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CLI tool that launches coding agent CLIs with approval-bypass flags.

Requirements

• Node.js >= 20.12.0

Install

npm install -g bankai-cli
# or: pnpm add -g bankai-cli
# or: bun install -g bankai-cli

Usage

# Launch a specific agent with bypass flags
bankai claude

# Pass args directly to the target agent
bankai codex -C /path/to/project

# Interactive agent picker
bankai

# List all supported agents
bankai agents

# List only agents installed on your system
bankai agents --installed

Supported Agents

CLI Agents (flag output)

| Agent | Command | Docs | | ------------------ | -------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Claude Code | claude --dangerously-skip-permissions | Settings - Claude Code Docs | | Codex CLI | codex --dangerously-bypass-approvals-and-sandbox | CLI Reference - OpenAI Codex | | GitHub Copilot CLI | copilot --allow-all-tools | Copilot CLI Docs | | Gemini CLI | gemini --yolo | Configuration - Gemini CLI | | OpenHands | openhands --always-approve | CLI Mode - OpenHands Docs | | Aider | aider --yes-always | Options Reference - aider | | Qwen Code | qwen-code --yolo | Approval Mode - Qwen Code Docs | | Kimi Code | kimi --yolo | Interaction Guide - Kimi Code Docs |

Settings Agents (config file / DB modification)

| Agent | Target | Description | | ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Claude Code (GLM)| ~/.claude/settings.json | bankai claude-glm — Claude Code on Z.AI's GLM models (see Env Vars) | | Cursor Agent CLI | .cursor/cli.json / ~/.cursor/cli-config.json | Writes permission allow-list for Cursor Agent CLI | | Cursor IDE | SQLite DB (state.vscdb) | Applies settings below, then launches Cursor |

Cursor IDE (bankai cursor)

Unlike CLI agents that pass a flag, Cursor IDE stores its settings in a SQLite DB. bankai cursor modifies the DB directly to apply the following, then opens Cursor:

| Setting | Effect | | -------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- | | Auto-Run Mode → Run Everything (Unsandboxed) | Agent runs all commands without sandboxing | | Browser Protection → OFF | Agent can run browser tools automatically | | MCP Tools Protection → OFF | Agent can run MCP tools automatically | | File-Deletion Protection → OFF | Agent can delete files automatically | | External-File Protection → OFF | Agent can create/modify files outside the workspace | | Dot-files Protection → OFF | Agent can modify dotfiles (.env, etc.) |

Cursor must be restarted after the first apply for changes to take effect.

Custom Agents

Register agents not in the built-in list:

# Non-interactive
bankai add --cmd opencode --line "opencode --yolo"

# Interactive
bankai add

# Edit an existing custom agent
bankai edit opencode

# Remove a custom agent
bankai remove opencode

Custom agents are stored in ~/.config/bankai/agents.json (XDG-compliant, varies by OS).

Env Vars

Any agent (built-in or custom) may define an env map that is injected into the agent process at launch — useful for pointing a tool at an alternate, API-compatible backend without editing its config files or maintaining shell aliases.

Values support ${VAR} interpolation against your current environment, so secrets never need to be written into the agent definition. A ${VAR} that is unset resolves to an empty string and prints a warning. Literal values pass through unchanged.

Claude Code on GLM (Z.AI)

bankai claude-glm launches Claude Code against Z.AI's Anthropic-compatible endpoint, mapping the Claude tiers to GLM models:

{
  "ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL": "https://api.z.ai/api/anthropic",
  "ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN": "${ZAI_API_KEY}", // read from your shell, not stored here
  "API_TIMEOUT_MS": "3000000",
  "ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_HAIKU_MODEL": "glm-4.5-air",
  "ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_SONNET_MODEL": "glm-5-turbo",
  "ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_OPUS_MODEL": "glm-5.1"
}

Set your key once, then run:

export ZAI_API_KEY="your-z.ai-api-key"   # or source it from a secret manager
bankai claude-glm

To use different models, register a custom agent that overrides claude-glm with your own env map. The same pattern works for any Anthropic-compatible provider (Kimi, DeepSeek, OpenRouter, a local proxy, …) — just change the base URL, token, and models.

Development

bun install
bun run dev -- claude    # Run from source
bun run build            # Build to dist/
bun run test             # Run tests