Need is a CLI tool discovery as an MCP server

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need is an MCP server that gives AI agents access to a searchable index of 10,000+ CLI tools. The agent searches in plain English, installs the best match (restricted to brew/npm/pip/cargo/apt so no arbitrary shell), and reports whether it worked. Those reports improve rankings for every future search.One command sets it up: npx @agentneeds/need setup - works with Claude Code and Cursor.Search is embeddings + pgvector with a keyword boost and full-text fallback. With no community signals yet, ranking is pure semantic similarity. As people use it, the signal-weighted ranking kicks in.Also works as a plain CLI if you just want to find tools yourself: need "compress video without losing quality

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Website: www.agentneeds.dev