askllm is a simple CLI interface for asking questions to the OpenAI GPT API from command line. It uses the chat completion API to form responses and feels much faster than the official web interface.
If you need to ask a simple question, especially about something CLI-related, this tool offers a faster and more convenient workflow.
It requires you to have an OpenAI API key, from which you will need a developer subscription with openai.com
Privacy is a sensitive issue when it comes to personal AI requests. That's why this tool is designed as a simple one-page app, that you can easily audit and compile yourself. It does not send any data to any server, except the OpenAI API.
On Mac with homebrew, just run the following:
brew tap procommerz/askllm
brew install askllmFirst cd to the cloned repositoty.
Use one of the file from dist/[your platform]/askllm and link it to /usr/local/bin/askllm:
ln -s ./dist/macos_arch64/askllm /usr/local/bin/askllm...or compile it yourself with
go build -o askllm main.go
ln -s ./askllm /usr/local/bin/askllmRun it once, to create the config file
askllm helloEdit the config file in ~/.askllm and add your OpenAI API key
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Usage: askllm [-s] [-f filename] question. OpenAI API key is must be set in the ~/.askllm file
-s, --system Prepend the question with system info from ~/.askllm
-f, --file Add the file contents to the prompt for analysis
-m, --more Triples the max_tokens value, for longer answers
-h, --help Show this help