I built a simple CLI helper integrating with GPT-3
Hi all! I don’t think CHATGPT has gone unnoticed by anyone here on Hackernews. I’ve myself played around a bit with it, but felt it was annoying to always have to log into their GUI to ask the questions. To scratch my own itch and at the same time learn more about how to write my own command line interface, I created 'askai'. 'askai' is a simple CLI integration with OpenAI’s GPT3 models. I’ve primarily used it to get quick answers to technical questions, like: > askai "How to mock user input when writing a Python pytest test?" > askai "How do I remove a conda environment?" As I've found it…
I built a simple CLI helper integrating with GPT-3 launched on December 27, 2022 with 25 votes, #1,093 of 3,688 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.
In plain words
askai is a command-line tool that lets users query OpenAI's GPT-3 models directly from the terminal without accessing a web interface. Designed for developers and technical users seeking quick answers to programming questions, it allows users to type queries and receive responses in their terminal. The tool is configurable for different models and parameters, installable via PyPI, and available on GitHub.
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From the sources
Your simple terminal helper - A CLI integration with OpenAI's GPT3 - maxvfischer/askai
In the maker’s words, at launch
Hi all! I don’t think CHATGPT has gone unnoticed by anyone here on Hackernews. I’ve myself played around a bit with it, but felt it was annoying to always have to log into their GUI to ask the questions. To scratch my own itch and at the same time learn more about how to write my own command line interface, I created…
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