I Built an AI Coding Agent for the Terminal (TypeScript + Vercel AI SDK)
Terminal Native Coding Agent using TypeScript and AI SDK
In this video, I walk through a terminal-native AI coding agent I built from scratch using TypeScript and the Vercel AI SDK. It's a CLI tool that can read, write, and edit files, run shell commands, manage multi-step tasks, and delegate work to subagents — all driven by natural language, right from your terminal.
🔧 What it does:
Understands natural language requests and turns them into file operations, shell commands, and multi-step workflows
Reads, writes, and edits files directly on your filesystem
Executes bash commands on your behalf
Persists task state across sessions using a JSON-backed task tracker (read/write/edit tasks)
Delegates bounded, complex subtasks to a secondary subagent for cleaner reasoning
Manages long conversations via context-window/token tracking to avoid hitting LLM limits
Ships with a clean terminal UI — spinners, color-coded panels for input/tool calls/responses
⚙️ Tech stack:
TypeScript · Node.js · Vercel AI SDK · OpenAI API · Zod · npm
📦 Try it yourself — it's published on npm and installable with a single command:
npm install -g @rayyanalam047/terminal-cli-agent
💻 Source code (GitHub):
https://github.com/Rayyan-Alam71/CLI_...
If you're into AI agents, dev tooling, or building with LLMs, feel free to check out the repo, star it, or open an issue/PR — contributions and feedback welcome.
🔗 Connect with me:
LinkedIn: / rayyan-alam-40b6a3299
GitHub: https://github.com/Rayyan-Alam71
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