henchman-ai 0.1.8

A model-agnostic AI agent CLI - your AI henchman for the terminal

Henchman-AI

A Model-Agnostic AI Agent CLI in Python

Henchman-AI is a terminal-based AI agent that supports multiple LLM providers (DeepSeek, OpenAI, Anthropic, Ollama) through a unified interface. Inspired by gemini-cli, built for extensibility.

Features

• 🔄 Model-Agnostic: Support any LLM provider through a unified abstraction
• 🐍 Pythonic: Leverages Python's async ecosystem and rich libraries
• 🔌 Extensible: Plugin system for tools, providers, and commands
• 🚀 Production-Ready: Proper error handling, testing, and packaging

Installation

pip install henchman-ai

Or install from source:

git clone https://github.com/matthew/henchman-ai.git
cd henchman-ai
pip install -e ".[dev]"

Quick Start

# Set your API key
export DEEPSEEK_API_KEY="your-api-key"

# Start the CLI
henchman

# Or run with a prompt directly
henchman --prompt "Explain this code" < file.py

Usage

# Show version
henchman --version

# Show help
henchman --help

# Interactive mode (default)
henchman

# Headless mode with prompt
henchman -p "Summarize README.md"

Configuration

Henchman-AI uses hierarchical configuration:

1. Default settings
2. User settings: ~/.henchman/settings.yaml
3. Workspace settings: .henchman/settings.yaml
4. Environment variables

Example settings.yaml:

providers:
  default: deepseek
  deepseek:
    model: deepseek-chat

tools:
  auto_accept_read: true
  shell_timeout: 60

Development

# Install dev dependencies
pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Run tests
pytest

# Linting
ruff check src/ tests/

# Type checking
mypy src/

License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.