DevTool

Unified developer toolbox — base64, JWT, timestamps, UUID, JSON, hash, URL, case conversion, color, cron, timezone, diff, markdown, IP, HTML, math, fake data generators, and more.

Part of Talocode. Runs locally (no API key required for core tools).

Why DevTool?

Everyday engineering is full of micro-tasks: encode this, hash that, convert a timestamp, pretty-print JSON. DevTool is a single CLI + Python SDK with a consistent { ok, data } / error shape so agents and humans can script the same toolbox.

• Local-first — no network for most tools
• Agent-friendly — structured JSON results
• Cross-runtime — same product family as the npm @talocode/devtool package

Install

pip install -U talocode-devtool

Python 3.10+.

Note: the PyPI project name is talocode-devtool. The import package and CLI are still devtool.

CLI

devtool list                    # list tools
devtool base64 encode hello     # aGVsbG8=
devtool base64 decode aGVsbG8=
devtool uuid v4
devtool uuid v7
devtool json format '{"a":1}'
devtool json minify '{"a": 1}'
devtool hash sha256 hello
devtool hash md5 hello
devtool ts now
devtool case camel hello world
devtool case snake HelloWorld
devtool url encode "a b"
devtool hex-to-rgb "#ff5500"
devtool cron describe "0 * * * *"
devtool diff lines "a\nb" "a\nc"
devtool md to-html "# Title"
devtool ip validate 1.2.3.4
devtool gen email

Exact subcommands may vary by version; run devtool list / devtool --help.

Python SDK

from devtool.tools import (
    base64_encode,
    base64_decode,
    uuid_v4,
    hash_sha256,
    json_format,
    list_tools,
)

print(base64_encode("hello"))   # {"ok": True, "data": "aGVsbG8="}
print(uuid_v4())
print(hash_sha256("hello"))
print(json_format('{"a":1}'))
print(list_tools())             # catalog of available tools

Tool groups (highlights)

Agents & automation

DevTool is ideal as an MCP-adjacent local skill: deterministic transforms without spending cloud credits. Pair with Codra/Tera for LLM work and DevTool for pure data munging.

Related packages

Talocode ecosystem

docs.talocode.site · github.com/talocode

License

MIT © Talocode