chatgpt

CLI application for working with ChatGPT. Interactive or file based session with support for a directory of prompts.

I built this for 2 reasons

To use in vim with !! and stdin/out
To do prompt engineering and save sessions

go install github.com/verdverm/chatgpt@latest

chatgpt -h

Set OPENAI_API_KEY, which you can get here: https://platform.openai.com/account/api-keys

Examples:

Work with ChatGPT in console.

Examples:
  # start an interactive session with gpt-3.5 or gpt-4
  chatgpt -i

  # ask chatgpt for a one-time response
  chatgpt -q "answer me this ChatGPT..."

  # provide context to a question or conversation
  chatgpt context.txt -i
  chatgpt context.txt -q "answer me this ChatGPT..."

  # read prompt from file and --write response back
  chatgpt convo.txt
  chatgpt convo.txt --write

  # pipe content from another program, useful for ! in vim visual mode
  cat convo.txt | chatgpt

	# set the directory for custom prompts, defaults to "prompts"
  chatgpt -P custom-prompts -p my-prompt -i

  # inspect the predifined prompts, which set ChatGPT's mood
  chatgpt -p list
  chatgpt -p view:<name>

  # use a prompts with any of the previous modes
  chatgpt -p optimistic -i
  chatgpt -p cynic -q "Is the world going to be ok?"
  chatgpt -p teacher convo.txt

  # edit mode
  chatgpt -e ...

  # code mode
  chatgpt -c ...

  # model options (https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/completions/create)
  chatgpt -T 4096    # set max tokens in reponse  [0,4096]
  chatgpt -C         # clean whitespace before sending
  chatgpt -E         # echo back the prompt, useful for vim coding
  chatgpt --temp     # set the temperature param  [0.0,2.0]
  chatgpt --topp     # set the TopP param         [0.0,1.0]
  chatgpt --pres     # set the Presence Penalty   [-2.0,2.0]
  chatgpt --freq     # set the Frequency Penalty  [-2.0,2.0]

  # change model selection, available models are listed here:
  # https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/sashabaranov/go-openai#Client.ListModels
  chatgpt -m text-davinci-003  # set the model to text-davinci-003 (the default)
  chatgpt -m text-ada-001      # set the model to text-ada-001

Usage:
  chatgpt [file] [flags]

Flags:
  -x, --clean               remove excess whitespace from prompt before sending
  -C, --count int           set the number of response options to create (default 1)
  -E, --echo                Echo back the prompt, useful for vim coding
  -e, --edit                request an edit with ChatGPT
      --freq float          set the Frequency Penalty parameter
  -h, --help                help for chatgpt
  -i, --interactive         start an interactive session with ChatGPT
  -m, --model string        select the model to use with -q or -e (default "text-davinci-003")
      --pres float          set the Presence Penalty parameter
  -p, --prompt string       prompt to add to ChatGPT input, use 'list' or 'view:<name>' to inspect predefined, '<name>' to use a prompt, or otherwise supply any custom text
  -P, --prompt-dir string   directory containing custom prompts, if not set the embedded defaults are used (default "prompts")
  -q, --question string     ask a single question and print the response back
      --temp float          set the temperature parameter (default 0.7)
  -T, --tokens int          set the MaxTokens to generate per response (default 1024)
      --topp float          set the TopP parameter (default 1)
      --version             print version information
  -w, --write               write response to end of context file

Pretexts:

Set CHATGPT_PROMPT_DIR to set the default for -P/--prompt-dir

$ chatgpt -p list -P ./prompts
coding
cynic
liar
optimistic
sam
teacher
thoughtful

Interactive Commands:

$ chatgpt -i
using chat compatible model: gpt-3.5-turbo 

starting interactive session...
  'quit' to exit
  'save <filename>' to preserve
  'clear' to erase the context
  'context' to see the current context
  'prompt' to set the context to a prompt
  'tokens' to change the MaxToken param
  'count' to change number of responses
  'temp'  set the temperature param  [0.0,2.0]
  'topp'  set the TopP param         [0.0,1.0]
  'pres'  set the Presence Penalty   [-2.0,2.0]
  'freq'  set the Frequency Penalty  [-2.0,2.0]
  'model' to change the selected model

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Prompt Engineering:

Contributions:

Happily accepting interesting prompts, code improvements, or anything else