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World Congress 2026 Europe • Jul 10, 2026 • Session details

One Interface, Two Audiences: Designing CLIs for Humans and AI Agents

Gala Dvoretskaya , Sean O'Dell

Interactive prompts halt autonomous agents in their tracks. Learn how to engineer zero-config, agent-ready CLIs that seamlessly serve developers, LLMs, and graphical interfaces from a single foundation.

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#1 about 4 min

Designing observability interfaces for human and agent interaction

Adapting command line experiences allows both manual terminal operations and autonomous tools to analyze telemetry data without interactive blocking.

#2 about 3 min

Core design patterns for agent-friendly command line tools

Implementing zero-configuration defaults, structured outputs, and functional dry runs prevents pipeline-blocking interactive prompts.

#3 about 3 min

Automating telemetry ingestion using specialized installation wizards

A unified terminal utility simplifies the slow process of configuring collector endpoints across distributed environments.

#4 about 5 min

Auto-discovering and instrumenting local backend microservices

Running an auto-discovery command scans local systems to identify and instrument running application projects without manual configuration.

#5 about 3 min

Visualizing distributed application topology and trace logs

The graphical interface maps relationships between connected services to surface failed requests and trace execution paths.

#6 about 4 min

Executing platform management commands using artificial intelligence agents

Delegating dashboard creation via natural language highlights how autonomous tools process codebase context prior to deploying resource updates.

#7 about 3 min

Generating structured output formats for autonomous data evaluation

Appending an agent-specific execution flag produces machine-readable semantic structures identical in intent to human-facing terminal results.

#8 about 4 min

Balancing human interaction needs with autonomous machine interfaces

Providing both visual dashboard tools and deterministic terminal commands creates an operational ecosystem robust enough for diverse engagement styles.

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Transitioning into the integrated era of agentic IDEs

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Building autonomous functions with conversational agent frameworks

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The convergence of user and developer experience

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Shifting developer workloads and realistic AI productivity gains

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