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There are places where you want external behavior to run before or after an LLM agent's tool call. Auto-formatter execution, change watching, logging, policy validation, secret-leak blocking — that kind of work.
Beyond using LLMs as one-shot calls, more tools bundle multi-step automation and integration flows. The strands vary — connecting nodes without writing code (GUI), or self-hosting to keep operational control.
When a project targets users on Windows, macOS, and Linux all at once, the choice of tool for automation scripts becomes a recurring question. There is no single right answer — environment constraints and team familiari…