Show HN: Xlg – Jq for APIs

Category: cli-tool

Tags: cli, api-client, data-pipeline, mcp, automation

Score: 7.0/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 6, Documentation: 8, Utility: 7)

Xlg is a CLI tool that provides a jq-like expression language for interacting with web APIs and services through Unix pipe syntax. It's interesting because it unifies access to diverse sources (Reddit, Hacker News, GitHub, Wikipedia, Met Museum, and generic APIs) with a consistent pipeline model and extends functionality to AI agents via Model Context Protocol (MCP) server integration.

Target audience: backend devs, devops, data engineers

Repository: https://github.com/auraz/xlg · Python · MIT

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