---
title: Nori CLI
description: The open-source agentic coding terminal — one harness for any ACP agent.
status: draft
sidebar:
  order: 2
---

Nori is a harness, not an agent. The `nori` binary (npm: `nori-ai-cli`) is one
terminal for Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, or any agent that speaks the Agent
Client Protocol — with sessions you can resume and fork, skills, MCP, hooks,
sandboxed approvals, and a hand-built TUI.

```sh
npm install -g nori-ai-cli
nori
```

## Sections

- [start/](/cli/start/) — install, first run, connecting your agent's auth
- [guides/](/cli/guides/) — agents, sessions, approvals, MCP & hooks, cloud
- [reference/](/cli/reference/) — commands, `config.toml`, slash commands, keybindings
- [develop/](/cli/develop/) — architecture, crate map, contributing

## Open source

The CLI began as a fork of OpenAI Codex; the agent engine has since been
removed and every agent runs as an external ACP subprocess. Source, issues,
and releases: [github.com/tilework-tech/nori-cli](https://github.com/tilework-tech/nori-cli).