janito 0.2.0

Language-Driven Software Development Assistant powered by Claude AI

Janito is an open source Language-Driven Software Development Assistant powered by Claude AI. It helps developers understand, modify, and improve their Python code through natural language interaction.

Features

• Natural language code interactions
• File system monitoring and auto-restart
• Interactive command-line interface
• Workspace management and visualization
• History and session management
• Debug mode for troubleshooting
• Syntax error detection and fixing
• Python file execution
• File editing with system editor

Installation

# Install package
pip install janito

Usage

Start Janito in your project directory:

python -m janito

Or launch with options:

python -m janito --debug  # Enable debug mode
python -m janito --no-watch  # Disable file watching

Commands

• .help [command] - Show help information. Specify a command for details.
• .exit - Exit the console
• .clear - Clear console output
• .debug - Toggle debug mode
• .workspace [--missing] - Show workspace structure. Use --missing to show excluded files.
• .last - Show last Claude response
• .show <file> - Show file content with syntax highlighting
• .check - Check workspace Python files for syntax errors
• .p <file> - Run a Python file
• .python <file> - Run a Python file (alias for .p)
• .edit <file> - Open file in system editor
• .missing - Show files excluded from the workspace based on patterns
• .edit <file> - Open file in system editor

Input Formats

• !request - Request file changes (e.g. '!add logging to utils.py')
• request? - Get information and analysis without changes
• request - General discussion and queries
• $command - Execute shell commands

Configuration

Requires an Anthropic API key set via environment variable:

export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY='your_api_key_here'

Development

The package consists of several modules:

• janito.py - Core functionality and CLI interface
• change.py - File modification and change tracking
• claude.py - Claude API interaction
• console.py - Interactive console and command handling
• commands.py - Command implementations
• prompts.py - Prompt templates and builders
• watcher.py - File system monitoring
• workspace.py - Workspace analysis and management
• xmlchangeparser.py - XML parser for file changes
• watcher.py - File system monitoring

License

MIT License