A skills set and methodology for coding agents: clarify the task, plan, write tests, then code. The agent works with more discipline.
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A command-line tool and Python library for dozens of models: OpenAI, Claude, Gemini and local ones. Prompts and responses are logged to SQLite, with embeddings, schemas and tools built in.
Who it is for
For terminal lovers who want to call models from shell scripts and pipes.
How to start
- Install:
pip install llm(orbrew install llm,uv tool install llm). - Save a key:
llm keys set openai. - Ask something:
llm "Ten fun names for a pet pelican"or pipe a file:cat myfile.py | llm -s "Explain this code".
Steps are taken from the README. Check the current version in the repository before running them.
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Access large language models from the command-line
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