and a closed feedback loop that gets smarter with every install. <p align="center"> </p> ## What happens You ask Claude to "compress these PNGs". Claude doesn't have `pngquant` installed and doesn't know what the best tool is. But `need` is running as an MCP server in the background, so Claude automatically: 1. **Searches** need for "compress png images" 2. **Installs** the top result (`brew install pngquant`) 3. **Runs** it on your files 4. **Reports** that it worked — so the next ageRead full README on GitHub →