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Adds a uniform launcher that lets any KeiSeiKit agent run on whichever
LLM CLI you have a subscription to. Pick by familiarity, pricing, or
to get a second opinion on the same prompt.
Backends (locally installed, by subscription):
claude Claude Code (claude -p)
grok xAI Grok (grok --print; native --agent supported)
agy Antigravity (agy --print) alias: antigravity
copilot GitHub Copilot (copilot --prompt)
kimi Moonshot Kimi (stdin, TUI primary)
codex OpenAI Codex (codex -p) register-only
Files:
_primitives/cli-backends.toml SSoT backend table
scripts/kei-agent-cli.sh launcher; loads ~/.claude/agents/<n>.md,
strips frontmatter, composes with task,
execs backend non-interactive
bin/kei new arm: run-via | via | run | agent-via
docs/encyclopedia/multi-cli-agents.md user-facing docs + usage
Auto-installed via lib-scaffold.sh:77 glob (no install code change needed).
Test plan:
kei run-via list # status + agents
kei run-via grok critic "review src/auth.rs" # via Grok
kei run-via agy critic "review src/auth.rs" # via Antigravity
kei run-via copilot critic "review src/auth.rs" # via Copilot
KEI_NATIVE_AGENT=1 kei run-via grok critic "..." # native --agent
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# Multi-CLI agent invocation
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> *Cross-LLM agent execution. Same agent definition, different backend.*
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KeiSeiKit agents are markdown files. Any LLM CLI that takes a prompt can
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host them — `kei run-via` is the launcher that bridges them.
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## Backends
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Registered in `_primitives/cli-backends.toml` (SSoT). Installed locally
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via your own subscription / package manager:
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| Backend | CLI binary | Non-interactive flag | Native `--agent` | Notes |
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| claude | `claude` | `-p` | yes | Claude Code (Anthropic) |
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| grok | `grok` | `--print` | yes | xAI Grok Build TUI |
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| agy | `agy` | `--print` | no | Google Antigravity (alias: `antigravity`) |
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| copilot | `copilot` | `--prompt` | no | GitHub Copilot CLI (`@github/copilot`) |
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| kimi | `kimi` | stdin | no | Moonshot Kimi (primarily TUI/ACP) |
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| codex | `codex` | `-p` | no | OpenAI Codex (register-only) |
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Run `kei run-via list` to see which are installed on the current machine
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and to list available agent names.
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## Usage
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```bash
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# Invoke the 'critic' agent through Grok with a task:
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kei run-via grok critic "review src/auth.rs for variant analysis"
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# Same agent, different backend:
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kei run-via agy critic "review src/auth.rs"
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kei run-via copilot critic "review src/auth.rs"
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kei run-via claude critic "review src/auth.rs"
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# Point at an arbitrary agent .md (not in ~/.claude/agents/):
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kei run-via grok --file=/tmp/my-agent.md "do the thing"
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# Backend's native --agent flag (grok/claude only):
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KEI_NATIVE_AGENT=1 kei run-via grok critic "review src/auth.rs"
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```
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## How it works
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1. Reads `~/.claude/agents/<agent-name>.md` (assembler-generated prompt).
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2. Strips YAML frontmatter.
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3. Composes with task as: `<agent prompt>\n\n---\n\nTASK FOR THIS RUN:\n<task>`.
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4. Execs the backend's non-interactive CLI with the composed prompt.
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No agent file is modified. No new tokens are issued. Subscription
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authentication is whatever each CLI uses (its own login / config dir).
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## When to use each
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This is a tool, not a recommendation. Each backend has different
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strengths; the substrate is agnostic about which you pick. Pick by:
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- **Familiarity** — the CLI you already use day-to-day.
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- **Subscription cost** — burn the one with cheaper marginal cost first.
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- **Specific feature** — e.g. `grok --agent` for native sub-agent
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switching mid-conversation; `agy --sandbox` for terminal restriction.
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- **Independent second opinion** — same agent, different model, see if
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conclusions diverge.
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## Adding a new backend
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1. Add a `[backend.<name>]` table to `_primitives/cli-backends.toml`.
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2. Add a case arm in `scripts/kei-agent-cli.sh` `backend_bin()` and
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`backend_invoke()` for the new CLI's print-flag.
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3. Add a row to the table above.
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## What it is NOT
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- Not a router — picks no backend for you; you ask, it dispatches.
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- Not a federation — each backend runs independently with its own
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context; there is no cross-backend state.
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- Not a wrapper around the backend's tool surface — what the CLI can
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do (Bash, file edits, MCP, etc.) is determined by that CLI, not
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KeiSeiKit. The substrate only ships the prompt.
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## Related
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- `_primitives/_rust/kei-llm-router/` — Beta-posterior router for
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*programmatic* model selection inside Rust code (a different layer).
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- `_primitives/_rust/kei-mcp/` — MCP server that exposes KeiSeiKit
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primitives to ANY MCP-compatible client (Cursor / Continue / Zed /
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Aider / Cline / Windsurf / OpenClaw).
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