AI CLI

ai-cli is a command-line interface (CLI) tool that lets you go from zero to AI-powered in seconds in a safe, automated, and tailored way.

✨ Features | 🚀 Getting Started | 🎥 Demos

✨ Features

• Policies: set rules for AI interactions and tool usage
• Discovery: find and use inference providers and tools automatically
• Configure AI-powered editors*: help configure standard AI-powered editors with discovered tools
• Setup environment: setup environemnt with necessary credentials, etc
• Extensible: add plugins to extend functionality
• Multi-model support: support for different LLM inference providers (Google Gemini, LMStudio, Ollama, Ramalama)

🚀 Getting Started

The quickest way to get started is by exposing an API key from Google Gemini (export GEMINI_API_KEY=$YOUR_KEY) or by pulling one of the supported Ollama models.

Node environment available (npm)

If you have Node.js installed, you can run the CLI directly by using npx:

# Show the available commands
npx npm-ai-cli@latest help
# Start a TUI-based chat session
npx npm-ai-cli@latest chat
# Discover available tools and providers
npx npm-ai-cli@latest discover

Python environment available (pip)

If you have Python installed, you can run the CLI directly by using uvx:

# Show the available commands
uvx python-ai-cli@latest help
# Start a TUI-based chat session
uvx python-ai-cli@latest chat
# Discover available tools and providers
uvx python-ai-cli@latest discover

Go (Golang) environment available

If you have Go installed, you can install the CLI by running:

go install github.com/manusa/ai-cli/cmd/ai-cli@latest

After installation, make sure your $GOPATH/bin is in your system's PATH to run the ai-cli command directly from your terminal.

# Show the available commands
ai-cli help
# Start a TUI-based chat session
ai-cli chat
# Discover available tools and providers
ai-cli discover

Manual installation

You can also install the CLI manually by downloading a binary compatible with your OS from the latest release.

Note

For macOS users: you might need to run xattr -rc /path/to/ai-cli to remove the quarantine attribute. We're still not signing the binaries, but it's on our roadmap.

🎥 Demos

Chat TUI

Discovery

Cursor MCP servers configuration

Setup