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curlcurl-8_22_0

A command line tool and library for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, GOPHERS, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, MQTT, MQTTS, POP3, POP3S, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMB, SMBS, SMTP, SMTPS, TELNET, TFTP, WS and WSS. libcurl offers a myriad of powerful features

Open source Maintained For agents

Official site ↗ GitHub ↗

IN ONE PARAGRAPH

curl is A command line tool and library for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, GOPHERS, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, MQTT, MQTTS, POP3, POP3S, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMB, SMBS, SMTP, SMTPS, TELNET, TFTP, WS and WSS. libcurl offers a myriad of powerful features.

Good for: Developers who want their agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor…) to run commands & scripts.

01How to start

  1. 1Read the official README for requirements and permissions.
  2. 2Install it from the official package registry: brew install curl
  3. 3Tell your agent the command exists (e.g. in AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md) so it knows when to call it.

Homebrew: curl

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