CLI is All Agents Need — Part 2: Misconceptions, Patterns, and Open Questions

Part 1 got way attention than I expected - 1500+ upvotes and 336 comments. I read every single one. Some confirmed my thinking, some challenged it, some taught me things I hadn't considered. I noticed the same questions kept coming up. Here's my attempt to organize them. 1. First, a Clarification: CLI ≠ A Real Shell The biggest misunderstanding from Part 1. Many people read "CLI" and assumed I meant "give the LLM a Linux terminal." That's not what I'm saying. CLI is an interface protocol: text command in → text result out.