AI coding agents run shell commands on your machine. They show an approval dialog, but you're left guessing:
CLI Command Explainer is an MCP project maintained in the zmwaiworld/cmd-explain repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “AI coding agents run shell commands on your machine. They show an approval dialog, but you're left guessing”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.
The documented npm package is cmd-explain. The configuration below comes from the maintainer’s example; adapt its paths and account values to your environment.
Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.
{
"mcpServers": {
"cmd-explain": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"cmd-explain"
]
}
}
}From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.
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