General

A custom CLI AI assistant made in Node.js with the OpenAI API.

Installation & Usage

1. Create an OpenAI account or sign in.

2. Navigate to the API key page and "Create new secret key".

3. Create an .env file in the root directory:

   cp .env.example .env

4. Add your OpenAI API key to the .env file. Review/change other settings as needed.

5. Install dependencies and run the CLI:

   npm install

   To use the CLI:

   node index.js

6. To install and use the CLI globally:

   npm install -g .
   # or
   sudo npm install -g .

   Then run the tool in your terminal from anywhere with the ask command.
   

Chat History

Chat history is saved to the ./history directory. Each conversation is saved in a separate file. The file name is the date and time the conversation ended.

The last text chat is automatically loaded when the CLI is started. To start a new chat, use the --new or -n flag:

ask -n

To clear the chat history, delete all files in the history directory.

ask -d