If you have a CLI tool that outputs more than ~10 lines of info, it should really use bold and colour. It makes a huge difference to readability!
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It's confusing how 'REPL' refers to two different UIs:
A CLI like IPython or Julia, where things like multiline editing and syntax highlighting need careful implementation.
An editor protocol like SLIME or CIDER where multiline editing is a total non-issue.
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AI agents (OpenClaw, Hermes Agent etc) seem to be increasingly standardising their design.
You have a UI for the markdown files writable by the agent (sometimes just Obsidian) plus a set of CLI tools for performing actions.
I've seen so many new CLIs recently too.
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Terminad is a really interesting approach to rendering markdown in the CLI. It deliberately doesn't render links, so you can always see both the link text and the URL.
In a browser you have hover to see URLs, but not necessarily in a terminal.