Something like that would also be great for scripting, not only agents.

Another tool to look at is `jc`, which parses the output of about 80 classic Unix utilities and converts it to JSON.

It’s been submitted a few times, some with significant discussion:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33448204 (132 comments)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28266193 (146 comments)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38569240 (159 comments)