Name: tuckerschreiber/need
Rating: 3.0 (1 reviews)
Author: tuckerschreiber

tuckerschreiber/need

Score: 51.2 Rank #66

Discover the right CLI tool for any task — in plain English. MCP server for AI agents.

Overview

tuckerschreiber/need is a TypeScript MCP server licensed under MIT. Discover the right CLI tool for any task — in plain English. MCP server for AI agents. Topics: cli, mcp, tool-discovery, ai-agents, claude-code, cli-tools, cursor, mcp-server, model-context-protocol, semantic-search.

Ranked #66 out of 104 indexed tools.

Actively maintained with commits in the last week.

Ecosystem

TypeScript MIT

climcptool-discoveryai-agentsclaude-codecli-toolscursormcp-servermodel-context-protocolsemantic-search

Score Breakdown

Stars 15% 5

5 stars → early stage

Freshness 25% today

Last commit today → actively maintained

Issue Health 25% 0%

0/1 issues closed → many open issues

Contributors 10% 1

1 contributor → solo project

Dependents 25% 0

No dependents → no downstream usage

Forks 1

Description Good

License MIT

Weights: Freshness 25% · Issue Health 25% · Dependents 25% · Stars 15% · Contributors 10% · How we score →

How to Improve

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Issue Health high impact

You have 1 open vs 0 closed issues — triaging stale issues improves health

Contributors medium impact

Single-contributor projects carry bus-factor risk — welcoming contributors boosts confidence

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Details

Stars: 5
Forks: 1
Open Issues: 1
Closed Issues: 0
Contributors: 1
Dependents: —
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
Last Commit: today

Matched Queries

"mcp server""mcp-server"

From the README

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<p align="center"><strong>Tool discovery for AI agents.</strong></p>

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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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## 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 age

Read full README on GitHub →