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Boris Starkov

Boris Starkow developed and maintained the agents CLI within the elevenlabs/packages repository, focusing on improving user experience, reliability, and maintainability. Over three months, Boris delivered features such as light mode UI, bulk agent management, and environment isolation, while also expanding end-to-end test coverage to reduce regression risk. He used TypeScript, Node.js, and React to refactor the CLI, streamline configuration, and automate release processes. Boris managed the migration to the official ElevenLabs CLI, deprecated legacy tooling, and executed a monorepo cleanup by extracting agents-cli into a separate repository, resulting in a cleaner codebase and smoother onboarding for future development.

Overall Statistics

Feature vs Bugs

83%Features

Repository Contributions

29Total
Bugs
4
Commits
29
Features
19
Lines of code
86,058
Activity Months3

Work History

February 2026

1 Commits • 1 Features

Feb 1, 2026

February 2026: Targeted monorepo cleanup in elevenlabs/packages by removing the agents-cli package and migrating it to a separate repository. This trimmed the main repo, updated docs and CI workflows, and eliminated references in publish validation scripts, delivering a cleaner, more maintainable codebase with lower release risk. No critical bugs were closed this month; the work sets the stage for faster onboarding and safer releases. Technologies demonstrated include monorepo management, cross-repo coordination, and CI/CD workflow hygiene.

November 2025

1 Commits • 1 Features

Nov 1, 2025

Month: 2025-11 — Key features delivered: Migration to Official ElevenLabs CLI in elevenlabs/packages; deprecated agents-cli; bumped version in package.json. Major bugs fixed: None reported this month. Overall impact and accomplishments: Aligns tooling with the official ElevenLabs CLI, reduces fragmentation and maintenance burden, improving developer onboarding and downstream integration. Sets a foundation for future CLI enhancements and smoother user migrations. Technologies/skills demonstrated: deprecation strategy and documentation, version management (semver) and changelog discipline, repository maintenance, and commit traceability.

October 2025

27 Commits • 17 Features

Oct 1, 2025

October 2025 monthly summary for the elevenlabs/packages repository (agents CLI focus). Delivered a comprehensive set of CLI/UI improvements, reliability enhancements, and expanded testing to accelerate customer value. The work emphasized business value through UX improvements, safer defaults, and scalable tooling for bulk operations. Key features delivered: - Light mode support and UI simplification: improved accessibility and a cleaner CLI UI, reducing user friction in daily workflows. - Refactor CLI UI and improved agents init UI: streamlined onboarding and command consistency, lowering the barrier to entry for new users. - Simplified configuration and environment isolation: more predictable behavior across environments and easier configuration management. - Bulk and robust agent management: added delete --all, agents delete + copy improvements, and naming agent configs with agent IDs to avoid duplicates. - Telemetry and observability: added x-source header in agents CLI to measure usage and inform future improvements. - End-to-end testing and coverage: expanded E2E test suites and coverage to ensure CLI workflows remain robust across scenarios. - Quality and stability improvements: CLI command stability fixes across add-test, pull tools, file naming, and headers camelCased; maintained consistent behavior across commands. - Release hygiene: version bump to 0.6.0 and postinstall automation, plus updated gitignore for autogenerated files. - Additional reliability improvements: fix clipboard paste bug, fix agents status UI, and fix pull not saving agents. - Bulk operations and bulk tooling: added pull flags (--update, --all) for selective updates and batch operations. - Delete All Agents command: enables bulk deletion for scalable agent lifecycle management. - Environment isolation support: CLI commands can run in isolated contexts, reducing cross-environment interference. Major bugs fixed: - Clipboard paste bug in agents CLI (cmd+v): resolved to restore smooth copy-paste behavior. - Fix agents status bug and related UI issues: ensured status reflects actual state and UI aligns with data. - Fix pull not saving agents: resolved a scenario where pulled agent data was not persisted. - CLI stability and consistency: addressed a suite of bugs around add-test handling, pull file naming, add-tools naming, and camel-cased headers for consistent CLI output. Overall impact and accomplishments: - Significantly improved user experience, reliability, and observability of the agents CLI. - Expanded automated test coverage, reducing regression risk on future releases. - Enabled safer bulk operations and easier configuration, accelerating onboarding for new teams and reducing manual maintenance. - Strengthened release process with a formal versioned release (0.6.0) and automation hooks. Technologies and skills demonstrated: - TypeScript/Node.js CLI development, UI/UX design for command-line interfaces, and refactoring at scale. - End-to-end testing and test automation practices to validate workflows end-to-end. - Environment isolation techniques and robust configuration handling. - Bulk operation tooling, lockfile simplification, and release automation.

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Quality Metrics

Correctness90.6%
Maintainability87.8%
Architecture85.4%
Performance84.8%
AI Usage20.0%

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

BashJSONJavaScriptMarkdownShellTSXTypeScriptYAML

Technical Skills

API IntegrationBuild AutomationBuild Process ManagementCI/CDCLI DevelopmentCommand Line Interface (CLI)Configuration ManagementEnd-to-End TestingEnvironment ManagementError HandlingFile System OperationsFront End DevelopmentGitHub ActionsInkJavaScript

Repositories Contributed To

1 repo

Overview of all repositories you've contributed to across your timeline

elevenlabs/packages

Oct 2025 Feb 2026
3 Months active

Languages Used

BashJSONJavaScriptShellTSXTypeScriptYAMLMarkdown

Technical Skills

API IntegrationBuild AutomationBuild Process ManagementCI/CDCLI DevelopmentCommand Line Interface (CLI)