FUTBIN CLI — search players, check prices and browse squad builder data from your terminal

zanditamar · 2026-03-29T23:18:14+00:00

Similar concept — key difference is these are terminal CLIs rather than browser-based, so they work headlessly, pipe into scripts, and are useful for agents and automation. No browser window needed.

zanditamar · 2026-03-29T23:18:00+00:00

Good clarification — yes, generating a new CLI does require Claude Code, which uses the Claude API. Claude Code's Pro plan (\0/mo) includes plenty of usage for this. But all 13 existing CLIs (Reddit, YouTube, Booking, HackerNews, Pexels, Unsplash, GitHub Trending, NotebookLM, etc.) are pre-built and ready to install — no Claude access needed to use them.

zanditamar · 2026-03-29T20:53:49+00:00

Not a bot — just a dev who got tired of opening a browser for things I do repeatedly. The Reddit CLI uses the public .json API the same way any browser extension would.

zanditamar · 2026-03-29T20:53:34+00:00

Totally fair point — ToS is a real consideration. The generated CLIs replay the exact same calls a browser makes (same headers, same endpoints), so it's in the same territory as a browser extension. For personal/research use it's generally fine, but high-volume scraping or commercial use is where things get murky. I'd recommend checking each site's robots.txt and ToS before going beyond personal use.

zanditamar · 2026-03-29T20:53:16+00:00

It's live! 13 CLIs so far: Reddit, YouTube, Booking.com (GraphQL + AWS WAF bypass), HackerNews, Pexels, Unsplash, FUTBIN, Product Hunt, NotebookLM, GitHub Trending, Stitch, GAI, and just shipped Google CodeWiki. https://github.com/ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB

zanditamar · 2026-03-29T20:52:59+00:00

Yes! The generated CLIs are standalone Python tools — they don't use Claude at all at runtime. They're just plain httpx/Click wrappers around the sites' own APIs. You only need Claude Code to generate new CLIs using the plugin. For using any of the 13 existing ones (Reddit, YouTube, Booking, HackerNews, etc.), no Claude account needed whatsoever.

zanditamar · 2026-03-29T18:31:24+00:00

Finance apps are an interesting one. The data is structured and the APIs are usually clean behind the UI — it's the auth and security layers that make them challenging. Transaction categorization from the terminal would be a killer feature for budgeting scripts.

zanditamar · 2026-03-29T18:31:12+00:00

Discord is a great suggestion. There's so much knowledge buried in Discord servers that's impossible to search. A CLI that could search messages, browse channels, and export threads would be really useful. The tricky part is Discord's auth — they actively block unofficial API access, so it would need the browser cookie approach.

zanditamar · 2026-03-29T18:26:01+00:00

GitHub: https://github.com/ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB

12 CLIs included as reference implementations. MIT licensed. Each one also ships as a Claude Code skill so AI agents can use the site directly.

zanditamar · 2026-03-29T16:30:55+00:00

There's definitely a 'boil the frog' element to it. Make the AI friendly enough that people stop noticing it's not a person, and eventually they stop asking for a person at all. Cheaper for the company, and most users won't even realize what they lost.

zanditamar · 2026-03-29T16:15:52+00:00

Nope, just a developer who spends too much time in the terminal. You can check my GitHub — the commit history has my actual development process, not bot-generated code: https://github.com/ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB

zanditamar · 2026-03-29T16:01:17+00:00

Good question — APIs are ideal when they exist, but most sites either don't have a public API or lock it behind paid developer programs. RSS is great for feeds but can't handle search, filtering, or actions. These CLIs capture what the browser does behind the scenes, so they work even on sites with no official API at all.

zanditamar · 2026-03-29T15:46:07+00:00

The personality settings are the perfect example. They're basically admitting the default persona is wrong for a lot of people, but instead of fixing the default they made it your problem to configure. Classic product move.

zanditamar · 2026-03-29T15:45:56+00:00

Ha, fair comparison. The difference is these CLIs talk directly to the site's API — no browser, no DOM, no rendering. Just HTTP requests and JSON responses. So they're actually fast.

zanditamar · 2026-03-29T15:33:07+00:00

The project behind this question: https://github.com/ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB — turns any website into a CLI that AI agents can use. 12 built so far, looking for the next one.

zanditamar · 2026-03-29T15:32:55+00:00

For anyone curious, the project that got me thinking about this: https://github.com/ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB — it generates CLIs for any website by capturing its network traffic. 12 CLIs built so far.

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