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nushell

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Nushell · Structured shell, pipelines, and data transforms from the terminal.

$ brew install nushell
One-liner to try
$ nu

Agent pack

Copy into an agent

A markdown-ready setup brief with install, verify, safe starting commands, and guardrails for AI agents.

Open .mdJSON
Readiness
Great for agents · 75/100
Verify
nu --version
Agent URL
/cli/nushell/agent.md

Quick reference

Install
brew install nushell
Verify
nu --version
First command
nu
Machine JSON
/cli/nushell.json

About

Structured shell, pipelines, and data transforms from the terminal. Built by Nushell. Supports structured output — good for scripts and agents.

Example workflow

1. nu

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