+
+
+ Minimal unix-style inference harness. Prompt and context in on argv/stdin, answer on stdout, diagnostics on stderr, verdict in the exit code. Sibling binary clank-jev routes and gates. Not chat.
+
+ Install
+ Package clank-cli-app → binaries clank / clank-jev (package ≠ binary). Never cargo install clank (unrelated crates.io crate).
+ cargo install clank-cli-app --locked # -> ~/.cargo/bin/clank and clank-jev
+ Fallback (pinable):
+ cargo install --locked --git https://github.com/makefunstuff/clank --tag v0.1.0
+ Prebuilt archives (linux x86_64, macOS arm64/x86_64) are on the v0.1.0 release.
+
+ 30s smoke
+ After install, point at your OpenAI-compatible server and prove the pipe:
+ export CLANK_BASE_URL=http://127.0.0.1:8080/v1
+export CLANK_MODEL=$(curl -s "$CLANK_BASE_URL/models" | jq -r '.data[0].id')
+clank -m 'reply with exactly: pong' # -> pong, exit 0
+
+ Harness cost
+ 2026-09-22 · opencode-go/glm-5.3-flash · tools off · prompt → pong. Pipe vs agent CLI on the same model, not “fastest AI.” Agent harness tax still shows with --no-tools.
+
+ clank · 0.75s · ~5MBpi · 2.2s · ~177MBomp · 3.4s · ~371MBopencode · 5.7s · ~562MB
+ Method and caveats: docs/history/clank-vs-agents-2026-09-22.md.
+
+ Docs
+
+
+
+
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