AIForge

AIForge is a terminal-based autonomous AI agent with an interactive TUI and full CLI — designed for developers who want an AI coding assistant that runs locally, talks to any LLM, and operates directly on their file system.

aiforge tui       # launch full TUI (chat + file browser + status)
aiforge run "create a Flask REST API"   # one-shot task
aiforge           # interactive REPL

Features

• Interactive TUI — 3-panel layout: file browser, chat, live status. Press Ctrl+F to toggle the file panel, Escape to cancel a running task.
• CLI REPL — persistent prompt-toolkit shell with session history, built-in commands (:help, :tools, :sessions, :workspace, …)
• Autonomous agent — plan → execute → observe loop with stop policy, retry logic, and proper JSON memory
• 15 built-in tools — file read/write/edit/create/delete/search, shell.run, git commit/diff/rollback, project.workspace/analyze, network.fetch/scrape/search
• Multi-provider — ZAPI, OpenAI, OpenRouter, Ollama (local), with automatic retry on 5xx errors
• Session history — every task logged; inspect with aiforge sessions show <id>
• Portable workspace — resolves via AIFORGE_WORKSPACE env → config → cwd; no hardcoded paths

Installation

pip install aiforge

Requires Python 3.11+.

Quick Start

1. Configure a provider

aiforge setup          # interactive wizard
# or directly:
aiforge keys set zapi YOUR_API_KEY
aiforge models use zapi qwen-3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507

Supported providers: ZAPI, OpenAI, OpenRouter, Ollama (no key needed).

2. Launch

# Full TUI (recommended)
aiforge tui

# One-shot task
aiforge run "write a Python web scraper for example.com"

# Interactive REPL
aiforge

3. Set your workspace

aiforge workspace set /path/to/your/project
# or
export AIFORGE_WORKSPACE=/path/to/your/project

TUI Keybindings

CLI Commands

aiforge doctor              check environment health
aiforge run <task>          run a one-shot agent task
aiforge tools list          show all available tools
aiforge tool <name> k=v     invoke a tool directly
aiforge sessions            list sessions
aiforge sessions show <id>  inspect a session's task log
aiforge workspace show      print active workspace
aiforge workspace set <p>   persist workspace path
aiforge providers list      show provider status
aiforge providers test      send a test request to verify provider
aiforge models list         list known models per provider
aiforge models use <p> <m>  select active model
aiforge keys set <p> <key>  save provider API key to .env
aiforge config get [key]    read config value
aiforge config set key val  write config value

REPL Commands

In the REPL (plain aiforge) or TUI input, prefix with ::

:help              built-in commands
:tools             list registered tools
:sessions          list sessions
:session <id>      inspect session (prefix match ok)
:workspace         show workspace
:workspace set <p> change workspace
:model             active model
:providers         provider status
:test [name]       test a provider
:clear             clear screen/chat
:quit              exit

Configuration

Config lives at <workspace>/.aiforge/config.json. Use aiforge config set to edit, or directly:

{
  "default_provider": "zapi",
  "providers": {
    "zapi": {
      "enabled": true,
      "model": "qwen-3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507"
    }
  }
}

API keys go in .env:

ZAPI_API_KEY=your_key
OPENAI_API_KEY=your_key
OPENROUTER_API_KEY=your_key

License

MIT