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llm-cli

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llm-cli

A simple command-line tool that uses AI (Claude, OpenAI, or Ollama) to suggest shell commands, generate code snippets, or explain programming concepts based on natural language descriptions.

Features

  • Command suggestions: Get shell commands from natural language descriptions
  • Code gen: Generate code snippets with the --code flag
  • Explanations: Get brief explanations of commands/concepts with the --explain flag
  • Multi-API support: Works with Anthropic Claude, OpenAI GPT models, and local Ollama models

Installation

Install Go, run make install.

Setup

Set one of the following environment variables:

export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your_claude_api_key
export OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_api_key
export OLLAMA_MODEL=your_ollama_model_name

The tool will automatically use whichever key or model is available (Claude takes priority if multiple are set).

Usage

Basic Commands

% llm search for files larger than 100MB
find . -type f -size +100M

% llm decrypt with gpg, unzip, filter for files larger than 10gb, sum the third column
gpg --decrypt archive.gpg | unzip -p - | find . -type f -size +10G -exec awk '{sum += $3} END {print sum}' {} +

Code Generation

% llm -c python to port scan 10.8.1.1/24
import socket
from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor

def scan_port(ip, port):
    try:
        sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
        sock.settimeout(1)
        result = sock.connect_ex((ip, port))
        sock.close()
        if result == 0:
            print(f"{ip}:{port} open")
    except:
        pass

def scan_host(host):
    ip = f"10.8.1.{host}"
    with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=100) as executor:
        for port in range(1, 1025):
            executor.submit(scan_port, ip, port)

with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=50) as executor:
    for i in range(1, 255):
        executor.submit(scan_host, i)

Explanations

% llm --explain what does grep -r do
grep -r performs a recursive search through directories...

% llm -x explain the find command
The find command searches for files and directories...

Options

  • -c, --code: Code generation mode
  • -x, --explain: Explanation mode
  • -h, --help: Show help message
  • -v, --version: Show version

Models Used

  • Claude: claude-sonnet-4-20250514
  • OpenAI: gpt-4o-mini
  • Ollama: Any locally installed model (e.g., llama2, mistral, codellama)

License

MIT

Collected info

  • 6 stars
  • 1 forks
  • Language: Go
  • Source updated: 8/4/2026

Config for your environment

Replace {MCP_ENDPOINT_URL} with this MCP’s endpoint URL (from its repo or docs above). No API key — you connect directly.

Tool

OS

Config file: ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server": {
      "url": "{MCP_ENDPOINT_URL}"
    }
  }
}

Paste into mcpServers in the config file. Restart Cursor after saving.

If this MCP is also published on mcpchannel.ai, you can subscribe from Browse and use the gateway config there instead.