LLMs at the Command Line on MikesBlog https://oshea00.github.io/series/llms-at-the-command-line/ Recent content in LLMs at the Command Line on MikesBlog MikesBlog https://oshea00.github.io/images/site-card.png https://oshea00.github.io/images/site-card.png Hugo -- 0.169.0 en-us Sat, 18 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 LLMs At The Command Line - Part 1 https://oshea00.github.io/posts/aichat-part1/ Sat, 18 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://oshea00.github.io/posts/aichat-part1/ Using the AiChat CLI for LLM chat and out-of-the-box RAG, straight from the terminal.

If you are a command-line fan and want to experiment with large language models (LLM), you will love AiChat.

There are many popular graphical front ends for working with LLMs, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, and Anthropic’s Claude, but get ready for this little powerhouse for CLI lovers as it has many advanced and useful features.

One such feature is an easy-to-use, out-of-the-box RAG feature (Retrieval Augmented Generation) useful for searching existing content. I’ve put together a small demo here that shows how easy it can be to use in a pinch. There are many use cases where such an approach is just the right size.

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Thanks for watching! Next on this topic I’ll cover how to setup LLMs running locally and connecting to them in addition to other providers seamlessly using aichat to do function calling, command line AI assistance, and much more.

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