chibi-bot 1.8.0

Your Digital Companion. Self-hosted Telegram bot orchestrating multiple AI providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI, DeepSeek, Mistral, Alibaba, MiniMax) with autonomous agent capabilities, MCP integrations, and async task execution. Not a tool. A partner.

Your Digital Companion. Not a Tool. A Partner.
Self-hosted, asynchronous Telegram bot that orchestrates multiple AI providers, tools, and sub-agents to get real work done.

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Chibi is built for the moment you realize you need more than “an AI tool.” You need a partner that can coordinate models, run work in the background, and integrate with your systems - without you babysitting prompts.

Chibi is an asynchronous, self-hosted Telegram-based digital companion that orchestrates multiple AI providers and tools to deliver outcomes: code changes, research syntheses, media generation, and operational tasks.

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Why Chibi

• One interface (Telegram). Mobile/desktop/web, always with you.
• Provider-agnostic. Use the best model for each task - without vendor lock-in.
• Autonomous execution. Sub-agents work in parallel; long tasks run asynchronously.
• Tool-connected. Filesystem + terminal + MCP integrations (GitHub, browser, DBs, etc.).
• Self-hosted. Your data, your keys, your rules.

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Supported AI providers (and endpoints)

Chibi supports multiple providers behind a single conversation. Add one key or many - Chibi can route per task.

LLM providers

• OpenAI (GPT models)
• Anthropic (Claude)
• Google (Gemini)
• DeepSeek
• Alibaba Cloud (Qwen)
• xAI (Grok)
• Mistral AI
• Moonshot AI
• MiniMax
• ZhipuAI (GLM models)
• Cloudflare Workers AI (many open-source models)

OpenAI-compatible endpoints (self-host / local)

• Ollama
• vLLM
• LM Studio
• Any OpenAI-compatible API

Multimodal providers (optional)

• Images: Google (Imagen, Nano Banana), OpenAI (DALL·E), Alibaba (Qwen Image), xAI (Grok Image), Wan, ZhipuAI (CogView), MiniMax
• Music: Suno
• Voice: ElevenLabs, MiniMax, OpenAI (Whisper)

Exact model availability depends on your configured provider keys and enabled features.

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🚀 Quick Start (pip)

Install Chibi via pip and run it as a command-line application:

# Install the package
pip install chibi-bot

# Set up the agent (add API keys, update settings, etc)
chibi config

# Start the bot
chibi start

The bot will run as a background service. Use CLI commands to manage it.

CLI Commands

Command	Description
chibi start	Start the bot as a background service
chibi stop	Stop the running bot
chibi restart	Restart the bot
chibi config	Generate or edit configuration
chibi logs	View bot logs

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🚀 Quick start (Docker)

Create docker-compose.yml:

version: '3.8'

services:
  chibi:
    image: pysergio/chibi:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN: ${TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN}  # Required
      OPENAI_API_KEY: ${OPENAI_API_KEY}          # Or any other provider
      # Add more API keys as needed
    volumes:
      - chibi_data:/app/data

volumes:
  chibi_data: {}

1. Get a bot token from @BotFather

2. Put secrets into .env

3. Run:

docker-compose up -d

Next:

• Installation guide: https://chibi.bot/installation
• Configuration reference: https://chibi.bot/configuration

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🔑 Getting API Keys

Each provider requires its own API key. Here are the direct links:

Major Providers:

• OpenAI (GPT, DALL·E): platform.openai.com/api-keys
• Anthropic (Claude): console.anthropic.com
• Google (Gemini, Nano Banana, Imagen, Voice): aistudio.google.com/apikey
• DeepSeek: platform.deepseek.com
• xAI (Grok): console.x.ai
• Alibaba (Qwen, Wan): modelstudio.console.alibabacloud.com
• Mistral AI: console.mistral.ai
• Moonshot (Kimi): platform.moonshot.cn
• MiniMax (Voice, MiniMax-M2.x): minimax.io
• ZhipuAI (GLM, CogView): z.ai/manage-apikey/apikey-list
• Cloudflare Workers AI: dash.cloudflare.com/profile/api-tokens

Creative Tools:

• ElevenLabs (Voice): elevenlabs.io
• Suno (Music, unofficial): sunoapi.org

📖 Full guide with setup instructions: chibi.bot/guides/get-api-keys

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Try this in the first 5 minutes

Paste these into Telegram after you deploy.

1. Planning + execution

Ask me 3 questions to clarify my goal, then propose a plan and execute step 1.

2. Parallel work (sub-agents)

Spawn 3 sub-agents: one to research options, one to draft a recommendation, one to list risks. Return a single decision.

3. Agent mode (tools)

Inspect the project files and summarize what this repo does. Then propose 5 improvements and open a checklist.

4. Background task

Start a background task: gather sources on X and deliver a synthesis in 30 minutes. Keep me updated.

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What makes Chibi different

🎭 Multi-provider orchestration

Chibi can keep context while switching providers mid-thread, or choose the best model per step - balancing cost, capability, and speed.

🤖 Autonomous agent capabilities

• Recursive delegation: spawn sub-agents that can spawn their own sub-agents
• Background processing: long-running tasks execute asynchronously
• Filesystem access: read/write/search/organize files
• Terminal execution: run commands with LLM-moderated security
• Persistent memory: conversation history survives restarts with context management/summarization

🔌 Extensible via MCP (Model Context Protocol)

Connect Chibi to external tools and services (or build your own):

• GitHub (PRs, issues, code review)
• Browser automation
• Docker / cloud services
• Databases
• Creative tools (Blender, Figma)

If a tool can be exposed via MCP, Chibi can learn to use it.

🎨 Rich content generation

• Images: Nano Banana, Imagen, Qwen, Wan, DALL·E, Grok
• Music: Suno (including custom mode: style/lyrics/vocals)
• Voice: transcription + text-to-speech (ElevenLabs, MiniMax, OpenAI)

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Use cases

Developers

You: “Run the tests and fix what’s broken. I’ll work on the frontend.”
Chibi: *spawns sub-agent, executes tests, analyzes failures, proposes fixes*

Researchers

You: “Research the latest developments in quantum computing. I need a synthesis by tomorrow.”
Chibi: *spawns multiple research agents, aggregates sources, delivers a report*

Creators

You: “Generate a cyberpunk cityscape and compose a synthwave track to match.”
Chibi: *generates an image, creates music, delivers both*

Teams

You: “Review this PR and update the documentation accordingly.”
Chibi: *analyzes changes, suggests improvements, updates docs via MCP*

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Privacy, control, and safety

• Self-hosted: your data stays on your infrastructure
• Public Mode: users can bring their own API keys (no shared master key required)
• Access control: whitelist users/groups/models
• Storage options: local volumes, Redis, or DynamoDB
• Tool safety: agent tools are configurable; terminal execution is moderated and can be restricted

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Documentation

• Start here: https://chibi.bot
• Introduction & philosophy: https://chibi.bot/introduction
• Installation: https://chibi.bot/installation
• Configuration: https://chibi.bot/configuration
• Agent mode: https://chibi.bot/agent-mode
• MCP guide: https://chibi.bot/guides/mcp
• Support / troubleshooting: https://chibi.bot/support

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System requirements

• Minimum: Raspberry Pi 4 / AWS EC2 t4g.nano (2 vCPU, 512MB RAM)
• Architectures: linux/amd64, linux/arm64
• Dependencies: Docker (and optionally Docker Compose)

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Contributing

• Issues: https://github.com/s-nagaev/chibi/issues
• PRs: https://github.com/s-nagaev/chibi/pulls
• Discussions: https://github.com/s-nagaev/chibi/discussions

Please read CONTRIBUTING.md before submitting.

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License

MIT - see LICENSE.

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