Cha - ChatGPT In The Shell & More
About
Cha is an open-source command-line tool that simplifies interactions with AI models from OpenAI. It allows users to efficiently engage with powerful language models directly from their terminal, enhancing development workflows.
Vision
Cha is a simple, lightweight CLI tool that provides access to powerful AI models directly from the terminal. Think of it like Vim versus Emacs: Cha focuses on simplicity and versatility, delivering essential functionality without overwhelming complexity. It’s designed to fit seamlessly into your workflow, helping to reduce the need for developers to leave their terminals, making AI access and general knowledge querying straightforward and efficient.
Features
- CLI Chat Interface: Communicate with OpenAI’s models via commands
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- Interactive & Non-interactive Modes: Interact with models via chat interface, command-line arguments, or file input.
- Multi-line Input Mode: Simplifies complex input directly into the CLI.
- Text-Editor Input Mode: Use your system’s terminal based text editor instead of Python’s
input()
, allowing easier input of complex and long prompts. - Web and YouTube Scraping: Extract YouTube video transcripts, web PDFs, and general web content.
- Image Generation: Generate custom images using OpenAI’s image models.
- Answer Search: Simple implementation of an Answer-Search engine similar to Perplexity AI’s solution
- Estimate Tokens: Option to estimate the token count for a file, string, or piped content.
- Support for Multiple File Types: Supports a variety of file types for input, including PDF, DOCX, XLSX, and common image formats, enabling seamless integration and processing of different kinds of content.
Answer Search Feature
The Answer Search feature is a notable aspect of Cha, designed to enhance information retrieval efficiency by leveraging DuckDuckGo as its primary search engine. By generating targeted search queries, Cha pulls together diverse insights related to the user’s prompt. The retrieved results are then integrated with OpenAI’s most advance LLM model, gpt-4o, to form well-contextualized responses. This method significantly reduces hallucinations, a common issue in AI-generated content, by providing the LLM with rich, factual context. Inspired by solutions like Perplexity AI, the Answer Search feature ensures that users receive accurate information directly from their terminal without needing to manually navigate through numerous sources. This tool validates Cha’s commitment to enhancing developer productivity by seamlessly embedding AI-enhanced insights into everyday workflows.