bielik 0.2.7

Bielik — Local-first AI assistant with HuggingFace and SpeakLeash models

🦅 Bielik

Bielik is a groundbreaking Polish language model created by Speakleash - a foundation dedicated to the development of Polish artificial intelligence.

🇵🇱 Bielik is available on huggingface.

Now you can test it directly in the shell, using several features that allow you to build a multi-agent environment in your company 🚀

• 🎯 HuggingFace Integration - Direct model downloads from HF Hub
• 💬 Polish Language Optimized - Built for Polish conversation and analysis
• 🖼️ Vision Capabilities - Image analysis and visual question answering
• 📁 Document Processing - PDF, DOCX, web content analysis
• 🐳 Docker Ready - Containerized testing environments
• ⚡ Lightweight - Minimal (~50MB) or Full (~2GB) installation options

Author: Tom Sapletta
License: Apache-2.0

📋 Navigation Menu

• 🏗️ Architecture
• ⚡ Quick Start
• 🛠️ Installation
• 🎯 Context Provider Commands
• 💬 Usage Examples
• 🐳 Docker Testing Framework
• 📚 Documentation
• 🤝 Contributing

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🏗️ Architecture

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                       🦅 BIELIK SYSTEM                          │
├─────────────────────┬───────────────────────┬───────────────────┤
│   🖥️  CLI Shell     │  🌐 FastAPI Server   │  🐳 Docker Tests   │
│  ┌─────────────────┐│ ┌───────────────────┐ │ ┌───────────────┐ │
│  │ • Interactive   ││ │ • REST /chat      │ │ │ • Minimal     │ │
│  │ • Personalized  ││ │ • WebSocket /ws   │ │ │ • Full        │ │
│  │ • Multi-modal   ││ │ • Port 8000       │ │ │ • CI/CD       │ │
│  └─────────────────┘│ └───────────────────┘ │ └───────────────┘ │
└─────────────────────┴───────────────────────┴───────────────────┘
            │                       │                       │
            ▼                       ▼                       ▼
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                🤗 HUGGINGFACE INTEGRATION                     │
│  ┌──────────────────────┐    ┌─────────────────────────────┐  │
│  │   Direct Downloads   │◄──►│     Local Model Execution   │  │
│  │ ┌─ HF Hub API        │    │ ┌─ Transformers Pipeline    │  │
│  │ └─ Model Management  │    │ └─ Vision Models (optional) │  │
│  └──────────────────────┘    └─────────────────────────────┘  │
└─────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────┘
                      ▼
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                 📚 POLISH LANGUAGE MODELS                     │
│  ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐  │
│  │ 🤖 Speakleash/Bielik Models (HuggingFace Hub)           │  │
│  │ 🔗 Direct: HuggingFace → Local Storage → Execution      │  │
│  │ 🎯 Polish-optimized conversation and analysis           │  │
│  └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘  │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

🤖 About Bielik Model

Bielik is a groundbreaking Polish language model created by Speakleash - a foundation dedicated to the development of Polish artificial intelligence.

🔗 External Dependencies & Links:

• HuggingFace Hub - Primary source for Polish language models
• Bielik Models on HuggingFace - Official model repository
• Speakleash Foundation - Creators of the Bielik models
• Polish AI Initiative - Government support for Polish AI

🚀 How it Works:

1. Bielik CLI connects directly to HuggingFace Hub
2. Models are downloaded from Speakleash organization on HuggingFace
3. Local execution uses Transformers library (optional for vision)
4. Chat interface (CLI/Web) → Local Models → Polish responses
5. Modular design supports text-only or full vision capabilities

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📌 Features

• 🎯 HuggingFace Integration — Direct model downloads and management
  • 🔍 Model Discovery — Browse available Polish language models
  • 📦 Smart Downloads — Automatic model caching and versioning
  • 🚀 Auto-Switch — Automatically switches to newly downloaded models
  • 🛠️ Interactive — User-friendly model selection on first startup
• 🖥️ Enhanced CLI python -m bielik — Personalized chat experience
  • 📋 Commands — :help, :models, :download, :delete, :switch, :settings, :name
  • ⚙️ Personalization — Custom user names, dynamic assistant names
  • 🤗 HF Management — Direct HuggingFace model operations
  • 📁 Content Analysis — Folder scanning, document processing
  • 🌍 Cross-platform — Windows, macOS, Linux support
• 🖼️ Vision Capabilities (Full version only)
  • 🔍 Image Analysis — Automatic image captioning in Polish
  • ❓ Visual QA — Ask questions about images
  • 🎨 Multi-modal — Combined text and image understanding
  • ⚡ GPU Support — Hardware acceleration for faster processing
• 🐍 Python API — Programmatic access via BielikClient class
  • 💬 Chat methods — chat(), query(), conversation management
  • 🔧 Model control — Download, switch, and manage models
  • 🤗 HF Models — Full HuggingFace integration
  • 📤 Export — Conversation history in multiple formats
• 🌐 Web Server (FastAPI on port 8000):
  • 📡 REST — POST /chat endpoint for JSON communication
  • ⚡ WebSocket — WS /ws for real-time chat
  • 🖼️ Multi-modal — Support for text and image inputs
• 🐳 Docker Support — Complete containerized testing
  • 📦 Minimal Version — Lightweight text-only container (~50MB)
  • 🎯 Full Version — Complete vision-enabled container (~2GB)
  • 🔧 CI/CD — Automated testing environments

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⚡ Performance Optimized Installation

Bielik now features lazy loading and optimized startup for faster performance. We recommend using Conda for the most reliable installation experience.

🚀 Installation Guide

🐍 Conda Installation (Recommended)

Prerequisites

• Install Miniconda or Anaconda
• For GPU support: Install appropriate NVIDIA drivers and CUDA toolkit

1. Create and Activate Environment

# Create a new conda environment
conda create -n bielik python=3.11 -y
conda activate bielik

2. Install System Dependencies

conda install -c conda-forge -y \
    cmake \
    make \
    gcc_linux-64 \
    gxx_linux-64 \
    libgcc \
    libstdcxx-ng

3. Install PyTorch (CPU or GPU)

For CPU-only:

conda install -c pytorch -y \
    pytorch \
    torchvision \
    torchaudio \
    cpuonly

For NVIDIA GPU (CUDA 11.8):

conda install -c pytorch -y \
    pytorch \
    torchvision \
    torchaudio \
    pytorch-cuda=11.8 \
    -c nvidia

4. Install Bielik and Dependencies

# Install Hugging Face libraries
conda install -c huggingface -y \
    transformers \
    accelerate \
    sentencepiece \
    huggingface-hub \
    bitsandbytes

# Install llama-cpp-python via conda (recommended - avoids C++ compilation issues)
conda install -c conda-forge llama-cpp-python

# Install Bielik in development mode
git clone https://github.com/tom-sapletta-com/bielik.git
cd bielik
conda develop .

5. Verify Installation

python scripts/verify_installation.py

⚡ Optimizing Model Loading

Bielik now includes optimized model loading with a 10-second timeout and debug mode:

# Start Bielik with debug mode (shows detailed loading information)
BIELIK_DEBUG=1 bielik

# Set a custom timeout (in seconds)
BIELIK_LOAD_TIMEOUT=15 bielik

If a model takes longer than the timeout to load, the debugger will automatically activate and show detailed logs to help diagnose the issue.

🖥️ Platform-Specific Notes

Windows

# Use Anaconda Prompt with Administrator privileges
# Install Visual Studio Build Tools with C++ workload

macOS (Intel/Apple Silicon)

# For Apple Silicon with Metal acceleration:
conda install -c conda-forge llama-cpp-python

# Or use pip with Metal flags (if conda not available):
# CMAKE_ARGS="-DLLAMA_METAL=on" FORCE_CMAKE=1 \
# pip install llama-cpp-python --no-cache-dir

Linux

# Install system dependencies
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y \
    build-essential \
    libssl-dev \
    zlib1g-dev \
    libbz2-dev \
    libreadline-dev \
    libsqlite3-dev \
    wget \
    llvm \
    libncurses5-dev \
    libncursesw5-dev \
    xz-utils \
    tk-dev \
    libffi-dev \
    liblzma-dev \
    python-openssl \
    git

🛠️ Troubleshooting

Model Loading Issues

If models are loading slowly or timing out:

1. Check your internet connection
2. Verify you have enough disk space (~10GB free recommended)
3. Enable debug mode: BIELIK_DEBUG=1 bielik
4. Try clearing the model cache: rm -rf ~/.cache/huggingface/hub

GPU Acceleration

To enable GPU acceleration, ensure you have:

1. Latest NVIDIA drivers installed
2. CUDA toolkit matching your PyTorch version
3. Properly configured LD_LIBRARY_PATH

Common Errors

• CUDA out of memory: Reduce batch size or use a smaller model
• Missing libraries: Install required system dependencies
• Permission errors: Run with appropriate permissions or use --user flag

🛠 Manual Installation

# 1. Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/tom-sapletta-com/bielik.git
cd bielik

# 2. Run universal installer
python install.py

🔧 Troubleshooting

Common Issues

1. Conda Environment Issues

Problem: Conda command not found
Solution:

# Add Conda to PATH
export PATH="$HOME/miniconda3/bin:$PATH"
# Initialize Conda for your shell
eval "$(conda shell.bash hook)"

2. CUDA/GPU Support

Problem: CUDA not detected
Solution: Install CUDA toolkit and configure Conda:

conda install -c nvidia cuda-toolkit
conda install -c conda-forge cudatoolkit-dev

3. Slow Model Loading

Problem: First load is slow
Solution: This is normal for the first load. Subsequent loads will be faster thanks to lazy loading.

4. Missing Dependencies

Problem: Missing system libraries
Solution: Install required system packages:

# Ubuntu/Debian
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y \
    build-essential \
    cmake \
    libopenblas-dev \
    liblapack-dev \
    libjpeg-dev

# CentOS/RHEL
sudo yum groupinstall -y "Development Tools"
sudo yum install -y cmake openblas-devel lapack-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel

Verifying Your Installation

Run the verification script to check for common issues:

python scripts/verify_installation.py

Getting Help

If you encounter any issues, please:

1. Check the GitHub Issues for known problems
2. Run the verification script and include its output when reporting issues
3. Provide details about your system and the exact error message

🚀 Performance Tips

1. First Run: The first run will be slower as models are loaded and cached
2. Subsequent Runs: Enjoy faster startup times thanks to lazy loading
3. Memory Usage: Close other memory-intensive applications when running Bielik
4. GPU Acceleration: For best performance, use a system with CUDA-compatible GPU

🪟 Windows Users

REM Double-click install.bat or run:
install.bat

REM Launch Bielik:
run.bat

🐧 Linux/macOS Users

# Run installer:
./install.sh

# Launch Bielik:
./run.sh

⚙️ Installation Options

# Basic installation (recommended)
python install.py

# Skip AI models (fastest installation)
python install.py --skip-ai

# Use conda/mamba instead of pip
python install.py --conda

# Development installation
python install.py --dev

# Show all options
python install.py --help

🎯 What the Universal Installer Does:

• ✅ Auto-detects your operating system and Python version
• ✅ Creates isolated virtual environment
• ✅ Installs all dependencies with smart fallback strategies
• ✅ Attempts multiple llama-cpp-python installation methods
• ✅ Creates platform-specific launcher scripts
• ✅ Works even if AI models fail to install (Context Provider Commands still work)
• ✅ Provides clear next steps and troubleshooting

🚀 After Installation

# Universal launcher (any platform)
python run.py

# Platform-specific launchers
./run.sh        # Linux/macOS
run.bat         # Windows

# Or direct activation
.venv/bin/python -m bielik.cli.main     # Linux/macOS
.venv\Scripts\python -m bielik.cli.main # Windows

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📦 Alternative: PyPI Installation

For users who prefer traditional pip installation:

🪶 Minimal Version (Text-only)

# Install minimal version (text-only)
pip install bielik

# Start CLI and download your first model
python -m bielik

What's included:

• ✅ Polish conversation and text analysis
• ✅ HuggingFace model downloads and management
• ✅ Document processing (PDF, DOCX, TXT)
• ✅ Web content analysis
• ✅ Context Provider Commands (folder:, calc:, pdf:)
• ✅ Personalized CLI experience
• ❌ Local AI models (requires manual llama-cpp-python installation)

🎯 Full Version (With vision)

# Install full version (text + vision)
pip install bielik[vision]

# Start CLI with image analysis support
python -m bielik

What's included:

• ✅ Everything from minimal version
• ✅ Image analysis and captioning
• ✅ Visual question answering
• ✅ GPU acceleration support
• ✅ Multi-modal document processing

🔄 Upgrade Options

# Upgrade minimal → full
pip install bielik[vision]

# Or install specific optional features
pip install bielik[local]    # Local model execution
pip install bielik[gpu]      # GPU acceleration
pip install bielik[dev]      # Development tools
pip install bielik[vision]   # Vision capabilities

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🚀 Quick Start Guide

🎯 Instant Start (No setup required!)

Bielik now works without any external dependencies. Just install and start chatting:

# Install minimal version
pip install bielik

# Start CLI and choose your first model
python -m bielik

What happens on first run:

• 🔍 Model Selection — Choose from available Polish models
• 📥 Auto Download — Selected model downloads from HuggingFace
• 🔄 Auto Switch — Automatically switches to the new model
• 💬 Ready to Chat — Start conversing in Polish immediately!

📱 Choose Your Experience

🪶 Minimal Setup (Recommended)

Perfect for text conversations and document analysis:

# 1. Install
pip install bielik

# 2. Start and download your first model
python -m bielik
:download speakleash/bielik-4.5b-v3.0-instruct

# 3. Start chatting in Polish!
Cześć! Jak mogę Ci pomóc?

🎯 Full Setup (For image analysis)

Includes vision capabilities for image analysis:

# 1. Install with vision support
pip install bielik[vision]

# 2. Start and download models
python -m bielik
:download speakleash/bielik-4.5b-v3.0-instruct

# 3. Analyze images
Przeanalizuj to zdjęcie: image.jpg

🐳 Docker Setup (For testing)

Use Docker for isolated testing environments:

# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/tom-sapletta-com/bielik.git
cd bielik

# Test minimal version
docker-compose --profile minimal up bielik-minimal

# Test full version  
docker-compose --profile full up bielik-full

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🎯 Context Provider Commands

Bielik CLI features a standardized Context Provider Command system that allows you to generate structured data for AI analysis. All external commands use the format name: (with colon after the command name).

📋 Available Commands

Command	Format	Description	Example
📁 Folder Analysis	folder: <path>	Directory scanning and file analysis	folder: ~/Documents
🧮 Calculator	calc: <expression>	Mathematical calculations and evaluations	calc: 2 + 3 * 4
📄 Document Reader	pdf: <file>	Text extraction from PDF, DOCX, TXT files	pdf: report.pdf

💡 How Context Provider Commands Work

1. Generate Context: Commands analyze input and create structured data
2. AI Integration: Data is formatted for AI consumption and analysis
3. Independent Operation: Commands work without AI models installed
4. Project Integration: Artifacts are automatically saved to your active project
5. Standardized Format: All external commands use name: format for consistency

🚀 Usage Examples

# Directory Analysis
bielik -p "folder: ."
bielik -p "folder: ~/Documents --recursive"

# Mathematical Calculations
bielik -p "calc: 2 + 3 * 4"
bielik -p "calc: sqrt(16) + sin(pi/2)"
bielik -p "calc: factorial(5)"

# Document Processing
bielik -p "pdf: document.pdf"
bielik -p "pdf: report.docx --metadata"
bielik -p "pdf: file.pdf --pages=1-5"

⚡ Interactive Usage

In interactive mode, Context Provider Commands load data for AI analysis:

python -m bielik

# Load directory context
> folder: ~/projects

✅ Context loaded! You can now ask questions about the provided data.

# Ask AI about the loaded context
> What files are in this directory?
> Which file is the largest?
> Are there any Python files?

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🚀 Project Management System

Bielik features a comprehensive session-based project management system that organizes your analysis artifacts into beautiful, shareable HTML projects.

🎯 Key Features

• 🗂️ Multi-Project Sessions - Work on multiple projects simultaneously
• 📄 HTML Artifact Generation - Beautiful, interactive project representations
• 🔄 Automatic Artifact Collection - Context Provider Commands auto-save to active project
• 🌐 Browser-Friendly Viewing - Projects open in your default browser
• 📊 Rich Metadata - Embedded project information and artifact tracking
• ✅ Validation System - Comprehensive integrity checking

📁 Project Management Commands

Command	Description	Example
:project create <name>	Create new project	:project create "Data Analysis"
:project create <name> <desc> --tags <tags>	Create with metadata	:project create "ML Project" "Machine learning analysis" --tags ml,data
:project switch <id|name>	Switch to project	:project switch data-analysis
:project list	List all projects	:project list
:project info [id]	Show project details	:project info
:project open [id]	Open in browser	:project open
:project validate [id]	Validate project	:project validate

🎨 Project Workflow

# 1. Create a new project
python -m bielik
> :project create "Website Analysis" "Analyzing project structure"

✅ Project Created Successfully
🎯 Project is now active. Use Context Provider Commands to add artifacts.

# 2. Add artifacts using Context Provider Commands
> folder: ~/my-website
🎯 Artifact Added to Project: Website Analysis

> calc: file_count * average_size / 1024
🎯 Artifact Added to Project: Website Analysis

> pdf: documentation.pdf  
🎯 Artifact Added to Project: Website Analysis

# 3. View your project
> :project open
🌐 Project Opened in Browser

# 4. Switch between projects
> :project list
📋 Bielik Projects (Current Session)

🎯 **ACTIVE** Website Analysis
   🆔 ID: abc123ef...
   📊 Artifacts: 3
   📅 Created: 2024-12-20 14:30

📁 Data Analysis
   🆔 ID: def456gh...
   📊 Artifacts: 5  
   📅 Created: 2024-12-20 12:15

> :project switch def456gh
✅ Switched to Project: Data Analysis

🏗️ HTML Project Structure

Each project generates a beautiful HTML file with:

• 📊 Interactive Dashboard - Project overview with metadata
• 🎨 Beautiful Design - Modern, responsive interface
• 📑 Artifact Viewer - Organized display of all artifacts
• 🔍 Rich Metadata - Embedded in HTML attributes for programmatic access
• 🌍 Offline Capability - Works without internet connection

Example Project Structure:

./bielik_projects/
├── abc123ef-ghij-klmn-opqr-stuvwxyz0123/
│   ├── index.html          # Interactive project page
│   └── metadata.json       # Project metadata
└── def456gh-ijkl-mnop-qrst-uvwxyz012345/
    ├── index.html
    └── metadata.json

🔍 Validation System

Bielik includes comprehensive validators for:

• 🏠 HTML Artifacts - Structure, metadata, and compliance checking
• ⚙️ Environment Files - .env configuration validation
• 📜 Command Scripts - Code quality and compliance verification

# Validate current project
> :project validate
🔍 Project Validation Results
📊 Status: ✅ VALID (0 errors, 0 warnings)

# Validate specific project
> :project validate abc123ef

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💻 Usage

🖥️ CLI Commands & Options

Starting Bielik

# Basic usage
python -m bielik                         # Start interactive chat
bielik                                   # Alternative (if in PATH)

# Advanced options  
python -m bielik --help                  # Show all options

Interactive Commands (inside chat session)

📋 Model Management:

:models                    # List available HuggingFace models
:download <model-name>     # Download model from HuggingFace
:switch <model-name>       # Switch to downloaded model
:delete <model-name>       # Delete model from local storage

⚙️ Personalization:

:name <your-name>          # Set your display name
:settings                  # Show current configuration

🛠️ Utilities:

:help                      # Show all commands
:clear                     # Clear conversation history
:exit                      # Quit (or Ctrl+C)

Usage Examples

First Time Setup:

$ python -m bielik
# Choose from recommended models:
# 1. speakleash/bielik-4.5b-v3.0-instruct (Recommended)
# 2. speakleash/bielik-7b-instruct-v0.1
# Enter choice: 1

🔄 Downloading speakleash/bielik-4.5b-v3.0-instruct...
✅ Model ready! Switching to bielik-4.5b-v3.0-instruct

👤 You: Cześć! Jak się masz?
🤖 bielik-4.5b: Cześć! Mam się dobrze, dziękuję...

Everyday Usage:

👤 You: :name Jan
✅ Display name set to: Jan

👤 Jan: Przeanalizuj folder ~/dokumenty
🤖 bielik-4.5b: [Analyzes folder structure and contents]

👤 Jan: Opisz to zdjęcie: vacation.jpg  # (Full version only)
🤖 bielik-4.5b: [Describes image in Polish]

🐍 Python API

Use Bielik programmatically in your Python applications:

from bielik.client import BielikClient

# Create client (auto-downloads model if needed)
client = BielikClient()

# Send a Polish message
response = client.chat("Napisz krótki wiersz o Polsce")
print(response)

# Get model status
status = client.get_status()
print(f"Current model: {status['current_model']}")
print(f"Models available: {status['models_available']}")

# Export conversation
history = client.export_conversation(format="markdown")

Quick functions:

from bielik.client import quick_chat

# One-off Polish query
response = quick_chat("Co to jest sztuczna inteligencja?")
print(response)

BielikClient Options:

• model: Specific HuggingFace model to use
• auto_download: Auto-download model if missing (default: True)

🌐 Web Server

# Start web server
uvicorn bielik.server:app --port 8000

# Or with Docker
docker-compose --profile minimal up bielik-minimal

Endpoints:

• POST /chat - JSON chat endpoint
• WS /ws - WebSocket real-time chat
• GET /models - List available models

Example request:

{"messages": [{"role":"user","content":"Cześć! Jak się masz?"}]}

🐳 Docker Usage

Quick Testing:

# Test minimal version
docker run -it bielik:minimal

# Test full version with GPU
docker run --gpus all -it bielik:full

With persistent storage:

# Minimal with model persistence
docker run -it -v $(pwd)/models:/app/models bielik:minimal

# Full with models and images
docker run -it \
  -v $(pwd)/models:/app/models \
  -v $(pwd)/images:/app/images \
  bielik:full

Development setup:

# Clone and test
git clone https://github.com/tom-sapletta-com/bielik.git
cd bielik

# Run automated tests
docker-compose --profile test up test-runner

# Interactive development
docker-compose --profile minimal run --rm bielik-minimal bash

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🔧 Environment Variables

Core Settings:

• BIELIK_CLI_USERNAME — Your display name in CLI (auto-detected from system)
• BIELIK_CLI_CURRENT_MODEL — Currently selected model
• BIELIK_CLI_ASSISTANT_NAME — Assistant display name (auto-set from model)
• BIELIK_CLI_AUTO_SWITCH — Auto-switch to newly downloaded models (default: true)

Storage & Cache:

• BIELIK_MODELS_DIR — Local model storage directory
• BIELIK_DATA_DIR — User data and settings directory
• HF_HOME — HuggingFace cache directory

Docker Environment:

• BIELIK_MODE — minimal or full (Docker only)
• BIELIK_IMAGES_DIR — Images directory for analysis (full version)

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🛠️ Troubleshooting

Installation Issues

Problem: Minimal version works but vision features don't

# Upgrade to full version
pip install bielik[vision]

# Verify vision packages
python -c "import PIL, transformers; print('Vision packages OK')"

Problem: Model download fails or times out

# Check HuggingFace connectivity
python -c "from huggingface_hub import HfApi; print('HF connection OK')"

# Check available disk space (models are 2-8GB)
df -h

# Manual download with timeout
:download speakleash/bielik-4.5b-v3.0-instruct

Problem: "No models available" on first startup

# Download a model manually
python -m bielik
:models
:download speakleash/bielik-4.5b-v3.0-instruct

Runtime Issues

Problem: Model responses are slow or use too much memory

# Use smaller model
:switch speakleash/bielik-4.5b-v3.0-instruct  # instead of 7b

# Check system resources
htop      # Linux/macOS
taskmgr   # Windows

# Enable GPU acceleration (full version)
pip install bielik[gpu]

Problem: Image analysis not working

# Check if vision packages installed
python -c "from bielik.image_analyzer import ImageAnalyzer; ia = ImageAnalyzer(); print(f'Available: {ia.is_available()}')"

# Install vision support
pip install bielik[vision]

Problem: CLI settings not persisting

# Check .env file creation
ls -la ~/.bielik/ || ls -la ./

# Reset settings
:name YourName
:settings

Docker Issues

Problem: Docker containers fail to start

# Build images manually
docker build -f docker/Dockerfile.minimal -t bielik:minimal .
docker build -f docker/Dockerfile.full -t bielik:full .

# Check container logs
docker logs bielik-minimal

Problem: Models not persisting between Docker runs

# Use volume mounts
docker run -v $(pwd)/models:/app/models bielik:minimal

# Or use Docker Compose
docker-compose --profile minimal up

Getting Help

• GitHub Issues: Report bugs and feature requests
• Command Help: python -m bielik --help or :help in CLI
• Test Environment: Use Docker for isolated testing
• Check Status: Use :settings command for current configuration

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🛠️ Creating Custom Context Provider Commands

Bielik CLI supports extensible Context Provider Commands that allow you to create custom name: commands that generate structured context data for AI analysis.

📋 Quick Setup Guide

1. Create command directory:

mkdir -p commands/mycommand
cd commands/mycommand

2. Create your command files:

• main.py - Your command implementation
• config.json - Command configuration and metadata

🐍 Python Code Examples

Basic Context Provider Command Template

📄 Configuration File (config.json)

{
  "name": "mycommand",
  "description": "Custom context provider for specialized analysis",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "author": "Your Name",
  "category": "analysis",
  "usage_examples": [
    {
      "command": "mycommand: sample input text",
      "description": "Analyzes the provided text input"
    },
    {
      "command": "mycommand: /path/to/file",
      "description": "Analyzes content from a file path"
    }
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "python>=3.8"
  ],
  "optional_dependencies": [
    "numpy",
    "requests"
  ],
  "tags": ["analysis", "custom", "text"]
}

🚀 Using Your Custom Command

After creating your command, restart Bielik CLI to load it:

# Restart Bielik CLI
./run.py

# Your command will now be available:
mycommand: analyze this text

# Check if it's loaded:
:help

🔍 Context Provider Command Features

Built-in capabilities:

• ✅ Automatic loading from commands/ directory
• ✅ Error handling and validation
• ✅ Help generation from docstrings and config
• ✅ Context integration with AI prompts
• ✅ Argument parsing from name: args format
• ✅ Multiple command support in single session

What makes a good Context Provider:

• 📊 Structured output - Return organized, meaningful data
• 🎯 Specific purpose - Focus on one type of analysis
• ⚡ Fast execution - Avoid long-running operations
• 📝 Clear documentation - Good descriptions and examples
• 🛡️ Error handling - Graceful failure with helpful messages

🌟 Real-world Examples

Available Context Providers:

folder: .              # Analyze directory structure and files
calc: 2+3*4           # Mathematical calculations  
pdf: document.pdf     # PDF document analysis
git: /path/to/repo    # Git repository information (example above)

Example workflow:

👤 You: folder: ~/projects
✅ Context loaded! Directory analysis complete.

👤 You: What are the largest Python files in this project?
🤖 AI: [Uses folder context to identify and analyze Python files]

👤 You: git: .
✅ Context loaded! Git repository analysis complete.

👤 You: Summarize recent commits and current status
🤖 AI: [Uses git context to provide commit summaries and status]

---

📝 Development

git clone https://github.com/tom-sapletta-com/bielik.git
cd bielik
python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -e .
pip install -e .[local]
pip install -e .[dev]
pip install -e .[gpu]
pip install -e .[vision]

🐳 Docker Testing Framework

Bielik CLI includes a comprehensive Docker testing framework for multiplatform installation verification across all major Linux distributions.

Available Docker Tests

# Complete multiplatform test suite (all distributions)
make docker-test

# Individual distribution tests
make docker-test-ubuntu    # Ubuntu 22.04
make docker-test-debian    # Debian 12
make docker-test-alpine    # Alpine Linux 3.19
make docker-test-centos    # CentOS Stream 9
make docker-test-arch      # Arch Linux
make docker-test-oneliner  # One-liner installation simulation

# Docker management
make docker-build          # Build all test images
make docker-clean          # Clean Docker artifacts

# Complete test suite (Python + Docker)
make test-all              # Run both unit tests and Docker tests

What Docker Tests Verify

✅ Installation Success: Bielik CLI installs without errors
✅ Context Provider Commands: folder:, calc:, pdf: work correctly
✅ Cross-platform Compatibility: Works on Ubuntu, Debian, Alpine, CentOS, Arch
✅ One-liner Installation: curl | bash installation process
✅ Dependency Management: Python packages install correctly
✅ Virtual Environment: .venv setup and activation

Docker Test Architecture

docker/
├── test-multiplatform.yml     # Docker Compose configuration
├── Dockerfile.test-ubuntu     # Ubuntu 22.04 test environment
├── Dockerfile.test-debian     # Debian 12 test environment  
├── Dockerfile.test-alpine     # Alpine Linux 3.19 test environment
├── Dockerfile.test-centos     # CentOS Stream 9 test environment
├── Dockerfile.test-arch       # Arch Linux test environment
└── Dockerfile.test-oneliner   # One-liner installation test

Each test environment:

1. Sets up clean Linux distribution
2. Installs system dependencies (Python, git, build tools)
3. Runs python3 install.py --skip-ai to install Bielik with Context Provider Commands
4. Verifies installation with python3 run.py --info
5. Tests Context Provider Commands (folder analysis, calculations)

Running Docker Tests in CI/CD

# GitHub Actions example
- name: Run multiplatform Docker tests
  run: make docker-test

- name: Run specific distribution test
  run: make docker-test-ubuntu

📂 Package Structure

bielik/
├── bielik/
│   ├── __init__.py          # Package initialization
│   ├── cli.py               # CLI entry point (wrapper)
│   ├── client.py            # Client entry point (wrapper)
│   ├── server.py            # FastAPI web server
│   ├── config.py            # Configuration management
│   ├── hf_models.py         # Hugging Face model management
│   ├── content_processor.py # Content processing utilities
│   ├── cli/                 # Modular CLI components
│   │   ├── __init__.py
│   │   ├── main.py          # Main CLI entry and argument parsing
│   │   ├── commands.py      # Command processing and execution
│   │   ├── command_api.py   # Context Provider Commands API
│   │   ├── models.py        # HF model management CLI
│   │   ├── setup.py         # Interactive setup manager
│   │   └── send_chat.py     # Chat communication handling
│   └── client/              # Modular client components
│       ├── __init__.py      # Client package exports
│       ├── core.py          # Core BielikClient class
│       ├── model_manager.py # HF model operations for client
│       └── utils.py         # Client utility functions
├── commands/                # Context Provider Commands
│   ├── folder/             # Directory analysis command
│   ├── calc/               # Advanced calculator command
│   └── pdf/                # Document processing command
├── docker/                 # Docker testing framework
│   ├── test-multiplatform.yml
│   └── Dockerfile.test-*   # Test environments
├── tests/
│   ├── __init__.py
│   ├── test_cli.py          # CLI unit tests (updated for local HF models)
│   └── test_server.py       # Server unit tests
├── install.py              # Universal Python installer
├── run.py                  # Universal launcher
├── quick-install.sh        # Unix one-liner installer
├── quick-install.bat       # Windows one-liner installer
├── pyproject.toml          # Modern Python packaging
├── setup.cfg               # Package configuration
├── MANIFEST.in             # Package manifest
├── LICENSE                 # Apache 2.0 license
├── README.md               # This comprehensive documentation
├── Makefile                # Development automation with Docker tests
├── todo.md                 # Project specifications
└── .github/workflows/      # CI/CD automation
    └── python-publish.yml

Author

Tom Sapletta — DevOps Engineer & Systems Architect

💻 15+ years in DevOps, Software Development, and Systems Architecture
🏢 Founder & CEO at Telemonit (Portigen - edge computing power solutions)
🌍 Based in Germany | Open to remote collaboration
📚 Passionate about edge computing, hypermodularization, and automated SDLC

📜 License

Apache License 2.0