AI-shell

This project solves thefollowing problem:

I love command line! Command line doesn't love me back. It is a difficult relationship.

It uses OpenAI™ to turn user intention into the appropriate command, making it easier to interact with Bash or other shells.

Installation

1. Clone this project git clone git@github.com:jkatnik/ai-shell.git
2. Register at https://beta.openai.com/signup and create secret key. Note it down.
3. On Ubuntu-based distributions, for extra features, install xdotool

   apt install xdotool
   

4. run installation script

   ./install.sh
   

5. Reload shell

   source ~/.bashrc
   

6. have fun

   ai list files in my home folder 
   

Usage

Basic usage:

$ ai list all text files in home dir

Reset conversation context and use new one

$ ai -n

Ask OpenAI a question

ai -q Who was the best soccer player ever?

If OpenAI™ fails, you can send the last question to google

$ ai -g

Materials

• Build an interactive CLI with Node.js by Hugo Dias
• Build an interactive CLI application with Node.js by Chatthana Janethanakarn

Reference

• OpenAI JS client
• why to use npx link instead of npm link

Development

Use Node 16 or higher.

nvm use v16

Backlog

• configStore should check if newly entered API key is valid
• documentation
• prepare a blog post
• configure license
• provide OS and shell version in the prompt context
• -i information (version, file locations, node version, authors, etc)

Ideas to consider

Different way of passing command

Maybe we can use standard stdin command forward

Example:

Open terminal 1

$ echo $$
296

Open terminal 2

$ echo -n 'ls -la' >> /proc/296/fd/0

Then in the terminal 1 you will see command ls -la