Cli Anything Cloudcompare

This wraps CloudCompare, the open source 3D point cloud and mesh processor, into 41 agent-friendly CLI commands. You get project management, point cloud subsampling and filtering (SOR, CSF ground extraction), mesh operations, distance computation (cloud-to-cloud, cloud-to-mesh), ICP registration, and export to LAS, PLY, OBJ, STL, E57, and more. It's designed for AI agents to drive multi-step 3D workflows without touching the GUI. The JSON output mode and persistent project files make it easy to chain operations. Tested on CloudCompare 2.13.2 via Flatpak on Linux, though you'll need CloudCompare installed separately. If you're automating lidar processing or 3D reconstruction pipelines, this gives you programmatic access to CloudCompare's heavy lifting.

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$ npx -y skills add hkuds/cli-anything --skill cli-anything-cloudcompare --agent claude-code

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cli-anything-cloudcompare

Agent-friendly command-line harness for CloudCompare — the open-source 3D point cloud and mesh processing software.

41 commands across 9 groups.

Installation

pip install cli-anything-cloudcompare

Prerequisites:

Python 3.10+
CloudCompare installed on your system
- Linux (Flatpak): flatpak install flathub org.cloudcompare.CloudCompare
- macOS/Windows: download from https://cloudcompare.org

Tested with: CloudCompare 2.13.2 (Flatpak, Linux)

Global Options

These options must be placed before the subcommand:

cli-anything-cloudcompare [--project FILE] [--json] COMMAND [ARGS]...

Option	Description
`-p, --project TEXT`	Path to project JSON file
`--json`	Output results as JSON (for agent consumption)

Command Groups

1. project — Project Management (3 commands)

project new

Create a new empty project file.

# Create a project with default name
cli-anything-cloudcompare project new -o myproject.json

# Create a project with a custom name
cli-anything-cloudcompare project new -o myproject.json -n "Bridge Survey 2024"

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