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You are right. I will replace the video. Actually the last time I record it wasn't this bad. And the script was kept and I didn't make much change when recording it again. Here's the first video I recorded for an earlier version: https://github.com/simonmysun/ell/blob/d4fc5468157fa6adc8f9f... Unfortunately, LLMs are not stable. For reference, here's the link to the video with mistake: https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1355ad08-6fbf-4c0... https://github.com/simonmysun/ell/blob/553d38f60ad104893b2a3...

Looks great! I work on a number of different machines, so having something lightweight(like written in shell) is always desired. Out of curiosity, can someone explain to me why certain commands start with a colon? Like : "${ELL_LOG_LEVEL:=2}";[1] I thought it was useful only as a no-op? [1]: https://github.com/simonmysun/ell/blob/main/ell.sh#L19C1-L19...

Hi HN! I've created a CLI tool called "ell" that allows you to interact with LLMs directly from your terminal. Designed with the Unix philosophy in mind, ell is simple, modular, and extensible. You can easily pipe input and output to integrate with other tools. Its templates and hook-based plugins enable you to customize and extend its functionality to suit any needs. Check out the README for usage instructions and examples. I developed this tool because existing solutions often felt too heavy, with many dependencies, or they weren't friendly to piping and customization. I, on the contrary, wrote in almost pure Bash with least dependencies. Additionally, I found a lack of tools that could read past terminal output as context. Imagine encountering an issue in your terminal and being able to directly ask an LLM for help with a simple comman

I just wrote a command line interface of LLMs in (almost) pure Bash[1]. I endorse the future of LLMs because of the points in this article. People talk to LLMs the same way we talk to CLI shells, and everything is plain text based (It's Unix philosophy! ). I should've read this earlier to get more ideas before writing the CLI client. [1]: https://github.com/simonmysun/ell