claude-mods/tools

Modern CLI Toolkit

Token-efficient CLI tools that replace verbose legacy commands. These tools are optimized for AI coding assistants by producing cleaner, more concise output.

Why These Tools?

Benefit	Impact
Respects .gitignore	60-99% fewer irrelevant results
Cleaner output	50-80% fewer tokens consumed
Faster execution	2-100x speed improvements
Better defaults	Less flags needed

Quick Install

Windows (PowerShell as Admin):

.\tools\install-windows.ps1

Linux/macOS:

./tools/install-unix.sh

Tool Categories

File Search & Navigation

Legacy	Modern	Improvement
find	fd	5x faster, simpler syntax, .gitignore aware
grep	rg (ripgrep)	10x faster, .gitignore aware, better output
ls	eza	Git status, icons, tree view built-in
cat	bat	Syntax highlighting, line numbers
cd	zoxide	Smart directory jumping
tree	broot	Interactive, filterable tree

Data Processing

Legacy	Modern	Improvement
sed	sd	Simpler regex syntax, no escaping pain
JSON manual	jq	Structured queries and transforms
YAML manual	yq	Same as jq for YAML/TOML

Git Operations

Legacy	Modern	Improvement
git diff	delta	Syntax highlighting, side-by-side
git diff	difft	Semantic AST-aware diffs
git *	lazygit	Full TUI, faster workflow
GitHub web	gh	CLI for PRs, issues, actions

System Monitoring

Legacy	Modern	Improvement
du -h	dust	Visual tree sorted by size
top	btm (bottom)	Graphs, cleaner UI
ps aux	procs	Structured, colored output

Code Analysis

Task	Tool
Line counts	tokei
AST search	ast-grep / sg
Benchmarks	hyperfine

Interactive Selection

Task	Tool
Fuzzy file find	fzf + fd
Interactive grep	fzf + rg
History search	Ctrl+R (fzf)

Documentation

Legacy	Modern	Improvement
man	tldr	98% smaller, practical examples

Python

Legacy	Modern	Improvement
pip	uv	10-100x faster installs
python -m venv	uv venv	Faster venv creation

Task Running

Legacy	Modern	Improvement
make	just	Simpler syntax, better errors

Token Efficiency Benchmarks

Tested on a typical Node.js project with node_modules:

Operation	Legacy	Modern	Token Savings
Find all files	find: 307 results	fd: 69 results	78%
Search 'function'	grep: 6,193 bytes	rg: 1,244 bytes	80%
Directory listing	ls -laR: 3,666 bytes	eza --tree: 670 bytes	82%
Disk usage	du -h: ~500 tokens	dust: ~100 tokens	80%
Man page	man git: ~5000 tokens	tldr git: ~100 tokens	98%

Verification

After installation, verify all tools:

# Check all tools are available
which fd rg eza bat zoxide delta difft jq yq sd lazygit gh tokei uv just ast-grep fzf dust btm procs tldr

Sources

• It's FOSS - Rust CLI Tools
• Zaiste - Shell Commands in Rust
• GitHub - Rust CLI Tools List
• DEV.to - CLI Tools You Can't Live Without