Simon Willison • 1/17/2026

Quoting Jeremy Daer

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The article quotes Jeremy Daer from 37signals on using CLI tools over REST APIs for AI agents. He argues CLIs improve accuracy for chained operations like pagination, lower the skill bar for cheaper models, and reduce token costs compared to complex API calls that require powerful, expensive models.

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