ools

Sovereign directory lister and metadata classifier with multi-column grids, oote palettes, and MCP surface.

v0.2.0 100% openOODA Zero Ambient Authority Metadata Classifier Model Context Protocol

Install

Universal Standalone Binary:

curl -fsSL https://openooda-tools.github.io/ools/install.sh | bash

Native Package Managers (Tri-Distribution Parity)

# Fedora / RHEL / CentOS (DNF)
curl -fsSL https://openooda-tools.github.io/ools/install.sh | bash -s -- --dnf

# Ubuntu / Debian (APT)
curl -fsSL https://openooda-tools.github.io/ools/install.sh | bash -s -- --deb

# Arch Linux / Manjaro (Pacman / PKGBUILD)
curl -fsSL https://openooda-tools.github.io/ools/install.sh | bash -s -- --pkgbuild

Clean Uninstallation

Remove ools binaries, package registrations, and symlinks at any time:

# Locally installed companion CLI
ools-uninstall

# Standalone web uninstaller
curl -fsSL https://openooda-tools.github.io/ools/uninstall.sh | bash

Why Sovereign ools?

Dimension	Conventional Alternatives	openOODA ools
Security	Ambient filesystem traversal	Bounded by &FsReadCap tokens
Metadata	Basic permissions string	Detailed file kind classification & size categorization
Layout	Single format	Dynamic multi-column grid and detailed table modes
AI Agents	No agent interface	MCP stdio tools: list_directory, stat_entry

Usage & Features

ools                           # Multi-column grid directory listing
ools -l                        # Detailed long-format metadata table
ools -a                        # Show hidden and dotfiles
ools --mcp                     # Launch MCP stdio server