Show HN: Aict – Unix coreutils that output XML/JSON, built for AI agents
ronak_parmar
16 points
6 comments
July 15, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (3 comments)
WalterGR
Another tool to look at is `jc`, which parses the output of about 80 classic Unix utilities and converts it to JSON. It’s been submitted a few times, some with significant discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33448204 (132 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28266193 (146 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38569240 (159 comments)
mkesper
Something like that would also be great for scripting, not only agents.
gabrielsroka
Nice. Why not CSV? > <file size="1024" lang="go"/> is shorter than {"size":1024,"lang":"go"}. Really? How?